NAFA member JSSI Parts & Leasing Pratt & Whitney Product Line Manager Kalven Carpenter explains some of the options available to aircraft owners and operators looking to reduce the cost of business aircraft engine maintenance.
It’s no secret that owning a business aircraft involves a significant amount of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, which ultimately accounts for a large portion of overall aircraft operating costs. Let’s take a dive into some of the options available to aircraft owners and operators facing a major engine event.
The highest cost maintenance event for turbine-engines is the overhaul, sometimes known as the core zone inspection. Most of that cost comes from parts that fail inspection and cannot be installed back into the engine. As a result, the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility will likely then quote new material from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) as replacement parts. However, while not always offered, there are a few alternatives to new material that can help reduce engine event costs: overhauled, repaired, serviceable and exchange parts.
This article was originally published by JSSI Parts & Leasing on August 2, 2021.
