In the fourth episode of Asian Skycast, Anthony Lam from AsBAA speaks with Louis Leong from Jet Aviation, Raul F. Trinidad Jr from ACTSI, Gary Dolski from Metrojet, Phil Balmer from TAG, and Paul Desgrosseilliers from ExecuJet Haite, who talk us through the effect that COVID-19 has had on MROs and scheduled maintenance.

Main Content:

(01:28-09:54): What are some of the challenges to keeping aircraft in flight-ready conditions whilst putting them in deep storage?

(09:55-14:32): With all the travel restrictions in place, Is there enough of a domestic market to survive?

(14:33-17:36): In the future, should we expect there to be less MRO work to go around?

(17:37-21:55): How do US MRO maintenance transaction levels compare to that of Asia?

(21:56-26:13): Are older aircraft being retired faster as a result of COVID?

(26:14-28:06): Do we have enough human capital to fill the upcoming post-COVID demand?

(28:07-29:16): Have you recruited more young talent during COVID than you did before the pandemic?

(29:17-38:16): What is your outlook for the rest of 2021 and 2022? 

(38:17-40:20): How have you tried to entice more interest from candidate students to join?