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viation Week Network’s MRO Europe Conference and Exhibition attracted record crowds to Amsterdam’s RAI on 16 to 18 October, 2018.

The event, recognized as the largest of its kind in the region, brought in more than 9,000 registered industry professionals and drew representatives from 105 countries.

The sold-out exhibition hosted nearly 450 companies and was visited by 800+ airline attendees. The senior level conference ran alongside the exhibition, with 89 expert speakers leading a packed three-day agenda.

For those that attended, on behalf of Aviation Week Network, we offer our sincere thanks to you for spending your valuable time with us at MRO Europe and keeping this a must-attend show. We look forward to welcoming you at MRO Europe 2019 in London on 15-17 October!

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NEW PAVILION & THEATER

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

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27 ITS More staff and a burgeoning Dublin office add to EMEA development

28 Monarch Aircraft Engineering Major new MRO center opens

29 LHR Global Logistics

New offices for Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Denmark

30 Tubesca-Comabi Linking up with a French metal products firm to create a global business

31 Mankiewicz Primed for the New Year – CELEROL passes new EU standards on chemicals

32 FL Technics

New base in China is a major foothold in the Asian market

34 GA Telesis

Now certified for the world’s biggest market – maintenance and repair for nacelles and flight controls in China

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S7 Technics adds engine wash capability Russian MRO expands offerings with Lufthansa Technik-developed Cyclean service Report by James Pozzi, Online Editor, Aviation Week Network

n Russian MRO, S7 Technics has confirmed the addition of engine wash services to its portfolio.

From its maintenance base at Moscow Domodedovo airport, the company has launched Cyclean engine washing services, a concept developed

by Lufthansa Technik.

S7 will offer the service on the CFM56-5A, -5B and -7B variants, the CF34-8 and for IAE’s V2500 engine. However, the Cyclean service is universal and can also be applied to newer engine types such as the CFM LEAP and the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan.

‘At present we work with seven engine types, which our main customers either operate

Cyclean in action or plan to start operating in the near future,’ says Nikita Babkin, S7 Technics’ director of engine services.

Babkin says the company could also build up capability for engine types powering widebody aircraft such as the Airbus A330, and Boeing 747s, 767s and 777s.

Customers at Domodedovo will be able to order the engine wash service either separately or as part of an aircraft maintenance agreement. While initially being offered at Moscow, the company confirmed it may also look to expand the service to airlines operating at other airports in the Russian capital.

New products

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Atkins Flo

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n The Airvolution system for component repair management is a cloud-based software tool.

It integrates analytics and business intelligence and AAR says is ‘designed to get each person using it to their next most efficient action.’ Airvolution has unlimited document and digital asset storage, proactive workflow management tools, and can process quotes, manage suppliers and contracts and capture warranty claims. AAR says the scalable system can integrate seamlessly with existing business systems and it is set to be released in early 2019.

n The iPad-based Flo platform is for aircraft damage assessment.

Flo uses 3D scanning technology that allows users to quickly record damage and share information globally through the cloud. Atkins says the standardized reports produced by Flo can reduce damage assessment time by up to 90 per cent in addition to eliminating human error and reducing aircraft downtime. Flo can speed up future repairs by analyzing damage reports to determine patterns across aircraft repair types or airports. According to Atkins, Flo is rapidly deployable and requires minimal training.

n Danish startup Beep Analytics debuted its recently launched FlightDeck platform to predict the potential for untapped part sales. The platform predicts sales potential on specific part numbers using a variety of data sources, such as customer sales histories and PMA data. The company is looking to evolve the potential of FlightDeck by speaking with OEMs and MROs to find out how the platform could be shaped to best benefit their needs. The cloud-based tool is available via subscription model and the company says pricing is tailored to each customer.

GKN targets narrowbody engine MRO in Asia The booming region will be home to GKN’s new engine repair and research facility Report by Alex Derber, Aviation Week Network

n British manufacturer GKN Aerospace has

New technologies soon to come online

High volatility in airline WiFi market Mergers and acquisitions predicted by Air Informatics president Bruce Jackson Report by Victoria Moore, Aviation Week Network

n Speaking at MRO Europe in Amsterdam, Bruce Jackson, the president and MD of US-based connectivity specialist Air Informatics, said the next few years will be ‘highly volatile’ in the airline WiFi market as connectivity providers merge and acquire one another and new technologies come online.

‘It’s a very challenging world right now, on a lot of levels. There is a lot of uncertainty that is going to play out over the next two to three years.

Money has flowed into the market and people will want to see a return on their investment. If not, they will want to see an exit,’ he said.

If the ‘wild’ predictions about WiFi take-up are correct – and Jackson doubts their validity – service levels could also be set to go downhill. He likened the WiFi connection to a highway, where the passenger devices are like cars. ‘You’ve got to understand how big that road is,’ he said, adding that it is possible to check the connection speed of each individual passenger device connected to the aircraft network.

This can then be compared to the performance metrics in the WiFi supplier’s contract.

‘What I think is interesting is the change in where the power lies,’ he continued. With so many options available on the market, airlines can push for shorter contracts, with less lock-in, and service guarantees that hold the suppliers accountable.

Cyber threats and data-privacy concerns are becoming more real and Jackson said that vulnerabilities exist, particularly in older systems.

opened an engine repair and research facility in Johor, Malaysia. The $30million facility will initially focus on servicing engine lowpressure compressor (LPC) components for CFM56-5B, CFM56-7 and V2500 engines and will be operational in 2019.

In this year’s Engine Yearbook, GKN discusses its long experience developing data analysis for military engine support, offering lessons for the commercial sector about the best utilization of life-limited parts.

GKN’s Life Tracking System, developed for the Gripen fighter’s RM12 engine, uses enginerelated parameters that are logged onboard the aircraft during flight. This information is then extended by combining actual measured parameters with parameters coming from offboard engine models and life analysis models for each life-limited part in the engine.

By using more of the onboard logged data, together with data coming from offboard models in the life consumption calculations, the accuracy of life predictions can be improved while the actual load spectra for each component can be analyzed.

• To find out more see the forthcoming Engine Yearbook 2019 published in November 2018.

Opening of the Johor facility

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NEWS

Portugalia adapts to feeder role for TAP n Valter Ferndandes became CEO of Portugalia Airlines, which operates as TAP Express, in January.

He spoke with Lee Ann Shay, Online Editor, Aviation Week Network, about aircraft changes, digital innovation and growth constraints at the airport in Lisbon...

Portugalia Airlines renewed its fleet in 2016 and started to fly as TAP Express. How is the operation performing after these changes?

It was a tough transition, but we are happy we did it. The E190s are a vastly superior aircraft compared to what we had in terms of fuel consumption and comfort. But we are still learning the aircraft and are not there 100 per cent operationally yet. Because we act as a feeder to TAP’s long-haul operation, the fact it’s very reliable and has shorter turnaround times is good too.

Do you plan to add an additional aircraft type, instead of sticking to the one fleet type?

I’d like to answer yes, but we do not have a firm date. We have a scope clause between the main airline and us, so our growth is limited by that. We still have margin to grow, but the sky is not the limit. I hope to have a larger regional jet in the future – in the 110 to 140-seat bracket to keep it below the Airbus A319. We will definitely keep one fleet type only because we are not big enough to justify more than one or multiple manufacturers.

What are the main changes you’re trying to implement?

Portugalia was founded as an independent regional airline, and

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now it’s more and more integrated with TAP. It’s also really no longer a regional airline – increasingly, it’s more of a feeder into TAP’s long-haul operation and operating in a hub environment, which brings cultural changes. We have to have a very punctual operation to serve the end of the line – the long-haul flights and TAP as a group. Scope clauses are a new thing for us as well. Dealing with unions and scope clauses is a challenge. You’re not entirely free to dictate your future.

What are Portugalia’s strengths and weaknesses?

Our agility – we are a very nimble airline. It’s simple to open new routes and to fly to new airports.

We are quick to adapt to new circumstances. One strength is our human resources, who are very engaged and committed to the company. They are very loyal to this company and our turnover is low. Being part of the main airline is also a strength, because

otherwise it would be hard to survive independently as a lowcost carrier here in Lisbon. For weaknesses, we have a small fleet – only 13 jets. As such, it’s hard to dilute fixed costs. Also, we have a pilot-union scope clause, which isn’t a weakness but it influences our growth. One of the biggest challenges is our location. We are located in Lisbon, which is a very sought-after destination, and it is booming. The airport traffic is growing by double-digit figures, but there are lots of operational struggles: ATC limitations, slot limitations, parking. It’s hard to have a strong on-time performance here. This airport is not coping, and it’s overloaded.

Are there plans to upgrade the airport?

Yes, there is a plan to invest in this airport, and there are also plans to build a new airport in the next four years, probably. The government is working actively to solve this, but we still have to cope over the next three to four years.

What synergies exist between Portugalia and TAP? Portugalia doesn’t decide new routes or deal with sales or marketing. Also, our IT department and medical services are shared, and ground handling and catering are defined as a single airline. As for new possible synergies, we are always considering them – such as the crew control center, maybe eventually even maintenance – partially or totally. There is always a balance between group synergies and cost-cutting, which is good.

Turkish Technic grows MRO

Hangar expansions across Europe The latest capacity additions at some of Europe’s leading MROs n Satair sets up new Heathrow home Satair’s new aircraft battery services facility opened in March 2018 and gives the company 11 times more cubic workshop and warehousing capacity.

