Due to cost advantages and economy of scale Maintenance Repair Organisations MRO’s continue to develop and provide a complete service in support of the effective management of Aviation Maintenance.
Most of today’s Eastern and Central Europe MROs were formed during the 1990’s as descendants from airlines technical departments. Many opportunities can be found where MROs benefit specifically from the use of MRO Consultancy services
Today, a majority of MROs in the region operate as independent firms.
In the last couple of years, we are witnesses of new facilities opening in
Eastern Europe. LHT has established operations in Budapest and
Sofia, as well as a couple of stand alone MROs in Turkey, The provision of consultancy services can provide support to MRO’s in developing cost effective solutions. Whether it is reorganizing process facilities or logistics.
In 2008 world aircraft fleet generated maintenance, repair and overhaul
(MRO) market worth $44 billion. The largest MRO segment is engine at $15 billion (35%), followed by components ($9.6 billion, 22%), line ($9.5 billion, 22%) airframe heavy maintenance ($6 billion, 13%) and modifications ($3.5 billion, 8%).
Europe constitutes around 25 % of the world MRO market. MRO consultancy services can provide tailored and cost effective solutions to assist management.
MRO.’s do not have specific responsibility in respect of compliance with Part M as this is the remit of the operator Essentially this responsibility mandates the ownership of the continuous airworthiness product by the Operators CAMO (Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Organisation). The responsibility places a burden on the operator which requires them to have an active relationship with the Aircraft Maintenance Company, which assures effective delivery of the maintenance product.
Using an MRO consultancy can offer a solution to providing complementary management of the operators Continuing Airworthiness needs.
MRO,s have an opportunity to develop value added solutions which can be assisited by the use of an MRO Consultancy.
Aviation maintenance is one of the most heavily regulated environments and Aviation MRO’s are subjected to oversight by the national authority (or competent authority)
As part of the regulatory approval they hold MRO’s are required to be self checking. by means of an Internal quality system which must be approved by the regulator. MRO Consultancy can help to optimise this process.
Effective Quality Management systems can result in substantial savings in terms of organisational loss using an MRO consultancy can accelerate the identification of either weak or pressure points leading to a full understanding of status.
Gap Analysis by a leading MRO Consultancy can assist in providing source data to develop optimum solutions.
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