Engines
Engine Extension Programs an Option To Costly Overhauls
MROs and others respond to segment of aircraft whose values don't justify the costs of turbine engine overhauls.
StandardAero's engine exchange program currently applies to Honeywell TFE731, CFE738, and Pratt & Whitney PW305 turbofans as well as Honeywell 36-100/150 series APUs. (Photo: StandardAero)
StandardAero's engine exchange program currently applies to Honeywell TFE731, CFE738, and Pratt & Whitney PW305 turbofans as well as Honeywell 36-100/150 series APUs. (Photo: StandardAero)

As the business aviation industry matures along with some of the aircraft making up its active fleet, MROs and others are coming up with ways to extend the life of aging business aircraft whose diminished resale value makes engine overhauls cost-prohibitive. “As aircraft get older you can see engine events where to get the engine back into full-flying condition, it’s going to cost more money than the whole aircraft is worth,” StandardAero business aviation division president Marc Drobny told AIN. “So situations like that are really incumbent upon folks like us to come up with options so we can keep the aircraft flying. Otherwise, they’re almost disposable assets at that point.”