The facility, located in West London will service around 180 customers, ranging from airlines to MROs along with helicopter operators, business jets and private aircraft owners.

n Lufthansa Technik, MTU JV

Technicians working on landing gear

Maintenance work for third parties has grown to 25 per cent of its total revenue Report by Victoria Moore, Aviation Week Network

n Turkish Technic has grown its third-party maintenance, repair and

overhaul (MRO) to 25 per cent of its total revenue, up from 15 per cent two years ago, through more efficient use of its existing facilities.

‘Within two years, through a Turkish Airlines efficiency project, we have been able to increase our third-party work from 15 per cent to 25 per cent [of revenues], even though the Turkish Airlines’ fleet is increasing,’ Turkish Technic SVP-quality assurance Birkan Güneralp told delegates at MRO Europe in Amsterdam. The gains have been made by maximizing use of the company’s current hangar facilities and infrastructure, through better planning and by analyzing work after it is completed.

‘In term of customer-oriented delays – which are not our responsibility – we helped them to overcome the problems that they face, in areas like procurement and getting solutions from the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),’ Güneralp said. By minimizing this disruption, it has helped free up slots to take on more work, without physical expansion.

Turkish Technic is now turning its attention to landing-gear overhauls.

Güneralp said the aim is to make the process ‘more lean and predictable.’

This, in turn, means the company can plan and allocate man-hours more efficiently. Güneralp said staff buy-in is essential to take an initiative from project-level to wider operational roll-out.

‘When you convince your team that it will add value to daily work, that will help with the culture change,’ he said.

gathers momentum EME Aero, the Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines joint venture specializing in repair services for Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engine, is scheduled for a 2020 opening. In September 2018, the parties held a stone-laying ceremony at the site in Jasionka, Poland.

n SR Technics plans Malta expansion Building on a memorandum of understanding originally signed in May 2017, Switzerland’s SR Technics penned a contract with national economic development agency Malta Enterprise and Malta Industrial Parks in August 2018 for the expansion of its Malta hangar. The new 322,000 square foot facility will accommodate widebody and narrowbody aircraft and will hold greater workshop space which will enable increased capacity for heavy maintenance work, C-checks and any cabin modifications or retrofits to up to six narrowbody aircraft at a time. The investment will stand at a reported €35million ($40.5million).

n TP Aerospace to add UK MRO facility TP Aerospace, the Denmark-headquartered wheels and brakes repair provider, plans to open a new facility close to East Midlands Airport in the UK by early 2019 to service passenger and cargo airline customers. The facility, which will offer wheels and brakes repairs and overhauls, will hold production capacity of 4,000 to 5,000 units per annum to support the TP Aerospace network with services for a mix of domestic and overseas carriers. According to a TP Aerospace spokesperson, the investment will amount to $1million and will finance the necessary machinery and equipment for the facility.

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n MTU Maintenance, the engine MRO division of Munich-based MTU Aero Engines, has launched a new technical asset management services (TAMS) offering for engine operators.

The TAMS service, announced at the show, will include MTU Maintenance teams offering customers technical consulting and fleet management, transitions management and housekeeping support for aircraft engines. MTU said the service is highly customized and can be integrated into further services as and when desired by the customer.

Martin Friis-Petersen, managing director of the MTU Maintenance Lease Services (MLS) division, which has a team of around 50 experts, said the move was driven by market demands as well as a desire to complement existing services.

Friis-Petersen believes MTU is able to ‘understand individual requirements of operators and asset owners, mitigate risk and optimize residual value.’ This includes workscoping, shop visit management, engine exchanges and assistance with engine lease returns as well as engine record reviews, he added.

MTU said that its MLS division supports more than 160 transitions per year and it is expanding its pool of engines for lease and sale.

The Conference and Exhibition attracted record crowds to Amsterdam’s RAI, October 16-18, 2018!

Aviation Week’s MRO Europe Soars High!

The event brought in more than 9,000 registered industry professionals and drew representatives from 105 countries. The sold-out exhibition hosted nearly 450 companies and was visited by 800+ airline attendees. This is the largest gathering of the aviation maintenance community in Europe and featured new opportunities to network and showcase the many offerings presented.

“Great opportunity to liaise with ‘new’ MRO’s with whom we have not dealt before and to Conference attendees heard from 89 speakers representing the airlines and industry. meet some old contacts and former colleagues.”

The Exhibition hosted 447+ companies including pavilions representing Amsterdam’s Lelystad Airport, Enterprise FL, France, Ontario, Holland and Invest & Trade in Toulouse and Occitanie Region.

Fast Facts 9,041 447 70% 105 90% 929

registered attendees solution providers sold out for 2019 countries represented of attendees involved in purchasing decision airlines/lessors attended

Thorsten Heck, Sr. Repair Administrator, Luxair

“It was a great pleasure to attend the MRO Europe.

Looking forward to the next event.”

Ron van der Meulen Director, Line Maintenance International, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Speakers included Representatives from Leading Airlines OEMs and Industry!

Airline Keynote: Valter Fernandes

Industry Keynote: Frank Stephenson

Josselin Bequet

Tarik Boutracheh

David Campbell

Alistair Dibisceglia

Birkan GĂźneralp

Mike Fleming

Christophe Henriot

Wouter Kalfsbeek

Risto Mäeots

Frank Martens

Head of Digital Product Sales and Customer Services, Lufthansa Technik AG

Vincent Metz Head of Strategy, Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance

Philippe Mhun

Frank Stevens

Dr Christian Suttner

CEO, TAP Express

EVP Fleet, Technical Procurement and Supply Chain, Alitalia Societa Aerea Italiana S.p.A.

Head of Product Design, Lilium GmbH

SVP QA Turkish Technic

CEO & Co-Founder, Donecle

VP Commercial Services, Boeing

CEO, Magnetic MRO

SVP Customer Services, Airbus

Head of Engineering, Air Arabia

Engineering and Fleet Airworthiness Manager, HOP! Air France

VP, Global MRO Centers Embraer

EVP Technical GECAS

KLM E&M Big Data Lead, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Starburst Accelerator

MRO Europe – A Who’s Who of Industry Leadership!

Top 12 Industry Sectors Represented at MRO Europe

Breakdown of Top MRO Sectors

• Airframe

Airline Operator

• Airline Operator • Avionics/Instruments

Commercial 32%

• Cabin Interiors/Flight Ops/ Inflight Entertainment

Full Service 40%

• Components/Rotables

Regional 14%

• Consulting Services

Cargo 6%

• Contract Maintenance • Distributor/Supplier • Engineering • Engines/Propulsion/APUs • Logistics/Freight Forwarding • Third Party Maintenance

Private Charter 3% Low Cost 5%

Airframe OEM 21% Aftermarket 27%

“It was very successful, basically a full house audience and we had a lot of inquiries afterwards, which is nice when you are a start-up company like ours!”

Jens Peder Pedersen Founder and CEO, Beep Analytics

Commercial 28% Military 8% Fixed Wing 11% Rotor 5%

MRO Provider “Boeing’s goal is to create value for everybody starting with our customers and MRO Europe is a fantastic opportunity to connect with those customers, check the pulse of the industry and engage the broader community.”

Mike Fleming VP Commercial Services, Boeing

Line Maintenance 21% Heavy Maintenance 20% Components 27% Engine 12% Interiors 14% APUs 6%

MRO Europe – A Who’s Who of Industry Leadership!

Attendee Professional Level Manager 39%

Attendee Responsibility in Purchasing Cycle Buy/Approve 35%

VP, Director, Head 32%

Recommend/Specify 25%

C-Level 10%

Influence 30%

Other 19%

Not involved in any way 10%

“As a European based MRO, it’s very important to attend MRO Europe. Being here is a natural way to market our services and ensure that potential customers know who we are and how we provide solutions.”

Pierre Bonnichon Business Development Manager, Tarmac Aerosave

“The MRO was very productive for me, spoke with a lot of my suppliers. Always a good moment for maintaining my network.”

Robert Jan Speld Outsourcing Manager – Materials, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

“It’s important for everybody here: our customers and suppliers. MRO Europe is the key exhibition for us.

Everybody is here and it’s important to participate.”

Georgios Ouzounidas Sales Director, Europe, Lufthansa Technik

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new pavilion was added to the exhibition hall for this year’s MRO Europe covering Part 21J and Part 21G organizations. The European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Part 21 regulates the approval of aircraft design and production organizations and the certification of aircraft products, parts and appliances. The pavilion brought a focus to the work of Part 21 organizations and was a one-stop shop for MROs, airlines and lessors looking to use Part 21J (design) and Part 21G (manufacturing) services. Those MROs, airlines and lessors were also able to see demonstrations of the Part 21 exhibitors’ services at the Go Live Theater (see page 22).

The sold out pavilion was a focal point on the show floor and hosted a range of companies looking for new customers – participants included organizations new to Part 21. ‘We are here for the first time and we got to know that this pavilion was also here for the first time and we thought it was a good idea to see how it works,’ says Inken Peltzer, head of aircraft modification at FTi Engineering Network. Peltzer’s company holds Design Organisation Approval (DOA) EASA Part 21J and can provide customized designs for cabin layout modification, mission console and operator stations, cargo compartment monitoring, in-flight entertainment (IFE), antenna integration and much more. Peltzer said she found it extremely valuable to see competitor companies.

