Maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO), it is big business, worth some $45 billion and represents 12-15% of an airline’s cost base. Although many airlines do their own line maintenance, 60% of the world’s carriers outsource heavy work in an effort to lower costs. Huge investments in infrastructure, facilities and parts require a great deal of capital and for the most part an airline cannot achieve cost effectiveness, even so it is estimated that about 30 to 50% of MRO work is third party. So while some airlines are getting out of MRO, others believe they can find economies of scale

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