AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2012 VOL 31 ISSUE 4 DEPARTMENTS
04 Editor’s Notebook 06 Intelligence: News 08 Intelligence: About People 64 Tool Crib 66 Column: PAMA Prose 68 Column: Legal Spin
70 Column: Leading Indicators 65-67 Classified
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David Schober COVER STORY
Euro MRO Outlook Growth in the European MRO market
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has been essentially flat and will remain slow in the coming years. Independent MROs are pressed by OEMs on the one hand and large airline MROs on the other. Read about these and other insights from top leaders in the European MRO sector.
Cover image of Dr. Stefan Weingartner, MTU’s president for commercial maintenance and company board member courtesy of MTU.
MRO, UPGRADES AND REFURBISHMENT ON COMMERCIAL, BUSINESS/GA AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT GLOBALLY
EURO MRO
OUTLOOK
EUROPE’S LEADING COMPANIES, EXECUTIVES AND ANALYSTS PEER INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL
Dr. Stefan Weingartner, MTU’s president for commercial maintenance and company board member weighs in on the European MRO outlook.
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