One such competitor included design, engineering and project management consultancy, Atkins. ‘We’re going through the process for Part 21, moving into that market,’ said David Clark, divisional business development director, overseeing aerospace and defense at Atkins. ‘So, we’re here advertising not only that we’ll be DOA-approved, but also that we’ve got tools that we’ve been developing to help MROs take cost out of their operations.’ Clark explained that Atkins 18

FTi Engineering Network fields a full team at the Part 21 Pavilion. Left to right: Kai Odenthal – Avionics Expert; Manuela Heinrich – Marketing and Sales; Michael Weisel – CEO and Head of Design Organization; Inken Peltzer – Head of Engineering and Office of Airworthiness

is a DOA organization. The firm has manufacturing operations in Holland and in Dubai.

Another previous visitor to MRO Europe exhibitions who had chosen to upgrade its presence because of the pavilion was Assystem Germany. ‘I have visited MRO Europe twice before, both times in London,’ said aerospace sales director, Joachim Lau. ‘So far this show looks good.

The pavilion is a nice idea and during the whole of Wednesday there was traffic here and it was pretty crowded.’ Assystem carries out modifications to airline cabin interiors, changing seat configurations or entertainment systems. The company also uses Patrick Hengels (left) of Euro-Compsites greets Fred Gorrie of Inter-Tec Services 3D printed parts.

Talking to his neighbours on the pavilion, Lau found that has been known in the aerospace design industry, but mainly others had thought that a separate stand alone would not on new aircraft supported by Airbus and Boeing. He expects have experienced the same levels of traffic that being part of Atkin’s Part 21 clearance for aircraft composites to ‘open up a the pavilion had. ‘It’s time to give the Part 21Js more room new market space in the MRO arena’. here at MRO,’ he said. ‘All our customers come to MRO Derek Gibson is looking to supply Part 21 businesses.

[Europe]. I think we will attend next year also, so far it’s For him and his company, Consilio3D Technologies, the been a good experience.’ pavilion provided a customer-rich environment: ‘The plan Another reason for Assystem’s choice of taking a booth on is to talk to other people here. What we do, in our portfolio, the pavilion was a practical one of organising key networking is reverse engineering.’ Gibson is Consilio3D’s head of sales meetings. Finding it difficult to have a meeting point when his and he explained that reverse engineering involved laser customers also did not exhibit and have a stand, the pavilion scanning: ‘Using 3D [laser] scanning, you can create an exact was the solution to Lau’s problem. ‘We decided to have a replica [of a part in digital form] and then you can go and stand as a point to meet, to be more flexible,’ he added. make them. A lot of aviation doesn’t know about 3D scanning ‘I’ve been in the business for 38 years and one of the and its uses and benefits. Part of the effort [here] is educating things I’ve done in the past is take part in the MRO shows,’ on where you can use it.’ said Robert Ringsell, head of sales at Paustian-Airtex. The Akka Technologies, a Part 21 Production Organization company provides engineering and certification services Approvals and DOA organization, liked the idea of the including cabin modification, dress cover change and pavilion so much it took a booth there as well as having its minor repairs. Ringsell wanted his company to exploit the own stand elsewhere on the floor. ‘We have two stands – a opportunities he had seen in past years’ MRO Europes. bigger one, which is the usual one we are working with, ‘Aviation Week contacted me and said we have the Part 21J and also this small one,’ said David Ballandross, an Akka hub, so, fair enough, we tried it.’

Technologies business manager and modification engineer.

Germany-based Paustian-Airtex has its main design ‘This is because we knew this pavilion would be a new office in Berlin. Its staff there are ex-Air Berlin or Germania opportunity for us to have some new customers and also to personnel. ‘We want to expand the palette we offer our see the different competitors in the market.’ customers, and we can do the modification for you and if you Andreas Schuster, managing director of the thirdwant to go really clever we’ll do the STC [supplementary type generation, family-owned, Belgraver Aircraft Interiors, was certificate].’ Ringsell liked the pavilion because: ‘People know inspired by the opportunity. ‘At MRO Europe events in the that anybody on there is DOA or POA and we are both. The past, Belgraver never attended as an exhibitor,’ he said. ‘This 21J is the missing link they didn’t have here before. They could pavilion is an opportunity and so we have chosen to exhibit.’ have given it more space for each of the companies, but if it’s a Belgraver is a manufacturer of spare parts for interiors and success then next year we’ll take a bigger stand.’ n 19

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GO LIVE A NEW OPEN THEATER n The Go Live Demo Theater located on the MRO Europe show floor had a full line up of expert speakers during the exhibition’s two days and few spare chairs as visitors and exhibitors filled the audience. The Theater hosted sessions, product briefings and complimentary content that was open to all attendees. The presentations were given by senior representatives from Atkins, Medavia Technics, Air Informatics, FL Technics, Casebank Technologies, Beep Analytics and Part 21 organisations, among others. ‘We had an overwhelming response and interest in our “Go Live Theater” demo area for this year’s MRO Europe. The Theater is a new part of our exhibition floor that we see going from strength to strength,’ said Hannah Bonnett, Aviation Week Network’s Senior Conference Producer. The session’s topics ranged from predictive analytics to reverse engineering parts and augmented reality.

Part 21 organizations exhibiting on the new Part 21 Pavilion (see pages 14 to 16) also had the opportunity to present and they did so across both days of the show.

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Reaching key people Low investment and great returns are why the Go Live Demo Theater saw a full roster of speakers and standing room only. Robert Coppinger reports

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t’s a low investment from our side, a low investment in time and resources and dollars and so it is difficult to say no to this kind of offer,’ says software and services company Casebank Technologies’ vice president of sales, Steve Lightstone, referring to the Go Live Demo Theater.

Lightstone gave a presentation about his company’s ChronicX product, stating: ‘We were presenting our ChronicX solution for line maintenance, maintenance control reliability for searching aircraft histories and finding repeat discrepancies.’ The system is designed to help both airlines and maintenance, repair and overhaul companies by detecting and managing recurring defects. It identifies, consolidates, and ranks recurring, chronic defects across aircraft fleets, regardless of the assigned Air Transport Association of America coding.

ChronicX uncovers previously undetected problems both by tail number and at fleet-level. Additionally, custom alerts help reliability engineers to respond with greater speed and accuracy.

‘This is the first [presentation] we’ve done in a couple of years and what we primarily do is have our customers talk on our behalf,’ says Lightstone. ‘[Go Live] was a great opportunity to approach the audience that we want to present our solutions too.’

The Go Live Demo Theater was the

first time Beep Analytics had ever presented its predictive sales analysis platform. Pedersen said: ‘I contacted Aviation Week and asked if they could slot us into the conference presentations.

But, then Hannah suggested we should participate [at Go Live] and it was great. I was surprised, it was very positive.’

‘We launched this platform one month ago,’ says Jens Peder Pedersen, founder and chief executive officer of Beep Analytics. The solution offered by Beep produces market maps and sales predictions based on the latest advances in machine learning technology. This technology has the potential to create significant sales growth rates of five to ten per cent for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and distributors, according to Pedersen.

For Pedersen, it is all about name recognition as his company is a startup. He explained: ‘People have little or no clue what we’re doing.’ Nevertheless, he knows there is a ‘massive market’ for his solution as he created a similar analytical platform while working for a another company, solving its challenge of identifying potential customers and other issues.

Pedersen left that company in 2009 and ‘started doing consultant work for some of the major aerospace OEMs. Coming to them, I realized that they are

Going live – full house

Steve Lightstone, CaseBank

Jens Pedersen, Beep Analytics

no further than we were ten years before and the need is there. People are spending incredible amounts of time going into their own systems that can do some of the similar things my platform can.’ The Beep Analytics platform is now much more sophisticated than his earlier work and is designed for ‘a very narrow-use case, distributors, OEMs and to some extent MROs. But primarily [it is for] distributors and OEMs of spare parts,’ he explains.

While Pederson has evolved his platform concept since 2009, Honeywell Aerospace’s defense and space satellite communications senior technical sales manager, Tim Roberts, presented ‘basically the evolution, if you will, of helicopter maintenance,’ as he described it. Roberts says of his Go Live Demo Theater presentation: ‘It was really a great opportunity to be able to be able to speak in front of the end users. It was nice to see the people who are investing the time to

hear about our very specific topics.’

One of those topics was what Honeywell is doing to bring together what have previously been separate components for helicopter maintenance.

‘We’re working actively to create the next generation of pumps to allow them to get truly connected, to connect with the Internet Of Things (IoT),’ he says.

The use of IoT is expected to lead to safer flight with a more cost-efficient way of maintaining an aircraft including ending the need to take equipment off for necessary testing. The equipment would be tested remotely via the internet.

Roberts takes the opportunity to speak at such live demonstrations at tradeshows where he will normally give a 15 or 30-minute presentation, as he did at Go Live. For him, demonstrations are useful tools to have in the broader marketing toolbox. ‘Honeywell has a wide breadth of products and we are present 24

GO LIVE now in different markets whether in the commercial, military or government sectors. The nice thing about our products is they scale,’ he adds.

Global engineering consultancy Atkins’ head of aerospace aftermarkets, Matthew Price, also spoke of digital tools and scale, the scale of big data. Atkins has 50,000 employees across more than 50 countries.

