The United States is grappling with a shortage of maintenance workers in the aviation industry, with baby boomers retiring and others changing jobs during the pandemic.
This comes as the global fleet of commercial aircraft is set to balloon a third by 2034, involving more than 36,400 vessels, according to a recent study by consulting firm Oliver Wyman.
In its wake, spending in the maintenance, repair and overhaul market is projected to grow almost 20 percent by 2034.
But the sector suffers from a shortfall of qualified manpower — and an inadequate pipeline of talent.
It lacks some 24,000 aviation maintenance technicians in North America, a figure due to reach nearly 40,000 by 2028, Oliver Wyman notes.
In the United States, around 4,000 maintenance, repair and overhaul companies employ some 185,000 aviation maintenance technicians and engineers. This forms around 44 percent of the global total, according to the Aeronautical Repair Station Association. In a 2023-2042 outlook, aviation giant Boeing forecasts “strong” long-term demand for newly qualified aviation personnel.
There is a need for some 690,000 new maintenance technicians to help maintain the global commercial fleet over the next 20 years, according to Boeing.
The maintenance, repair and overhaul sector is “under-capacity, and hangar maintenance slots are in high demand, especially as aircraft manufacturers’ delivery delays mean that older aircrafts are being flown for longer periods, requiring more maintenance,” Fabre added.
The two major aircraft manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus, are fully booked until almost the end of the decade and are accumulating delays.
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