Predictive maintenance based on big data and geospatial data seeks to define the best time to perform work on an asset, so that maintenance frequency is as low as possible and reliability is as high as possible without unnecessary costs.
Maintenance teams are beginning to embrace the use of big data and predictive modeling to improve performance, which helps establish maintenance programs that reduce downtime and save maintenance costs, while extending the life of their equipment, reducing unnecessary tasks and optimizing spare parts inventory.
Alejandro Giammattei, president-elect of Guatemala, announced that during his mandate the administration of the country's airports will be handed over to the municipalities.
The plans of the president-elect, who is due to take office on Jan. 14, 2020, are to hand over the administration of several airports to mayors who have commercial airstrips within their municipalities.
Aeroman opened in El Salvador its sixth hangar, which has an area of two thousand square meters and capacity to maintain 14 narrow cabin aircraft simultaneously.
The new hangar, which began construction in March 2018 and whose investment in infrastructure amounted to $20 million, is located on land adjacent to the Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport.
Aeroman has announced that it will be investing $45 million in the construction of the sixth aircraft maintenance and repair hangar at the Monseñor Romero airport in El Salvador.
Authorities at Aeroman said that the hangar, which will be located on the west side of the air terminal, will be larger than hangar 5, inaugurated in 2015, and will have capacity to accommodate larger aircraft.
Aero Expo Panama Pacifico will take place at Panama Pacifico Airport from March 21 to 22, 2018, and will bring together aeronautical companies from all over Latin America.
Aero Expo Panama will feature a static presentation of various executive aircraft and expert speakers on the subject who will give seminars on topics of great importance to executives in aviation companies, such as management of the costs of aircraft operations.
HondaJet may be planning to set up an aircraft maintenance center at Panama Pacifico airport to provide maintenance services to the aircraft it sells in the region.
The Honda Aeronautical Maintenance Center could be built on the premises of the Panama Pacifico International Airport, and would be the only center in the region authorized to carry out inspections of HondaJet aircraft.
The infrastructure to be built at the Salvadoran airport will include a maintenance workshop and facilities for an aeronautical maintenance training center.
The project, being run by the Technical Institute of Former Salesian Students, is valued at $4 million and will be completed in one year.The hangar will be built on a plot of land measuring 2,100 square meters, inside the international airport of Ilopango.To develop the project, the institution signed a loan agreement with CEPA authorities.
Armed Forces Authorities have announced that they have completed the aircraft needs assessment stage, and will start preparing the bidding documents for the tender.
Elheraldo.hn reports that "...After completing the first review phase,"... we are now working with companies interested in carrying out the improvements and reparations, as a review must be carried out of the certificates of each of them to determine if they meet the quality requirements and standards established by the aircraft manufacturer's specifications."
Aero Expo Panama Pacific will be held at the Panama Pacific Airport on April 20 and 21 2017, and will bring together companies linked to the Latin American aeronautical industry.
The website states that"...Aero Expo 2017 Panama Pacific is the most important event for general and private aviation in Latin America.It will explore the latest trends in the business aviation and helicopters sector in Latin America, the Caribbean and Panama.
Copa Airlines has announced that from 2018 it will transfer the servicing of its aircraft to the new 10 thousand square meter construction hangar is to be constructed in Tocumen.
The construction process, which requires an investment of $15 million, started a few days ago and will be completed in 2018.The airline plans to transfer all aircraft maintenance operation from the second half of 2018.
The new parking platform raises to 22 the number of aircraft that can be attended to simultaneously at the international airport in San Salvador.
Elsalvador.com reports that "...The work represents the first expansion project with a direct impact on customer service for passenger aircraft at San Salvador International Airport in the last 18 years and will be crucial in improving its operational capacity."
The National Naval Air Service is preparing tenders for $13 million in 2017 for the purchase of new vessels and aircraft.
The amount has already been approved by the Cabinet Council and included in the budget for the Naval Air Service (Senan) 2017.
Prensa.com reports that "...For example, as part of the continuity of the improvement program for air and maritime equipment for the areas of West Panama, Arraiján, Veracruz and Cocolí, which ends in 2018, and the equipment program for the air transport squadron, the Senan will be acquiring two aircraft.One of which will have capacity for 19 passengers for $5 million, and another for $4 million 975 thousand 710. "
Aeroman has announced that together with the CEPA it is preparing for the construction of a sixth aircraft maintenance hangar at the airport of Comalapa.
The construction of a new hangar will constitute the "... second stage of Aeroman's investment, as part of what was agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Government of El Salvador and Aeroman in September 2014."
With a school of aeronautical firefighters, a center for aircraft maintenance and better programs of aviation mechanics, the country aims to become a regional aviation cluster.
Although the promised expansion of the international airport Ronulfo Monsignor is still going at a slow pace, the area of aviation training and commercial aircraft maintenance is prepared to improve its services and turn the country into a hub for the aircraft industry at the regional level. Mario Martinez, director of the Central Institute of Aeronautics Training (ICCAE), told Elsalvador.com that "... it is right time for the country to take advantage of all the elements that it can intergrate in order to be eligible to be a cluster in the coming years. 'The location we have is key. We can create a first class logistics platform. '"
In 40 thousand square meters of the Enrique Jimenez airport, a repair station for commercial wide-body aircraft will be set up, with an investment of $35 million.
The Board of Directors of Tocumen SA has endorsed the proposal originally presented in July by an enterprise founded on foreign capital, now associated and represented by local investors, to develop a maintenance workshop at the airport in Colon to provide aircraft servicing.