Atkins has become a design approval organization and is offering two digital tools to the maintenance, repair and overhaul community. They are, FLO, the digital aircraft assessment system, and D-Vis, which is data visualisation as a service. ‘Flo is an end-to-end iPad-based cloud scanning solution that enables accurate consistent damage assessment for structural defects,’ Price explains. ‘It’s an iPad-based solution that takes a standard iPad, a standard off-the-shelf scanning tool and it quickly assesses damages, allowing the fast generation of repair solutions to reduce aircraft downtime.’

The iPad takes what Price refers to as ‘smart images’ and with those FLO will measure all the affected area’s dimensions including depth. That data is then sorted through, ‘an independent workflow that

makes sure everything is available in the order and format you need,’ he explains.

All that sorted data goes to the cloud for further analysis by the aircraft OEM or operator. Price says: ‘We’ve worked with airlines and we can see the benefits of efficiencies of up to 90 per cent of time in how you capture the data and put a repair solution in place.’

If the Go Live Demo Theater presentations proved one thing, it is that the claim that data is the new oil is a truism. From machine learning to big data and database trawling for undiagnosed problems to identifying new customers in markets; the analysis of what is on the corporation’s computer hard drives is opening up new business possibilities. Combined with the Internet of Things and the 3D scanning of those things, maintenance, repair and overhaul are becoming an extension of that digital realm. But, for all this big data and artificial intelligence and internet connectivity, it is the low-tech opportunity of standing before an audience, for what is a low investment in time and money, but a high return in whom a presenter gets to present to, that is the real benefit. n

Steve Lightstone of CaseBank Caption here please making his presentation

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‘We had an overwhelming response and interest in our Go Live Theater’ Hannah Bonnett, Senior Producer, Aviation Week Network

Matthew Price, Atkins

Upcoming Events MRO Latin America January 16-17, 2019 | Cancun, Mexico

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MRO BEER May 21-22, 2019 | Vilnius, Lithuania

MRO Middle East February 10-12, 2019 | Dubai, UAE

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MRO Southeast Asia March 6-7, 2019 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Aero-Engines Europe September 2019 | Istanbul, Turkey

Urban Air Mobility Conference April 9-10, 2019 | Atlanta, GA

MRO Asia-Pacific September 24-26, 2019 | Singapore

MRO Americas April 9-11, 2019 | Atlanta, GA

MRO Europe October 15-17, 2019 | London, UK

Military Aviation Logistics and Maintenance Symposium Co-located with MRO Americas April 9-10, 2019 | Atlanta, GA

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COMPONENTS | SYSTEMS | ENGINES | SOLUTIONS

your true supply chain partner

ITS

Expanding the supply chains New staff and a burgeoning Dublin office add to EMEA development

GLOBAL REACH

On the busy ITS stand

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ir transport aftermarket industry leader, ITS, continues to build on its now five-year old investment in Dublin, Ireland.

The Dublin offices and warehouse were established in 2013 and have since supported a growing customer base in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The first of October marked five years since ITS opened this office. Dublin is now a major stocking facility for airframe components and the sales and procurement team has become an invaluable part of ITS’ global strategy.

‘We’re very proud of the

accomplishments of our Dublin office and appreciate the years of dedication and hard work of the management and staff,’ said Ryan Kohnke, ITS managing partner.

This year has also seen the addition of new staff. In August, Sonia Tindall was appointed as sales director for the EMEA regions at the Ireland office. Tindall is responsible for guiding the Dublin-based airframe sales team toward further growth and development in the EMEA region.

Bo Lump, the company’s vice president of sales (airframe) states, ‘As our company continues to expand

relationships in the EMEA region by providing aircraft nose-to-ail solutions, having an experienced leader like Sonia will strengthen our reach and services.’

Tindall’s goal is to expand and enhance the supply chain partnerships with key airlines and maintenance repair and overhaul providers.

Tindall joins ITS with more than 20 years’ industry experience, most recently with Aero Norway. In 2016, she culminated a seven-year stint with AJW Group. n

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n Market leading supply chain partner, ITS, is a 16-year-old company based in Chandler, Arizona that has become a provider of complex airframe components and systems. ITS has expanded its range of aircraft types along with its offerings, and its services now encompass engines and auxiliary power units. For the components, systems and engines of the aircraft ITS supports, the company’s in-house technical experts have many years of experience in dealing with them. ITS serves original equipment manufacturers, leasing companies, resellers, airlines and maintenance repair and overhaul companies worldwide.

Matching the needs of its customers with its own resources, ITS can deploy everything a customer requires from its facilities and offices all over the world.

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MONARCH AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING

New MRO center opens 20 engineers to be based in Northampton as line maintenance agreements grow

Monarch Aircraft Engineering has an incredibly strong reputation for line maintenance

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eading independent maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) provider, Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), opened a $2.6million (£2million) Component Maintenance Center in the UK in September.

Located in Northampton, it is midway between the MRO provider’s Luton and Birmingham base maintenance facilities and within a four-hour drive of all of MAEL’s UK line maintenance stations. Led by Lee Burgess, MAEL’s head of maintenance, 20 people will work at the new Component Maintenance Center, with ten new jobs being created.

The center will have a wide range

of capabilities, including, welding, Engineering. Thomas Cook Airlines’ machining, composite repairs, heat line maintenance has been transfered to treatment, aircraft tooling and emergency Monarch at five UK airports, Gatwick, batteries. Composite repairs can be Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle made to an ISO class nine standard. and East Midlands. Line maintenance The machining includes vertical and engineers working for Thomas Cook horizontal milling machines, multiple Airlines at those locations have also lathes, and a range of equipment to transfered across to MAEL. support repairs, part fabrication and The new agreement with Air Transat tooling development. covers full line maintenance support for The new center follows announcements the carrier’s fleet of Airbus A310 and of new agreements for line maintenance Airbus A330 aircraft at Glasgow airport. n with Thomas Cook Airlines and Canadian carrier Air Transat. Monarch will handle elements of Thomas Cook Airlines’ line maintenance across the UK, in cooperation with Thomas Cook Aircraft www.monarchaircraftengineering.com

A LEADING UK INDEPENDENT n Monarch Aircraft Engineering, as a leading UK independent MRO company, provides base maintenance hangar facilities at London Luton and Birmingham airports for airlines and operators worldwide. It can also carry out line maintenance within the UK and overseas with permanent line stations established at London Gatwick, 28

Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Europe in Nice, Malaga, Warsaw and Kiev. Monarch staff are able to perform A checks up to heavy C and D checks, engineering and technical support, among many other MRO activities. They can work on all the Boeing and Airbus models as well as Embraer and Bombardier aircraft.

LHR GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Expansion of customer support New offices for Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Denmark

MEETING CLIENTS’ NEEDS

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ailored logistics solutions leader LHR Global Logistics has announced the extension of its network with the opening of the first office in the Republic of Ireland.

The Ireland expansion follows the successful addition of an office in Portugal and adds to the strategic positioning of the company as a basis for future growth.

While LHR Global Logistics has a global reach, expanding its European operation is going to continue and there are plans for two more offices in Spain and Denmark before the end of the first quarter of 2019 to meet customer

demands. Brexit is another reason why the company is increasing its customer support across the continent.

LHR’s CEO, Chris Black, said: ‘We’ve seen a marked increase in our airside business at all four of the major airports in Ireland, as well as our business between Europe and the Republic of Ireland growing rapidly.’

As well as that increased business at four Irish airports, increasing airside coverage (which is already at 170 airports globally) is another facet of LHR Global Logistics’ strategic expansion of its customer support.

This is helped by a highly experienced management

team which has numerous personal relationships in the transportation and supply chain industry.

LHR Global Logistics has been providing tailored service solutions to aviation companies and other industries since 2007. LHR Global Logistics supplies the know-how in providing the right solution path to each service offering. n

n LHR Global Logistics has professionals with years of experience and the knowledge to ensure customer requirements are met and that AOG or routine parts reach their destination when needed.

In the last ten years, LHR Global Logistics has increased its global supplier network and invested heavily in an IT transport management system for clients to book through and have the ability to monitor their shipments.

The company’s unique selling point is its flexibility, it can adapt to changing scenarios to ensure the client’s needs are met.

The safe and timesensitive movement of aircraft parts, tooling engines and landing gear requires expert handling and attention to detail around the clock.

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TUBESCA-COMABI

Stronger together Linking up with a French metal products firm to create a global business

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rench work and access specialist Tubesca-Comabi has a wide range of universal access solutions for the aeronautics industry and is advancing its position across all of its markets. A global market leader, Tubesca-Comabi has within its air maintenance product portfolio a wide range of world-class solutions. The solutions encompass, a flight line platform for helicopters, cargo compartment access, a nose docking system, passenger door access, a refueling platform, a mobile work space, and a floormounted cantilever tail docking system.

Tubesca-Comabi leads the way in product development in other markets with a strong core business base in building and construction. These other products include light access, mobile towers, fixed scaffolding and ladder lifts.

Tubesca-Comabi has benefited from its 2016 union with metal products specialist Frénéhard & Michaux, based in L’Aigle in Northern France.

The acquisition of TubescaComabi by Frénéhard & Michaux brought together market leaders that have strong reputations. At the time, Frénéhard & Michaux’s

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WORLDCLASS ACCESS SOLUTIONS

A Tubesca-Comabi access solution for Qantas supervisory board chairman, Jacques Frénéhard, said: ‘Our DNA for 127 years has been developing industrial activity and employment in our territories.’ German group Zarges had previously owned Tubesca-Comabi.

