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APAC Helicopter Market 2025: Aging Fleets, Uneven Regulation and Capability Gaps

Rotortrade's APAC Helicopter Market Report 2025 finds helicopter fleets across the Asia‑Pacific are ageing, regulatory standards vary significantly between countries, and operator capability is uneven. These combined trends create near‑term maintenance burdens and operational risk profiles that will shape procurement and MRO demand across the region.

2026-01-19T05:21:27.348350-08:00

Inflight Online

Jamco to acquire Schüschke, expanding lavatory and cabin‑interiors portfolio

2026-01-19T02:54:27.212424-08:00

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Ethiopian Airlines — route network shifts, fleet expansion and order update

2026-01-18T20:22:02.253243-08:00

Aviation Week

TransDigm to buy Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation for $2.2B

2026-01-16T10:51:33.250028-08:00

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APAC Helicopter Market 2025: Aging Fleets, Uneven Regulation and Capability Gaps Rotortrade's APAC Helicopter Market Report 2025 finds helicopter fleets across the Asia‑Pacific are ageing, regulatory standards vary significantly between countries, and operator capability is uneven. These combined trends create near‑term maintenance burdens and operational risk profiles that will shape procurement and MRO demand across the region.

2026-01-19T05:21:27.348350-08:00

APAC Helicopter Market 2025: Aging Fleets, Uneven Regulation and Capability Gaps

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Jamco to acquire Schüschke, expanding lavatory and cabin‑interiors portfolio Jamco Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire Schüschke, a specialist supplier of lavatory washbasins, countertops and cabin‑interior components. The purchase broadens Jamco's lavatory and cabin‑interiors product range and brings Schüschke's component lines into Jamco's interiors business; it complements Jamco's existing interiors capabilities.

2026-01-19T02:54:27.212424-08:00

Jamco to acquire Schüschke, expanding lavatory and cabin‑interiors portfolio

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Ethiopian Airlines — route network shifts, fleet expansion and order update Daily Operator News briefing summarising Ethiopian Airlines' latest route network changes, strategic fleet developments and aircraft order activity, alongside coverage of start-ups, bankruptcies, mergers and partnership moves affecting the carrier’s capacity planning across Africa and long‑haul markets.

2026-01-18T20:22:02.253243-08:00

Ethiopian Airlines — route network shifts, fleet expansion and order update

Aviation Week

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TransDigm to buy Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation for $2.2B TransDigm will buy Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation from Vance Street Capital for about $2.2 billion in cash. The purchase of two proprietary aftermarket/PMA suppliers— which together generated roughly $280 million in 2025 revenue— broadens TransDigm's aftermarket/MRO footprint and accelerates PMA consolidation.

2026-01-16T10:51:33.250028-08:00

TransDigm to buy Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation for $2.2B

AeroTime

Engine transitions: engineering-led CAMO turns narrowbody engine value into predictable returns With engines now representing over half of a narrowbody jet's asset value, engineering‑led CAMO (continuing airworthiness management) programmes that focus on lifecycle data, life‑limited parts and transition planning can convert engine transition risk into predictable, measurable asset returns for operators and lessors.

2026-01-16T07:27:21.850143-08:00

Engine transitions: engineering-led CAMO turns narrowbody engine value into predictable returns

NASA

NASA adds two retired USAF F-15s to Armstrong fleet to support X-59 high‑altitude supersonic trials NASA has brought two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters into its Armstrong Flight Research Center fleet at Edwards AFB to act as chase/support aircraft for high‑altitude, supersonic testing of the X-59 quiet‑boom demonstrator. The jets will be modified to enable chase, instrumentation and data collection during supersonic profiles.

2026-01-15T13:07:18.912355-08:00

NASA adds two retired USAF F-15s to Armstrong fleet to support X-59 high‑altitude supersonic trials

Skift

Delta aims to turn maintenance unit into a $3 billion MRO business Delta plans to turn its in‑house maintenance unit into a standalone multi‑billion‑dollar MRO business, with executives estimating revenues could reach as much as $3 billion. The announcement signals a push to commercialize maintenance capabilities and create a new revenue stream for the carrier.

2026-01-15T10:02:41.516094-08:00

Delta aims to turn maintenance unit into a $3 billion MRO business

GE Aerospace

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GE Aerospace reshapes Commercial Engines & Services, names Mohamed Ali CEO; creates new commercial sales chief GE Aerospace consolidated technology and operations into its Commercial Engines & Services unit as part of a CES restructure and named Mohamed Ali CEO to speed customer response. Jason Tonich was appointed Chief Commercial Sales & Customer Officer; Russell Stokes will retire in July 2026.

2026-01-15T05:40:32.271564-08:00

GE Aerospace reshapes Commercial Engines & Services, names Mohamed Ali CEO; creates new commercial sales chief

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APAC Helicopter Market 2025: Aging Fleets, Uneven Regulation and Capability Gaps

Jamco to acquire Schüschke, expanding lavatory and cabin‑interiors portfolio

Ethiopian Airlines — route network shifts, fleet expansion and order update

TransDigm to buy Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation for $2.2B

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