Aircraft Retirement Delays And Supply Chain Pain Boost PMA Use

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Demand for PMA parts has recovered strongly since the pandemic.

Credit: HEICO
When maintenance activity plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, so did demand for spare parts. In some cases, the drop in demand was even more precipitous than for maintenance overall, as cash-strapped airlines ran down inventories and cannibalized grounded aircraft for spare parts rather than...

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