The two companies now have a range of brands in their new group that each have their own territory and specialization. This new group has expanded its activities in key markets including Japan, the United States, Australia

and New Zealand. Frénéhard & Michaux and Tubesca-Comabi share the same industrial tradition and expertize around aluminum and steel. The production and innovation power of their ten French sites and their eight international locations, including those in Spain, the Netherlands and Germany, has enabled them to achieve their ambition. n

www.tubesca-comabi.com

n The French worldclass work access solutions provider, Tubesca-Comabi, devotes its workforce and industrial resources to creating high-quality products and services for all the standard and custom height access needs to be found across a broad range of industries, including aeronautics. Designed and manufactured in France in its three factories, TubescaComabi’s Universal Access Solutions are marketed exclusively by a network of distribution partners.

With more than 20 patents submitted every year, TubescaComabi’s emphasis on innovation and designing special products sees an ongoing adaptation of its access solutions that respond perfectly to industry’s needs and the safety of users.

MANKIEWICZ

Primed for the New Year CELEROL passes new EU standards on chemicals

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ankiewicz’s wash primer CELEROL will still be available to be used in aviation – or any industry – after the European Union’s January 21 deadline for its REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) regulations. While other products will not be available as they do not meet the REACH requirements, Mankiewicz has gained authorization for the continued use of its CELEROL WashPrimer. This is in-part because it has a reduced chromate content compared to chromated epoxy systems and complies with the EU solvent emission directive. Wash primers’ advantages for the end user, such as maintenance, repair and overhaul providers and airlines, are active corrosion protection, ease of use and an easy method of application. It dries quickly and can be applied with a spray gun.

A layer of paint is applied to the area beneath the cockpit window ‘For Mankiewicz, it is ultimately about supporting our customers and giving them choices to use the systems they prefer, rather than trying to force them into decisions they may not feel sure about,’ says Andreas Ossenkopf, head of aviation.

‘Mankiewicz has always been a customer-centric company and for us it is important to ensure that customers can continue with preferred

working practices, where they deem them most suitable.’

Mankiewicz has developed chromate-free coating solutions and offers a wide range of REACH-conforming products for different needs to enable customers to continue their business after the January deadline for the European Union’s REACH, Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals, regulations.

INNOVATIVE COATING CONCEPTS

n German coating specialist Mankiewicz leads the field in waterdiluted and solvent-based coating systems with its high-quality paint products supplied to the aviation industry and other sectors, through

the work of its 1,400 employees around the world. Innovation is at the heart of the business, creating coating concepts of the future to help protect the capital goods in use by companies worldwide.

The EU’s REACH regulations aim to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better and earlier identification of the intrinsic properties of chemical substances. n

www.mankiewicz.com

To meet its high standards and achieve world class products and processes with its quality management system, Mankiewicz is certified according to ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, EN9100, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.

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FL TECHNICS

Joint venture in China Major foothold for the growing Asia & Europe markets

Work is underway in the hangar

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eading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider FL Technics (FLT) has formed a joint venture with China Aircraft Leasing Group’s (CALC) mid- to- end-oflife aircraft solutions arm, Aircraft Recycling International Limited (ARI), establishing the company, FL ARI Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Company, which is based in Harbin, China and offers MRO services for aircraft flying between Asia and Europe.

According to strategy consultancy ICF International’s market forecast, the narrow-body fleet in China is expected to grow at an annual rate of 4.8 per cent from 2017 to 2027, creating huge demand for maintenance services for such aircraft. The total investment

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in FL ARI Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Company is $23million with 40 per cent of the business owned

by FLT and the remainder by CALC and Aircraft Recycling International.

Zilvinas Lapinskas, chief executive officer of FLT, said: ‘We are honored to have the possibility of creating a new MRO entity together with such credible, experienced companies as CALC and ARI. We wish to extend our North European knowhow and LEAN-based process management to the Chinese market.’

With more than 20 years of operations, FLT has 1,200 people working in Indonesia and Lithuania and across a network of 40 line stations worldwide. An EASA Part-145, Part-M, Part-147, Part-21 and FAA 145 certified

company, FLT can carry out A-, C- and D-Checks. The joint venture will focus on maintenance and scheduled checks and overhaul, aircraft disassembly, engineering services, technical training and consultation. It will also provide MRO and supply services for various aircraft components, including engines, auxiliary power units and landing gear.

Today, there is a shortage of independent service providers in China’s MRO market and that shortage is expected to increase over the next few years.

The joint venture’s parent companies, ARI and FLT will focus on aircraft parts and components supply, mid- to- endof-life aircraft trading, logistics, supply chain management, and maintenance and repair and technical support leveraging, respectively. n

THE FIRST STEPS IN A HUGE NEW MARKET n FL Technics’ chief executive officer, Zilvinas Lapinskas, said: ‘[We] are an international independent MRO company with facilities in Vilnius, Jakarta, and we have a new contract establishing a joint venture in Harbin international airport with China Aircraft Leasing Company. We are very happy signing this contract because it is the first step for FL Technics to enter this huge market. According to the prognosis it will be the fastest-growing aviation market in the world, which is why we are focusing on establishing our business in China.’

FL Technics engineers at work

THE COMMON TOUCH

n FL Technics is a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. The company is part of the Avia Solutions Group, an international aviation holding with more than 30 subsidiaries globally.

Operating for more than 20 years in the field, FL Technics specializes in base and line maintenance, parts and materials trading, engines, auxiliary power units, full aircraft engineering

and design, and technical training services. FL Technics has more than 1,200 professionals with representative offices in Lithuania, Indonesia, Russia and Thailand, and hangars and shop facilities in Lithuania, China, Indonesia and the United Kingdom. It also has an extensive network of line maintenance support stations across Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Russia.

Zilvinas Lapinskas

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GA TELESIS

Certified for the largest market Maintenance and repair for nacelles and flight controls in China

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Telesis MRO Services – Composite Repair Group is now offering nacelle overhaul services for Chinese airlines after the global leader in providing integrated solutions was certified by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in September.

The approval by the CAAC means the Composite Repair Group can access the world’s largest major maintenance, repair and overhaul market for nacelles and flight controls. The next step for the Composite Repair Group is to develop and expand its customer base in the People’s Republic of China.

In business for almost 50 years, the Composite Repair Group has previously been approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration as well as many other civil aviation authorities.

A GA Telesis engineer works on a commercial turbofan engine ‘The CAAC’s rigorous audit process is another validation of our quality system and our team’s commitment to compliance and equivalency,’ said Pastor Lopez, president of MRO Services Group. ‘This creates a vast opportunity to provide the highest-level quality, reliability and service to the Chinese market,’ he added.

GA Telesis serves more than 3,000 customers including airlines, original equipment manufacturers, and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) providers and suppliers worldwide with 31 leasing, sales, distribution and MRO operations across 19 countries. It also operates the Component Repair Group that

has also successfully completed the CAAC recertification.

Commercial engine leasing is another new area for the company with this month’s announcement of a joint venture for commercial engine leasing between GA Telesis and its shareholders, Tokyo Century Corporation and All Nippon Airways Trading Company. n

A GLOBAL LEADER n GA Telesis operates aircraft sales, leasing, distribution, and maintenance facilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Finland, and China. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and founded in 2002, GA Telesis has emerged as a global leader with more than $1billion in assets under

management. Industry awards include, Aviation Week MRO of the Year 2014; Aircraft Technology Engineering & Maintenance Supplier of the Year; THE145.com Top Shop Award for Best Pneumatic Repair 2017 and Boeing Performance Excellence Award for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. www.gatelesis.com

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CONFERENCE The panel discussion on parts traceability

Feeding the industry Growth can come in many guises and the MRO Europe conference heard about market forecasts, ecosystems and radical new technologies.

Robert Coppinger reports

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here was plenty of food for thought about how the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry would advance at the MRO Europe conference with 89 speakers over three days. Conference attendees heard about predictive maintenance, connectivity, parts traceability, digitalization, and the future workforce among many other topics including the market forecast and its key trends.

In the MRO Europe Market Forecast and Key Trends session, Joost Groenenboom, of strategic consultancy ICF, set out how the global MRO market will grow by a very healthy 4.6 per cent per year to reach $118 billion by 2027 from its total of $75.5 billion today. Servicing 35

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the world’s 29,100 commercial air transport aircraft, just over 7,000 of them are in Europe, a continent which represents 26 per cent, or $19.98 billion, of the global MRO market in 2017. North America is just ahead of Europe at 27 per cent, but both continents are beaten by Asia and the unsurprising trend that regions’ engine growth is now at 30 per cent of the market.

Another trend is that more aircraft will be requiring maintenance as the deliveries of new aircraft and retirement of old ones slows.

Original equipment manufacturers saw their backlogs decrease for the first time since 2009, as deliveries ramp up and orders slow down.

Those fleets will slowly mature and there was the Case Study: Working with Mature Fleets session for just that topic.

For those interested in leasing,

different investment, getting new projects started and improving collaboration for better services was the topic of the Airline Keynote: Matching the Speed of Industry Evolution to the Pace of Customer Needs session, delivered

by TAP Express CEO, Valter Fernandes. Providing concrete examples and encouraging delegate contributions to the conversation on better ways to collaborate to get new projects installed faster, Fernandes asked, what are the reasons for the slow adoption and maturing of new projects in the industry and how can partners work together to overcome these obstacles?

