ALTA fortalece su cartera MRO en solo mes y medio

Con el ingreso a principios de mayo de Aeroman, proveedora salvadoreña de mantenimiento, reparación y revisión (MRO), son tres las nuevas compañías de este tipo que se han afiliado a la Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Transporte Aéreo (ALTA) en los últimos 40 días. De acuerdo con ALTA, en abril también se unieron a […]

ALTA Adds Trio Of MRO Members

Aeroman, which provides airframe and component MRO along with associated engineering, testing, inventory and logistics services from a sizable complex of maintenance hangars and specialist workshops at El Salvador International Airport, has become an affiliate member of ALTA, the non-profit Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association. Not only is Aeroman the fourth MRO company […]

Buscan maximizar huella económica y social de aviación en AL

«Para poder duplicar el número de pasajeros y flota durante los próximos 10 a 15 años, se requiere un papel proactivo de todos los actores involucrados, incluidos los gobiernos, reguladores y aeropuertos, si queremos crear más empleos, conectar más comunidades, fomentar el desarrollo económico y crear oportunidades para todo", declaró Eduardo Iglesias, director ejecutivo de […]

Despega la primera edición de IATA Wings of Change Miami

La Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA en siglas en inglés) y el Miami-Dade Beacon Council han unido sus fuerzas para traer por primera vez a Miami la principal Conferencia de Aviación Latinoamericana y del Caribe, IATA Wings of Change (WOC). WOC, evento que lleva ya nueve ediciones en Santiago de Chile, además de una […]

JetBlue MRO Apprentice Program Addresses Technician Shortage

JetBlue Airways says its in-house apprentice program is a partial solution to the looming maintenance technician workforce shortage, an executive with the airline tells Aviation Week. The median age for maintenance technicians at U.S. airlines is 51 years, or nine years older than the rest of the country"™s labor pool, and new technicians are not […]

MRO sector to top $75b in 2017, as worker crunch looms

The MRO industry may struggle with a shortage of qualified technicians as soon as 2022 – the fallout from a period of record aircraft orders and reluctance by airlines to retire older types, according to aviation industry consultants. The shortage will come, however, as the global MRO industry continues a period of continued projected growth. […]

American Airlines Going "˜Back to Basics"™ To Prep For Big Data

As airlines and MRO providers embrace data analytics to help drive efficiencies, their organizations must first ensure they have basic protocols in place to properly navigate what is proving to be a complex and evolving path. American Airlines is tackling this by going "back to the basics," Becky McCarty, the airline"™s manager-data management for tech […]

Comenzó MRO Americas 2017

Más de 800 expositores participan desde este martes y hasta el jueves, en la 22 edición de la Conferencia y Exhibición MRO Americas, una de las citas más importantes de la industria de mantenimiento aeroespacial, por ser un lugar de encuentro estratégico para aerolíneas, OEMs, expertos de departamentos técnicos y de compras, que este año […]

ALTA Welcomes COOPESA as New Member

ALTA (the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association) today announced that COOPESA, a Costa Rica-based MRO, has become the association’s newest affiliate member. ALTA’s affiliate members are airline-related organizations that work collaboratively with the association on aviation industry initiatives throughout the Latin America and Caribbean region. «We are delighted to welcome COOPESA and their […]

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance Joins Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association

ALTA (the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association) today announced that Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has become the association"™s newest affiliate member. ALTA"™s affiliate members are airline-related organizations that work collaboratively with the association on aviation industry initiatives throughout the Latin America and Caribbean region. "We are pleased […]