Aviation Week's MRO Podcast

The aviation aftermarket is a complicated, fragmented, global business. Listen in as Aviation Week’s MRO editors explore the ins and outs of the industry.

What Lies Ahead For MRO In 2025? 12/31/2024

What Lies Ahead For MRO In 2025? Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss what could be on the horizon for MRO in 2025, touching on turnaround times, AI and aircraft recycling, plus module swaps, parts approvals and more. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/34668435

The Era Of 787 Heavy Maintenance Begins 12/11/2024

The Era Of 787 Heavy Maintenance Begins As D checks on older Boeing 787s ramp up, the first all-composite widebody's characteristics make it a unique proposition for MRO shops. Listen in to hear from Aviation Week's forecaster Daniel Williams and Guy Norris, who has covered the 787 program since its inception, as they discuss the airframe and break down the engine situation with host James Pozzi. Find out more about Aero-Engines Americas and secure your place /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/34392830

What We Learned At MRO Australasia 11/25/2024

What We Learned At MRO Australasia Listen in as Aviation Week's James Pozzi and Dan Williams share insights they gleaned from MRO Australasia 2024 with executive editor Lee Ann Shay. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/34127806

Inside The CFM Leap MRO Network Ramp-Up 11/11/2024

Inside The CFM Leap MRO Network Ramp-Up As the CFM Leap family of engines approaches 4,000 in-service engines, a figure forecasted to double by 2030, Aviation Week editors James Pozzi, Thierry Dubois and Lee Ann Shay discuss how the network is ramping up and how repair developments are pacing. Is it quick enough? What are Safran and GE doing differently than with the CFM56 support program? /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/33877022

Live From MRO Europe 2024 10/24/2024

Live From MRO Europe 2024 Editors discuss insights on artificial intelligence, supply chain, capacity growth and sustainability from the GoLive! Theater at MRO Europe 2024 in Barcelona. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/33587362

How To Eliminate Unapproved Parts In Aviation 10/17/2024

How To Eliminate Unapproved Parts In Aviation The Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition to prevent unapproved parts from getting installed on aircraft. Robert Sumwalt, the coalition’s co-chair, talks with Aviation Week’s Lee Ann Shay about priorities for the industry and feedback since the report's release. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/33497567

Examining The Top 10 Airframe MROs 10/14/2024

Examining The Top 10 Airframe MROs Editors James Pozzi and Lee Ann Shay discuss the return of Inside MRO’s Top 10 MROs feature after a five-year hiatus and what some of its findings say about the current state of the commercial aftermarket. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/33419822

Unlocking Asia-Pacific's MRO Potential 09/26/2024

Unlocking Asia-Pacific's MRO Potential Editors Lee Ann Shay, James Pozzi and Chen Chuanren share insights from Aviation Week's MRO Asia-Pacific 2024 event in Singapore, focusing on capacity, technology and talent. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/33204312

What's Trending At Aero-Engines Europe? 09/12/2024

What's Trending At Aero-Engines Europe? Aviation Week's MRO team in Amsterdam report what they are hearing from executives at this year's Aero-Engines Europe conference. Listen in to hear from editors Lindsay Bjerregaard and James Pozzi who are joined by Dan Williams, director of fleet data services. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/33019192

Cargo Demand Is Up, But Did The Market Get P2F Capacity Right? 08/26/2024

Cargo Demand Is Up, But Did The Market Get P2F Capacity Right? Examining the aircraft feedstock for passenger-to-freighter conversions, cargo market demand, outlook for new P2F programs and MRO capacity with James Pozzi, Dan Williams and Lee Ann Shay. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/32714532

MRO Reflections And Surprises From Farnborough 08/07/2024

MRO Reflections And Surprises From Farnborough While this year's Farnborough Airshow did not see the huge aircraft orders announced at Paris last year, there are still plenty of interesting developments to discuss. Listen in as Lee Ann Shay, James Pozzi and Daniel Williams reflect on engine orders, aftermarket conversations and the news that really stood out. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/32463042

What's The State Of The Trent 1000 Engine Market? 07/16/2024

What's The State Of The Trent 1000 Engine Market? Listen in as Aviation Week’s James Pozzi, Sean Broderick and Daniel Williams examine the current state of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine program and how recent reliability issues are impacting operators. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/32148327

How Airline Fleet Growth Is Changing Eastern European MRO 07/02/2024

How Airline Fleet Growth Is Changing Eastern European MRO Listen in to hear insights from MRO BEER (Baltics, Eastern European Region), including on airBaltic's GTF issues and Ryanair's operations from James Pozzi, Dan Williams and Lee Ann Shay. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/31915072

How AI Is Transforming The Aftermarket 06/04/2024

How AI Is Transforming The Aftermarket Listen in to hear Aviation Week Network editors James Pozzi, Lindsay Bjerregaard and Michael Bruno discuss the novel applications MROs are finding for generative AI and the technology’s workforce implications. Read Lindsay's article: /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/31594777