Fernandes gave the examples of changes to a coat hook taking 14 months and changes to a Wi-Fi system needing three years. For the causes behind such lengthy wait

Defining the value of PHM

the Lessors Panel: Challenges and Priority List looked at the considerations necessary to maintain older aircraft and keep their value, while assessing MRO choices in midlife-mature assets versus new, economic life, residual value, return conditions and exit strategy.

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times, he identified a high level of regulation, few suppliers and few cabin solutions.

He also identified industry issues of a conservative outlook, a lack of research and development departments within airlines and too few airlines having the concept of innovation at the heart of their values. Fernandes sees solutions in plug and play

style cabin configurations that allow easy retrofits; modular concepts to cabins; a faster adaptation to consumer trends; dynamic testing carried out outside company laboratories and smaller engineering teams.

For in-flight entertainment, he suggested that repairs and updates could be carried out by non-line maintenance teams.

Partnering with or developing internal startup projects that provide unique solutions was a part of the Leveraging the Startup Ecosystem for MROs session delivered by innovation consultancy Starburst Accelerator’s co-founder and managing partner, Dr Christian Suttner. Starburst has 30 aerospace corporate accelerator partners globally and has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Paris, Munich and Singapore. Conference attendees got an overview of the global start-up landscape.

Suttner explained that Starburst’s innovation management processes look at innovation strategy and performance, as well as incubators, and innovation implementation.

Starburst also provides services for business digitisation which offers worker augmentation, digital twins, and agile transformation.

Examples Suttner gave of MRO startups included maintenance planning for health monitoring and maintenance operations, inspections and diagnostics with drones and robots and nondestructive testing. Another was repair involving additive manufacturing. He said that predictive maintenance has been a hot topic for venture capital money. An example of a large company buying a startup was UTC Aerospace Systems buying Predikto, a predictive maintenance firm. Predikto had worked with engine OEM Pratt & Whitney to

89 speakers gave presentation or joined panels

decrease engine event evaluations from two months to two days.

An innovation example Suttner gave was the use of a drone for inspection referring to products in development and where there were half a dozen airline customers already in place which had involved demonstration flights.

The use of drones was also addressed in the panel discussion on Drones for Maintenance. This examined the use of drones and inspection environment in aircraft maintenance and the supply chain.

Panelists explored how to manage drones in the airfield for structural repairs and maintenance and how to evaluate and understand sensor equipment, sensor technology and the mapping of the aircraft sensors.

For those in the truly vertical market, there were speakers with dedicated content for the helicopter market. This content included Rotorcraft Power by the Hour; Helicopter Fleet and

Forecast, presented by Aviation Week Network; Condition Based Maintenance for Rotorcraft and Helicopter Maintenance training – Cutting Costs.

However, the session that combined innovation, technology, a startup, key trends and vertical take-off and landings (VTOL) was Designing the New Age of Vertical Mobility – Seizing the Opportunity. German firm Lilium is developing an on-demand, allelectric VTOL air-taxi service that can carry five people for a range of 300 kilometers before having to recharge its battery.

Frank Stephenson is Lillium’s head of product design and he talked about the role of design for the company’s electric VTOL aircraft and the challenges in bringing together the necessary systems and technology. He began his career at Ford, then joined the BMW Group in Munich and after that worked for various car

companies including McLaren before he joined Lilium this year.

From Uber to Airbus’ Vahana concept, there are various VTOL air-taxis in development. The key trend here is the expectation of a high level of demand for high-speed personal transport that is either piloted or autonomous and typically electric or hybrid. Simpler and easier than a helicopter, the electric VTOL taxis are expected to become an essential part of urban and rural mobility, as commonplace as roads or rail. Stephenson told the audience that while the company had told the media it would start operating in 2025, he expected to achieve that goal much earlier.

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1st Choice Aerospace

firstchoice.aero

Air Transport Association of Canada

www.atac.ca

25 Repair Centre

www.25repaircentre.com

Airbourne Colours

www.airbournecolours.com

8Tree

www.8-tree.com

Airbus

www.airbus.com

Aircraft Component Repair

www.acr.aero

Aircraft Part-Out Company Europe www.apocaviation.com

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Aircrafters www.aircrafters.com

A J Levin Company

www.ajlevin.com

Airgroup Dynamics

AAR Corp

www.aarcorp.com

Airline Component Services

airlinecomponentservices.com

AB SKF

www.skf.com

Airmark Corporation

www.airmark.com

ABC International

www.abc-int.it

Airplane Painter

www.airplane-painter.fr

Able Aerospace

www.ableaerospace.com

AirStart

airstart.com

Accel Aviation Accessories

accelaviation.com

AJW Group www.ajw-aviation.com

www.adiaero.com

ACLAS Technics

www.aclastechnics.com

AKKA Group

www.akka-technologies.com

ACP – Airline Component Parts

aereos.com/acp

AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings

www.akzonobel.com

Adhetec

www.adhetec.com

Alfa Freight

www.alfafreight.com

ADSE

www.adse.eu

Ameco Beijing

ameco.com.cn

AELS – Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions

www.aels.nl

American Aerospace Controls

www.a-a-c.com

AEM

www.aemelectronics.com

Ametek Aerospace & Defense www.ameteksensors.com

AerData

www.aerdata.com

Ametek Division Creaform

www.creaform3d.com

AEREOS

www.aereos.com

Amsterdam Airport Area

www.sadc.nl

AerFin

www.aerfin.com

Amsterdam Lelystad Airport

www.lelystadairport.nl

Aermeccanica aermeccanica.it

Andpak/Zip-Chem Products

www.andpak.com

Aernnova

www.aernnova.com

Ansett Aircraft Spares & Services

www.ansettspares.com

Aero Accessories

www.aeroaccessories.com

Applied Informatics & Research

www.airinc.ca

Aero Controls

www.aerocontrols.com

ARG/PTR

arg1.net

Aero Engine Solutions

www.aeroenginesolutions.com

ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems

www.assaabloyentrance.us

Aero Norway

aeronorway.no

Assystem Germany

www.assystem-germany.com

Aeroco Group International

www.aerocogroup.com

Ateliers Bigata

www.bigata.net

AeroDirect

www.aerodirect.com

ATEQ

www.ateq.com

AeroKool Aviation

www.aerokool.com

Atitech – Beyond Flight

www.atitech.it

Aeroparts Manufacturing & Repair

www.aeroparts.aero

Atlantic Aviation Group Ireland

www.atlanticaviation.ie

Aeroplex of Central Europe

www.aeroplex.com

Atlas Aerospace – an Aereos Company

www.aereos.com

Aeropol Aviation Services www.aeropol.com

ATR

www.atraircraft.com

Aeroservices www.aeroservicesltd.com

Auxitrol SA Esterline Sensors Services www.esterline.com

AeroThrust Holdings

www.aerothrust.com

AV8 PMA

av8pma.com

Aerotools Connection

aerotoolsconnection.com

AvAir

www.avairparts.com

Aerotron

www.aerotron.co.uk

Av-DEC

www.avdec.com

Aeroworks Composites

www.aeroworks.nl

Avflex – Global Airservices

www.avflex.com

Aeroxchange www.aeroxchange.com

AVI

www.avi-aviation.com

Aero-Zone www.aero-zone.com

Avia Technique

www.aviatechnique.co.uk

AerSale www.aersale.com

Aviall

www.aviall.com

AES Airplane–Equipment & Services

aes-services.de

Aviatechnik Corporation

aviatechnikcorp.com

AGSE-WESTMONT

www.agsecorp.com

Aviation Academy, Amsterdam

AIM Composites

www.aim-aviation.com

University of Applied Sciences

www.amsterdamuas.com/aviation

AIM aimatlanta.com

Aviation Lease Solutions

www.alsaero.com

Aimtek

www.aimtek.com

Aviation Technical Services

www.atsmro.aero

Air Accessories & Avionics

www.airaccessories.com

Aviatron

www.aviatron.com

Air Atlanta Aviaservices

www.aviaservices.com

Aviocom

www.aviocom.nl

Air Cost Control

www.aircostcontrol.com

Avio-Diepen

www.avio-diepen.com

Air France Industries

www.afiklmem.com

Aviolanda Aerospace Woensdrecht

aviolanda.nl

Air Livery www.airlivery.com

Avion Systems

www.avion-systems.com

Air Quality Aviation

airqualityaviation.com

Avionics Specialist

www.avionics-specialist.com

Air Salvage International

airsalvage.co.uk

Avioparts

www.avioparts.com

Air Support

www.airsupport-mro.com

Aviosupport

www.aviosupport.com

Avparts

www.avpartsinternational.com

Avtron Aerospace

ww.avtron.com

B Bolloré Logistics www.bollore-logistics.com Twitter: @BolloreLog n In a fast-changing world, Bolloré Logistics creates flexible aerospace logistics solutions to precisely meet customer requirements – covering every aspect of the industry. With a global network of 601 sites in 105 countries and 21,000 people, Bolloré Logistics is a world-leading organization with the resources to provide the specific requirements, skills and culture needed to effectively manage aerospace logistics.

