Lee Ann Shay

Chicago

Executive Editor MRO and Business Aviation at Aviation Week

Aviation Week's executive editor MRO and business aviation, and editor in chief of Inside MRO and BCA.

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Podcast: What Stood Out At The 2025 Paris Air Show

4 days ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay |Thierry Dubois |James Pozzi

Listen in as editors discuss the big MRO news from this year’s Paris Air Show, as well as what changed from the last time the industry convened in Le Bourget in 2023. Don't miss a single episode. Subscribe to Aviation Week's MRO Podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. Discover all of our podcasts at aviationweek.com/podcasts.
European Business Aviation Ground Handlers Face Regulatory Change

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s Annual Safety Review spotlights the need to improve ground handling safety, and a recent European Commission regulation (2025/20) intends to do that. The new rule, years in the making, was promulgated to reverse the trend of increasing ground damage....
Sounding Board: European Taxes Pressuring Charter Operators

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay

Air Charter Association Chief Executive Glenn Hogben discusses ways to build charter workforce and combat illegal charter operations. Q. What’s new at the association? A. We’re expanding into the U.S. We started about two years ago, but very organically. We have a lot of multinational members whose...
Safran Validates RISE Open Rotor Component

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay

Safran recently validated the mechanical integrity of three large composite blades for CFM’s RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) open fan architecture demonstrator engine. The full-scale blades, each about 1.6 m (5.25 ft.) long, underwent more than 175 ingestion and endurance tests at Safran’s Villaroche center in France to validate their aerodynamic and acoustic performance in an unducted architecture. Safran also completed an additional 300 hr.
Fuel Prices Declining At FBOs In The U.S.

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay

The average price of Jet-A fuel at FBOs in the U.S. has decreased two months in a row. Analysis by Argus shows the average national Jet-A price in June was $6.42, $0.06 less than in May, based on an Aviation Research Group survey of prices reported at more than 200 FBOs.Divided by FAA regions in the U.S., the largest decrease occurred in the Western Pacific, where Jet-A prices dropped $0.11 from May. However, that region still logged the most expensive fuel at $6.99 per gal.
Expliseat Raises Capital To Expand Globally

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay

Expliseat raised €36 million ($41 million) last week to scale and expand its seating manufacturing business, as well as develop a global MRO network for its products. This comes at a time when the market has a high demand for aircraft seats—both for new-production aircraft as well as for retrofits. Part of the money will be used to launch a premium ultralight seat and to expand its presence in North America, which it sees as a key growth engine.
HAECO Expects Uptick In MRO Technician Recruiting

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay

HAECO Hong Kong expects its recruiting efforts to be buoyed by the Hong Kong government’s recent approval allowing foreign skilled trade professionals to apply for certain jobs experiencing shortages, including aircraft maintenance technicians. Hong Kong’s Technical Professional List specifies eight skilled trade jobs that will open to skilled trade professionals outside of Hong Kong as of June 30. HAECO hopes to recruit about 700 people over the next three years to address local labor shortages.
Revima Targets Landing Gear, APU Expansion in U.S.

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay

Revima, the large independent auxiliary power unit (APU) and landing gear MRO, has ambitions to add additional repair stations to keep up with its growth. Specifically, it aspires to have ones for both APUs and landing in the U.S. and “probably” a repair shop in the Middle East, too, Revima President and CEO Olivier Legrand said during Jefferies’ MRO summit June 4.
Podcast: Electrification, Hydrogen And A&P Testing Barriers

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Lee Ann Shay |Lindsay Bjerregaard |James Pozzi

Editors discuss the newest issue of Inside MRO, delving into features on electric technologies, testing barriers for U.S. A&P students, Ryanair’s evolving aftermarket and development of hydrogen fuel cells for aviation. Don't miss a single episode. Subscribe to Aviation Week's MRO Podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. Discover all of our podcasts at aviationweek.com/podcasts.
Sounding Board: AfBAA Chair Dawit Lemma On Priorities, Challenges

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Molly McMillin |Lee Ann Shay

Dawit Lemma is the new chair of the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA), a position he assumed on May 19. Lemma is the founder and managing director of Krimson Aviation Holdings, established in 2015. He is of Ethiopian origin and a Swiss citizen. Lemma is a graduate of Purdue University in...