Examining The V2500 Engine Market 05/22/2024

Examining The V2500 Engine Market Aviation Week’s James Pozzi, Sean Broderick and Daniel Williams examine the current state of the IAE V2500 engine program and how it is being impacted by durability issues related to its successor the Pratt & Whitney GTF. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/31402327

What's The State Of Asia-Pacific's Engine Market? 04/30/2024

What's The State Of Asia-Pacific's Engine Market? Aviation Week editors discuss their thoughts about some key issues broached during the first standalone Aero-Engines Asia-Pacific conference in Hong Kong. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/31029858

Live Show At MRO Americas 04/12/2024

Live Show At MRO Americas Listen in to the first-ever MRO Podcast to be recorded live in front of an audience as Aviation Week's team share their takeaways from MRO Americas 2024 in Chicago. --- Read news and analysis from MRO Americas 2024 Get free MRO news, insight and analysis from our award-winning editors delivered to your inbox daily — /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/30797088

How Are Europe's MRO Giants Looking Ahead? 03/26/2024

How Are Europe's MRO Giants Looking Ahead? Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Lee Ann Shay and James Pozzi dissect the recent financials of Lufthansa Technik, Rolls-Royce and MTU Maintenance and how they are looking to capitalize on the market upturn. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/30549778

Can Middle East MRO Keep Up With Fleet Growth? 03/11/2024

Can Middle East MRO Keep Up With Fleet Growth? Listen in as Aviation Week Network editors discuss MRO Middle East 2024 and share insights from the event. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/30287693

Aftermarket Insights From Singapore Airshow 02/26/2024

Aftermarket Insights From Singapore Airshow Listen in to learn about key MRO and engine developments from the Singapore Airshow 2024 with Aviation Week's James Pozzi and Christine Boynton. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/30084303

MRO Capacity: Will Finding A Slot Get Easier This Year? 02/12/2024

MRO Capacity: Will Finding A Slot Get Easier This Year? Listen in as Aviation Week Network editors ask a critical question: Will the capacity crunch ease this year? Airframe and engine maintenance slots have been tough to book since travel rebounded and supply chain pains strain turnaround times. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/29875243

Can India's MRO Industry Keep Up With Demand? 01/26/2024

Can India's MRO Industry Keep Up With Demand? Listen in as James Pozzi and Swaati Ketkar discuss developments in India's MRO industry and how it is building an aftermarket infrastructure to meet high growth demands. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/29659698

Will MRO See Even More Growth in 2024? 01/02/2024

Will MRO See Even More Growth in 2024? Aviation Week editors James Pozzi, Lee Ann Shay, Lindsay Bjerregaard and Sean Broderick discuss the outlook for the commercial aftermarket. Editor's note: At 4:10 during discussion of VSE Corporation's acquisition of Desser Aerospace, it is stated that the acquisition signals confidence in PMA parts. However, it should be clarified that VSE concurrently sold Desser’s PMA business to Loar Group. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/29203863

Why Lufthansa Opted Against Outside LHT Investment 12/12/2023

Why Lufthansa Opted Against Outside LHT Investment /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/29022168

MRO At Dubai Airshow 2023 11/29/2023

MRO At Dubai Airshow 2023 Aviation Week Network's James Pozzi and Lindsay Bjerregaard discuss the recent Dubai Airshow and announcements relating to MRO capacity, capability, technology and workforce. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/28830283

The Latest On GTF Technical Issues, AOG Technics Saga 11/14/2023

The Latest On GTF Technical Issues, AOG Technics Saga Aviation Week Network's James Pozzi, Sean Broderick and Dan Williams discuss the latest updates around the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine fixes and the continuing AOG Technics undocumented parts saga. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/28617263

What Three Topics Dominated MRO Europe? 10/19/2023

What Three Topics Dominated MRO Europe? Aviation Week MRO experts James Pozzi, Sean Broderick, Lindsay Bjerregaard and Dan Williams share their observations and insights gained from the 25th edition of MRO Europe which took place this week in Amsterdam. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/28367939

Key Takeaways From MRO Asia-Pacific 09/29/2023

Key Takeaways From MRO Asia-Pacific Aviation Week Network's Lee Ann Shay, James Pozzi and Chen Chuanren gather in Singapore to discuss what they heard at this week's MRO Asia-Pacific conference. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/28176536

Assessing Europe’s Engine MRO Segment 09/26/2023

Assessing Europe’s Engine MRO Segment Listen in as Aviation Week experts Lee Ann Shay and James Pozzi break down talking points from the Aero-Engines Europe conference in Madrid—including MROs dealing with capacity constraints, the continuation of extended lead times and the impact of recent Pratt & Whitney GTF engine groundings on operators. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/28133873

Unpacking Undocumented Parts 09/12/2023

Unpacking Undocumented Parts Aviation Week’s James Pozzi, Sean Broderick and Dan Williams assess the recent uncovering of forged airworthiness documentation for aircraft parts sourced from a UK-based broker. /episode/index/show/mronetwork/id/28007976

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