Chromalloy www.chromalloy.com Twitter: @ChromalloyLLC n Chromalloy is an integrated solutions provider that delivers programs designed to reduce manufacturing and operating expenses and extend the life of gas turbine engines. Chromalloy, a $1billion company, has locations in 11 countries, which makes us one of the world’s largest providers of advanced coatings and authorized repairs and parts for gas turbine engines.

C & L Aviation Services

www.cla.aero

Cabinair Services

www.cabinairservices.com

CAE Parc Aviation

caeparcaviation.com

Camtronics Group

www.camtronicsllc.com

CanRep Group

www.canrep.com centreforaviation.com

B&E Aircraft Component Repair

www.bandeacr.com

CAPA – Centre for Aviation

B&H Worldwide

www.bhworldwide.com

Cardiff University School

BAE Systems

www.baesystems.com

of Engineering

www.cardiff.ac.uk/engineering

Baltic Maintenance

www.balticm.lt

Celestica

www.celestica.com

Barnes Aerospace/Windsor

www.barnesaero.com

Certified Aviation Services

www.certifiedaviation.com

BASF Corporation

www.basf.com

CH-Aero

www.ch-aero.com

Basstech Engineering Group

www.basstech-group.com

Champion Door

www.championdoor.com

BCD Electronics

bcdelectronics.com

Chateauroux Airport

www.chateauroux-airport.com

BCT Aviation Maintenance

www.bct.aero

Chevron Technical Services

www.chevron.org.uk

Belgraver

www.belgraver.nl

Cinch Connectivity Solutions

www.connectorsupplier.com

Bill Thomas Associates

www.billthomasassociates.com

CIRCOR Aerospace

www.circoraerospace.com

Biomex Aerospace

www.biomexaero.com

Cobalt Aero Services

www.cobalt-aero.com

BIRD Aviation

www.birdaviation.com

Colson Europe

www.colson-europe.com

Boeing

www.boeing.com

Component Control MRO

Bombardier/Short Brothers

www.mro.aero.bombardier.com

& Logistics Software Solutions

www.componentcontrol.com

BP Aero Services

www.bpaero.com

Component Recovery Solutions

crs-aero.com

Brady

www.brady.co.uk

Component Recovery Solutions

www.crs-aero.com

BriskHeat

www.briskheat.com

Cottam & Brookes Eng Co (1985)

www.cbaero.com

Bucher Leichtbau

bucher-group.com

Crestwood Technology Group

www.ctg123.com

Buildair

www.buildair.com

Crossconsense www.crossconsense.com

Busby Metals

busbymetals.com

Curtiss Wright

www.curtisswright.com

Butzbach

www.butzbach-ad.com

Custers Hydraulica

www.custers.nl

Czech Airlines Technics

www.csatechnics.com

C CFM International www.cfmaeroengines.com Twitter: @CFM_engines n CFM International (CFM) is a 50/50 joint company of Safran Aircraft Engines of France and General Electric of the United States.

It is the world’s leading supplier of commercial aircraft engines, delivering to date more than 28,000 of its engines. The current CFM56 engine family powers the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft families for more than 530 operators around the globe.

D Dalic

www.pexa.com

DASI, LLC

www.dasi.com

DC Aviation

www.dc-aviation.com

Dedalus Tech

www.dedalustech.eu

Dedienne Aerospace

www.dedienne-aero.com

Delta TechOps

www.delta.com

Deltech

www.deltechuk.com

Diehl Aerosystems

www.diehl-aerosystems.de

Diehl Aviation

www.diehl.com

Doncasters UK Fabrications

www.doncasters.com

Dublin Aerospace

www.dublinaerospace.ie

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Ducommun

www.ducommun.com

Gables Engineering

www.gableseng.com

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres

www.dunlopaircrafttyres.co.uk

Gaps Aero

gaps.aero

Dymax Corporation

www.dymax.com

Gaptec 2011

www.unglobalcompact.org

Gastops

www.gastops.com

GCAM

gcam-maintenance.co.uk

GECAS AMS UK

www.gecapital.com

E Eaton

www.eaton.com

Gelbyson

www.gelbyson.com

eBay Marketplaces

www.ebay.com

Gemeente Lelystad

www.lelystad.nl

ECA Aerospace

www.ecagroup.com

GEN2 Systems (FLYdocs)

www.flydocs.aero

Eckold

www.eckold.co.uk

German Aircraft Maintenance

www.gam.aero

Eirtech Aviation Services

www.eirtechaviation.ie

GIFAS

www.gifas.asso.fr

El Al Israel Airlines

www.elal.com

Gillis Aero

www.gillis-aero.com

Elbe Flugzeugwerke GMBH

www.efw.airbus-groupcom

GJD Aerotech

www.gjdaerotech.com

GKN Aerospace

www.gkn.com/aerospace

Electron Thermal Processing Equipment

www.electron-tpe.nl

Global Aerospace Corporation

www.globalaerospace.com

Embraer S.A.

www.embraer.com

Global Aviation Co

www.global-aviation.eu

ePlane Inc.

www.eplane.com

Global Parts Support

www.globalpartssupport.com

Equip’Aero Services

www.equipaero.com

Government of Ontario, Canada

www.ontario-canada.com

Etihad Airways Engineering

www.etihad.com

Greenwich AeroGroup

www.gopaa.com

Excent

www.excent.fr

GSE Tool Support

www.gsetoolsupport.com

GT Engine Services

gtes.aero

GT Line

www.gtline.com

GTS MRO

www.gtsmro.com

F faavio eK

faavio.com

FACC Solutions

www.facc.com

FAG Aerospace

www.schaeffler.de

Falko Regional Aircraft

www.falko.com

Farsound Aviation

www.farsoundaviation.com

Heico

Fast Forward Freight

www.fastforwardfreight.com

FerroČrtalič

www.ferrocrtalic.com

Finaero

www.finaero.com

First Aviation Services

www.firstaviation.com

FL Technics

www.fltechnicscom

Fleuret

www.fleuret-toulouse.com

Flighttime-Europe

www.flighttime-inc.com

FlightWatching

www.flighttwatching.com

Fly Dynamics

flydynamics.com

www.heico.com Twitter: @HEICOCORP n HEICO Aerospace offers jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts. It also manufactures aircraft/defenserelated parts; offers thermal insulation blankets primarily for aerospace, defense and commercial applications; subcontracts for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); provides specialty parts as a subcontractor for aerospace and industrial OEMs, and the United States government. In addition, it distributes hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and electromechanical components for the aviation markets.

FlyBe Aviation Services

www.flybeas.com

Fokker Services

www.fokkerservices.com

Fokker Technick

www.fokker.com

FTI Engineering Network

www.ftigroup.net

Future Metals

www.futuremetals.com

Hansair Logistics

www.hansair.com

Hayward & Green Aviation

www.haywardandgreen.com

HEATCON Composite Systems

www.heatcon.com

Henkel

www.henkel.com

GA Telesis

Herber Aircraft Service

www.herberaircraft.com

www.gatelesis.com Twitter: @GATELESIS n Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, GA Telesis LLC is one of the world’s largest commercial aerospace firms with over $1billion in assets under management. GA Telesis operates sales, leasing, distribution, and maintenance facilities in the US, Canada, the UK, Finland and China. Over the past 15 years, GA Telesis has emerged as a global leader in the aerospace industry.

Hispano – Lusitana Aviation

www.h-la.es

HLC Aviation

www.hlc-aviation.com

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Honeywell

www.honeywellaidc.com

HSH Aerospace Finishes

www.hsh-aero.com

Hutchinson Aerospace – Barry Controls

www.hutchinsonai.com

Hydac

www.hycom.nl

HYDRO Systems KG

www.hydro.aero

I

Lockheed Martin Commercial

IAC

www.iac.aero

IAG Engine Centre

www.iagengines.com

IAI Bedek Aviation Group

www.iai.co.il

IBA Group

ibagroupit.com

Iberia Maintenance

www.iberia.es

Icelandair Technical Services

www.icelandairgroup.is

IFE Products

ifeproducts.com

Inflite MRO Services

www.inflite.co.uk

INFORM

www.inform-ac.com

Ingelbeen – Soete

www.ingelbeen.be

Ingenieria Semasa

www.ingenieriasemasa.com

interiorsDIRECT

www.interiors-direct.com

Inter-Tec Services

www.inter-tec.co.uk

Inventory Locator Service

www.ILSmart.com

ITS

www.its.aero

J Jamaica Bearings Group

www.jamaicabearings.com

Jet Parts Engineering

www.jetpartsengineering.com

Jet Repair Center

www.jetrepaircenter.com

JetPro International

www.jetproparts.com

Jetwash Aircraft Cleaning

jetwash.aero

Jewers Doors

www.jewersdoors.co.uk

JJA Aviation

www.jjaaviation.com

JLG EMEA

www.jlg.com

JMS AG

jms.aero

Job Air Technic

jobair.eu

Joramco

www.joramco.com.jo

Jordan Airmotive

www.jordanairmotive.com

K Kamatics RWG

www.kaman.com

Kellstrom Aerospace

www.kellstrommaterials.com

KF Aerospace

www.kfaero.ca

KG Aircraft Rotables

www.kgar.com

Killick Aerospace

www.killickaerospace.com

KLX Aerospace Solutions

www.beaerospace.com

Konstrukcije Schwarzmann

www.schwarzmann.si

L LJ Walch

www.ljwalch.com

Latecoere Interconnexion Systems

www.latecoere-aero

Laversab USA

www.laversab.com

Leki Aviation

www.lekiaviation.com

Lewis & Saunders

www.lewisandsaunders.com

LHR Global Logistics

www.lhrglobal.com

Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation www.liebherr.com Liftsafe Fall Protection

www.fallsafetysolutions.com

LINETECH

www.linetech.pl

Engine Solutions

www.lockheedmartinengines.com

LOT Aircraft Maintenance

www.lotams.com

Lufthansa Technik

www.lufthansa-technik.com

Lumics

lumics-consulting.de

M Madeeli

www.madeeli.fr

Magellan Aviation Group

magellangroup.net

Magnetic MRO

magneticmro.com

Mankiewicz

www.mankiewicz.com

Mapaero

www.mapaero.com

MCD-Tools

www.mcd-tools.de

McGean Rohco

www.mcgean.com

Mediterranean Aviation

www.medavia.com.mt

Meggitt CSS

mymeggittsupport.com

MGT Aero Europe

mgt-group.aero

Monarch Aircraft Engineering

www.maelbox.com

Moog Inc.

