Do you conduct or outsource line maintenance? If so, this is a must-read for you.

Think of it as your high-level line maintenance forecasting resource.

It’ll help you ask and answer critical questions for your operation.

The article is broken down into the following sections:

• Annual Aircraft Line Maintenance Demand

• Annual Line Maintenance Material Demand

• Annual Line Maintenance Labor Demand

Each section will provide information on: 

• Transit Checks

• Daily & Weekly Checks

• A-checks

Let’s begin.

Annual Line Maintenance Demand

In 2022, $17,290,913,742 will be spent on line maintenance.

Transit Checks will account for $4,648,809,697, daily & weekly checks $9,996,501,960, and A-checks $2,645,602,085.

Most of the line maintenance will serve Boeing and Airbus fleets, but this is how it breaks down by top ten aircraft manufacturers:

• Boeing: $9,349,612,750.00

• Airbus: $5,819,696,778.00

• Yabora Industria Aeronautica: $623,108,085.00

• Mitsubishi: $390,421,914.00

• ATR: $387,484,097.00

• Viking Air: $355,035,665.00

• Hawker Beechcraft: $66,922,372.00

• Regional Aircraft: $58,517,284.00

• BAE Systems: $44,305,649.00

• M7 Aerospace: $41,472,447.00

Annual Line Aircraft Maintenance Material Demand

$7,704,844,211.00 will be spent on annual line maintenance material in 2022.

Here's how the numbers break down:

• A-Check: $1,455,048,068.00

• Daily & Weekly Checks: $5,107,890,169.00

• Transit Check: $1,141,905,974.00

Here is the total line maintenance material spend based on aircraft manufacturer:

• Boeing: $4,859,533,124.00

• Airbus: $2,403,507,653.00

• Yabora Industria Aeronautica: $124,501,687.00

• Mitsubishi: $79,560,921.00

• ATR: $75,321,937.00

• Viking Air: $72,755,493.00

• Hawker Beechcraft: $16,730,401.00

• Regional Aircraft: $12,798,528.00

• Fokker: $10,847,512.00

• M7 Aerospace: $10,368,036.00

Annual Line Maintenance Labor Demand

183,182,454.00 labor hours will be allocated to line maintenance in 2022, costing $9,586,060,492.00 in total labor.

Here how it breaks down per expense category:

• A-Check: $1,190,550,655.00

• Daily & Weekly Checks: $4,888,608,770.00

• Transit Check: $3,506,901,067.00

Here's how the labor hours are broken down based on aircraft type:

• Single Aisle: 92,733,631.00

• Twin Aisle - Long Range: 40,986,366.00

• Twin Aisle - Medium Range: 16,510,372.00

• Regional Turbofan: 12,630,365.00

• Turboprop: 11,014,677.00

• Twin Aisle - Ultra Large: 6,955,869.00

• Twin Aisle - Short Range: 2,351,174.00