MRO AND SUPPLY CHAIN
Widebody shop slots tighten into the fourth quarter as operators bring checks forward
Carriers pulling C-checks earlier to protect peak-season availability are consuming the slack that regional shops had reserved for winter, leaving late-booking operators with fewer options than the published capacity suggests.
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The pattern is visible across Southeast Asian and Gulf shops: bookings that would ordinarily fall in November and December are being taken in September, on the reasoning that a check deferred into peak season risks grounding an aircraft when it earns most. The consequence is a queue that looks comfortable on paper and is not. Operators without a standing agreement are quoting turnaround windows two to three weeks longer than the same shops offered in spring.
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