Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Providers Consider 2020's Challenges, Prospects
An election year and worries of a downturn create some uncertainty for the MRO industry in 2020.
An aging business aircraft fleet could benefit MROs in the long run, industry officials say. (Photo: C&L Aerospace)
An aging business aircraft fleet could benefit MROs in the long run, industry officials say. (Photo: C&L Aerospace)

Maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers are divided by what lies ahead for their business in 2020. While they benefitted to some degree from the FAA’s ADS-B Out mandate over the past couple of years—in some cases leading to entirely new avionics installations or as part of other larger projects such as cabin refurbishments and connectivity installations or upgrades—their business in 2019 continued to be driven largely by scheduled maintenance, equipment obsolescence, and improvements in avionics suites and connectivity.