The MRO business is rebounding from the pandemic, leaner, fitter and better equipped for the future, reports Paul E Eden

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) spokesperson Michael Lagemann is very clear about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider: “2020 marked the absolute low point for the global aviation industry and therefore also for us as an MRO market leader. As the number of hours flown plummeted, so the requirement for MRO services declined just as dramatically.”