Despite the fact that aviation industry creates around 6.7 million jobs and $6.8B for African GDP, it still remains an area for concern. There are a lot of factors to blame for such a performance, including limited technology, poor policing, cumbersome airport fees and taxes on jet fuel (which are about 20% higher than elsewhere on the globe), as well [...]
Baltic Ground Services, an international ground handling and aircraft fuelling provider, is further expanding its presence in the Polish market by signing a 7-year long cooperation agreement with Radom-Sadków Airport. According to the agreement, the company’s Polish subsidiary – Baltic Ground Services Poland – is appointed as the official supplier of aviation fuel for airlines which are due to operate [...]
Recently the Indian MRO association has addressed the government demanding to place the spare parts import for the aftermarket sector under the 'deemed exports' category, enabling service providers to benefit from a tax holiday, thus easing up the intensive logistics of aftermarket spare parts. Despite the constant complaints voiced by airlines and MROs worldwide, import taxation on spare parts is [...]
The recent flight testing of the new, environmentally friendly Boeing ecoDemonstrator 787 has definitely been a glorious moment for both aviation technicians and eco-activists. Unfortunately, according to the newest Oliver Wyman MRO survey, currently only 20% of companies consider investing in new technology as a way to adapt to challenges, connected with implementation of such innovations within the industry. The [...]
Currently, the Middle Eastern commercial aviation MRO market is growing at a faster rate than the global average. According to ICF International, it is expected to account for up to 8% of the global civil aviation MRO market in 2015. However, as more and more local carriers find having suppliers from North America or Europe no longer acceptable, it is [...]
Accounting for around 5% of the global aircraft fleet, the Middle East seems to be the place where most aviation industry players should be on cloud nine. However, most countries within the region are far from ready to handle the ever-growing demand. In fact, over the next several decades the Gulf is expected to require a staggering 90 700 of [...]
Although the ICAO reported 5.5% annual growth in air passenger traffic should have been rather easily managed by airlines in 2014, it seems that the much longed-for recovery in the market had caught commercial carriers unprepared. Flightstats has revealed that each day on average almost 700 commercial flights are cancelled globally with the whooping 470 515 of trips delayed just [...]
Modern OEMs are not what they used to be just several decades ago, as today they aren‘t limiting their activities to aircraft manufacturing only. As new technologies are increasingly introduced into the aviation, in recent years its players have seen the manufacturers exert more influence not only in engine, but also in airframe aftermarket processes. As a result, some MRO [...]