www.moog.com

Moove Aviation

www.mooveaviation.com

MP Filtri UK Limited

www.mpfiltri.com

MSI

www.msiair.com

MTI Aviation

www.mtiaviation.com

MTU Maintenance Hannover

www.mtu.de

myTECHNIC

www.mytechnic.aero

N NAG

nag.aero

NAS Component Maintenance

www.nascomponent.com

Nedaero www.nedaero.com Newport Aeronautical

www.newportaero.com

NEXEYA

www.nexeya.com

Nitto Belgium

www.nitto.com

NLR-Netherlands Aerospace Centre

www.nlr.org/industry

NORDAM

www.nordam.com

Nortec Electronic

www.nortecsol.co.uk

North Bay Aviation

www.northbayaviation.com

Northeast Aero Compressor

www.neacorepair.com

NSE

www.nse-groupe.com

NTE Aviation

www.nteaviation.com

NYCO

www.nyco.fr

0 Oakenhurst Aircraft Services Ltd

www.oakenhurst.com

Oaklands Global

oaklandsglobal.co.uk

Odyssey Engines

www.odysseyengines.aero

OEMServices www.oemservices.aero Olympus Europa

www.olympus-europa.com

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing

www.ontic.com

Onur Air

www.onurair.com

Optical Display Engineering

odelcd.com

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Orolia

www.orolia.com

P Pratt & Whitney www.pw.utc.com Twitter: @prattandwhitney n Pratt & Whitney is a world-leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. Pratt & Whitney’s large commercial engines power more than 25 per cent of the world’s mainline passenger fleet. It has also built a long and distinguished record of providing top-of-the-line engines to 29 armed forces around the world.

Rockwell Collins

www.rockwellcollins.com

Rotable Repairs

rotablerepairs.com

Rotafilo

www.rotafilo.com.tr

Rubb Building Systems

www.rubbuk.com

S Satair www.satair.com Twitter: @Satair_aviation n Satair is a truly global company and world-leader in the commercial aerospace aftermarket. The company supports the complete life cycle of the aircraft with a full and integrated portfolio of flexible, valueadding material management products, services and tailored support modules. This allows customers to concentrate on their core business; the safe and cost effective operation of their aircraft.

Pall Aerospace

aerospace.pall.com

Panasonic Avionics

www.panasonic.aero

Paradigm Precision

www.paradigmprecision.com

Parker Aerospace

www.parker.com

PartsBase

www.partsbase.com

StandardAero

Pattonair

www.pattonair.com

Paustian Airtex

www.paustian-airtex.com

Paz Aviation

pazaviation.com

PDQ Airspares

www.pdq-airspares.co.uk

Pentagon 2000 Software

www.pentagon2000.com

www.standardaero.com Twitter: @StandardAero n StandardAero is one of the world’s largest independent providers of engine and airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul, engine component repair, engineering services, interior completions and paint applications. The company employs nearly 6,000 employees worldwide with annual revenues approaching $3billion.

Perform Air International

www.performair.com

PlusEight Aviation

plus8aviation.com

Poco Graphite

poco.com

Poente Technical

www.poentetechnical.com

Power Avionics & Accessories

www.poweravionics.com

PPG Aerospace

www.ppgaerospace.com

s7 Technic

www.s7technics.ru

Premier Aviation Quebec

www.premieraviation.ca

Sabena Aerospace Engineering

www.sabena-aerospace.com

Progenta

www.progenta.com

Sabena Technics

www.sabenatechnics.com

Proptech Aero

www.proptech.aero

Safe Aviation Solutions

www.safefuelsystems.com

Safe Fuel Systems

safefuelsystems.com

Safran

www.safran-group.com

Q Qualitair Aviation Group

Saft www.saftbatteries.com www.qualitair.com

Saint-Gobain Sully

www.saint-gobain.com

SAMCO Aircraft & Maintenance www.samco.aero Satori www.satori-mro.com

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Satys

www.satys.com

Ramco Systems

www.ramco.com

Saywell International

www.saywell.co.uk

RBC MRO Services

www.sargentaerospace.com

Scandinavian Avionics

www.scanav.com

Recaero

www.recaero.fr

Schoelly Fibreoptic

www.schoelly.de

Reed Business Information

www.reedbusiness.com

SCI Cabin Interiors

cabininteriors.se

Regent Aerospace

www.regentaerospace.com

Seal Dynamics

www.sealdynamics.com

Regional Airline Support Group

rasg.net

Sekur Service International

www.sekurservice.aero

Relli Technology

relli.nl

Sia Abrasives, Switzerland

ww.siaabrasives.com

Repairtech International

www.repairtechinternational.com

Silmid

www.silmid.com

Revima Group

www.revima-group.com

Silver Wings Aerospace

www.silverwingsaerospace.com

Rheinland Air Service

www.ras.de

Skeyos Marketplace

www.skeyos.com

Rhinestahl

www.rhinestahl.com

Skyline Aero

skyline-aero.com

Rochem Aviation

www.rochem.co.uk

Skyways Technics A/S

skywaystechnics.com

Smith Metal Centres

www.smithsadvanced.com

SNC Lavalins Atkins

www.atkinsglobal.com

Solair Group

www.solairgroup.com

Southdown Aero Services

www.southdownaero.com

Southern Cross Aviation

www.scross.com

Spantech International

www.span-tech.com

Specto Aerospace

www.spectoaerospace.com

Spectrum Technologies

www.spectrumtech.com

Spokane Industries

www.spokaneindustries.com

SR Technics Switzerland

www.srtechnics.com

ST Aerospace Solutions

www.stengg.com

StandardAero www.standardaero.com Stealth Jet

www.stealthjet.sg

Sterling Global Aviation Logistics

sterling.quick.aero

STG Aerospace

www.stgaerospace.com

STS Aviation Group

www.stsaviationgroup.com

STTS Group

www.stts-group.com

Summit Aerospace

www.summitmro.com

Sunaero

www.sunaero.com

Suncoast Landing Systems

www.suncoastlanding.com

T TT Repairs

www.ttrepairs.net

TAG Aero

www.tag.aero

TALA

www.tala.aero

Tap Maintenance & Engineering

www.tap-mro.com

TARCG

www.tarcg.com

Tarmac Aerosave

www.tarmacaerosave.aero

TAT Technologies

www.tat-technologies.com

TDA

www.tda.aero

Techman-Head www.techman-head.com Technisch Bureau Magema

www.magema.com

TESTIA

www.testia.com

Thales Avionics

www.thalesgroup.com/en

The Gill Corporation

www.thegillcorp.com

The Timken Company

www.timken.com

Third Dimension

www.third.com

Total Technic

www.total-technic.com

TP Aerospace

www.tpaerospace.com

Trenchard Aviation Group

trenchardaviation.com

Triumph Group

www.triumphgroup.com

TrueAero

www.trueaero.com

Tubesca-Comabi

www.tubesca-comabi.com

Turbine Controls Inc

www.tcimro.com

U UTC Aerospace Systems www.utcaerospacesystems.com Twitter: @UTCAeroSystems n Every second, a plane takes off with UTC Aerospace Systems equipment onboard. From space exploration and defense to today’s more electric, more intelligent, more integrated aircraft – our systems make modern flight possible! We have more than 41,000 employees across 26 countries working at the forefront of technological innovation. We do big things no one else can do – we look forward to exploring what big things we can do together!

Come soar with us.

Umbra Group

www.umbragroup.com

Unical

www.unical.com

Unison Industries

www.unisonindustries.com

Universal Avionics Systems Corporation

www.uasc.com

UTC Aerospace Systems

www.utcaerospacesystems.com

V VALLAIR

www.vallair.aero

VAS Aero Services

www.vas.aero

Volga Dnepr Gulf (UAE)

www.vdgulf.com

W WS Wilson Corporation

www.wswilson.com

Watts Aviation

wattsaviation.co.uk

Welsh Government

gov.wales

Wencor Group

www.wencor.com

Wesco Aircraft

www.wescoair.com

Widerøe Technical Services

www.wideroetechnical.com

Woodward

www.woodward.com

X Xtrata25

xtrata25.com

Turbine Services & Solutions Aerospace

ts-s.ae

TurbineAero

www.turbineaero.com

TurboJet Partners

www.turbojetinc.com

Turkish Technic

www.thy.com

Turner Aviation

www.turner-aviation.co.uk

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