Advantages of outsourcing Aviation Maintenance

on all aspects of its fleets operations (maintenance schedules, routing, etc.). This results in a significant amount of temporary workers at repair stations, also having to learn new set/s of procedural tasks every time they change contract, with higher chances for errors (FAA, 2013). Updates on Airline MRO on account of Covid The Airline and MRO industry has been affected by several factors in the aftermath of a recession in the effects of Covid. Major concerns regarding the same relate to a shortage in trained pilots, cancellations (on account of Covid), new 5G transmissions, a shortage of maintenance workers (Silk, 2022). Airlines, struggling to maintain profits had been forced to cut down on fleet size, send Aircraft to storage (refer figure below). As the effects of the pandemic recede, the MRO market touched almost 50% of its revenues at US$ 50.3 Bn (as against US$ 91.2 Bn at Pre-Covid levels). This indicates a deficit in MRO spending of almost 45% as is indicated in the figure below. AN UPDATE ON MRO SPENDING Pre-COVID Post-COVID Engine Airframe Component Line 43.5 17.9 16.3 13.5 23.2 7.9 10.1 9.1 Fig. 3. An update on MRO Spending (as of April 28, 2020) (Oliver Wyman, 2020) Region Pre-COVID Aircraft sent Aircraft put Fleet size to storage back into service Africa 1137 700 262 Asia Pacific 8689 5334 3618 Europe 6821 5414 2871 Latin America, Carribean 1746 1319 469 Middle East 1404 1059 504 North America 8087 4588 2092 Total 27884 18414 9816 Source: (Oliver Wyman, 2020) Figure 2. Aircraft put in storage, back in service as per Covid