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  Military MRO Is No 50-50 Enterprise

  Posted by Michael Bruno 4:58 PM on Apr 23, 2009

  I have no doubt that they struggle mightily to meet their congressional mandates, but if comments by a few star-studded leaders here at Aviation Week's MRO Military conference in D... Read More >>

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  Another Ice Age?

  Posted by Frank Jackman 4:22 PM on Apr 23, 2009

  In trying to forecast where the MRO market and commercial aviation are going, Lufthansa Technik has drawn up three possible scenarios: Frost, Strong Winter and Ice Age. This mornin... Read More >>

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  Interim Defense Act Depot Study in December

  Posted by Michael Bruno 1:09 PM on Apr 23, 2009

  A new Defense Department review of its depot work and war-support outsourcing spourred by congressional outrage over the number of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan is due in Dec... Read More >>

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  United Airframe MRO Work Coming Up for Bid

  Posted by Frank Jackman 11:16 AM on Apr 23, 2009

  As United emerged from bankruptcy earlier in this decade it contracted out much of its airframe heavy maintenance work on five-year contracts. Those contracts will be com... Read More >>

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  Delta's Richard Anderson On MRO

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 3:04 AM on Apr 23, 2009

  Richard Anderson, Delta Air Line's president and CEO, spoke at MRO Americas today and said the airline hopes to be operating with Northwest under one operating certificate by the e... Read More >>

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  Martinez Joins AAR in Indianapolis

  Posted by Elyse Moody 2:01 AM on Apr 23, 2009

  Danny Martinez, former VP of line maintenance for American Airlines, has joined AAR Corp. as VP and general manager of AAR Aircraft Services - Indianapolis.Martinez, who joined Ame... Read More >>

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  Boeing Expects First GoldCare Customer This Year

  Posted by Frank Jackman 10:46 PM on Apr 22, 2009

  Boeing expects to sign a launch customer for its GoldCare 787 support program this year, Ray Marzullo, Boeing VP customer support-Americas, said today in Dallas at MRO America... Read More >>

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  Gathering Clouds on the Horizon?

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 6:16 PM on Apr 22, 2009

  Several people mentioned caution for the MRO market today, so the optism I experienced yesterday is definitely being tempered today.For instance, Steve Kolski, executive vice presi... Read More >>

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  DOD's Fowler: Time to Rebrand PBL

  Posted by Michael Bruno 5:43 PM on Apr 22, 2009

  Even as the Pentagon continues to chant the official mantra over performance-based logistics (PBL), the assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for material readiness says the t... Read More >>

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  It Is Indeed a Small, Small World

  Posted by Michael Bruno 3:19 PM on Apr 22, 2009

  Good processes, good relationships with your prime contractor and good luck all seem the necessary ingredients for small businesses looking to make big plays in U.S. military maint... Read More >>

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