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Trends In The Aviation Industry

2021-09-09 / 2 min

No doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a technological advancement in the aviation industry. Given that air travel and overall aviation industry was affected in the previous year, the role of new technologies in revolutionizing air travel, cargo sector, global advancements in sustainability and autonomous transportation, in addition to new space services, satellite connectivity

3D Printed Spare Parts – a Market Worth US$400 Billion

2021-08-26 / 3 min

For several years, industry analysts have been predicting that 3D printed aircraft parts will be the next great technological leap in engineering. With Oliver Wyman – a leading international management consulting firm – predicting that by 2030, 3D printing could represent a US$400 billion aviation and automotive manufacturing market, the innovative production method is a

Stable Aviation Comeback

2021-08-05 / 2 min

It has been predicted that the global aviation industry is expected to fully recover by around 2024-2025, fleet expansion and rising confidence is being seen across the industry, which could be the “ray of sunshine” for the civil aviation industry. Airline travel in the U.S. has bounced back from its pandemic lows, but it remains

Reducing Environmental Footprint

2021-05-27 / 2 min

Since 2008 the aviation industry have been following the sector-wide climate action framework. The framework is based on a set of three global goals: short, medium and long-term. Short goal: 1.5% average annual fuel efficiency improvement from 2009 to 2020 Medium goal: Stabilize net aviation CO2 emissions at 2020 levels through carbon-neutral growth. Long-term goal:

Bargain Hunters: Buying Aircraft Parts Online

2021-05-25 / 2 min

As COVID-19 swept through the aviation industry in 2020 and onwards into 2021, searching for cheaper but reliable aircraft parts became the ‘new normal’ for both airlines and dedicated MRO providers seeking effective aviation solutions. In 2019 used serviceable materials (USM) constituted only US$4.7 billion of the overall market, in 2022 that figure is expected

Getting Your Hands on an Aircraft Part

2021-05-06 / 2 min

The airplane recycling process begins with non-destructive dismantling activity. First, some easily removable items such as passenger seats, engines, and other components are taken—eventually, just the shell remains. At that point, a massive excavator demolishes the vast shell of the airplane. Once different parts of the shell are broken down into small pieces, they are

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