IATA confirms Turkish Technic to join its MRO SmartHub platform

The Geneva-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) has confirmed that Turkish Technic, a provider of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for commercial aircraft and business jets is to join its MRO SmartHub platform which was developed in conjunction with technology partner Opremic.

IATA’s MRO SmartHub is a neutral web-based platform which allows airlines, MRO providers, OEMs, and appraisers to obtain greater transparency into the surplus aftermarket, plus real-time access to fair market values (FMV) for aircraft parts. Consequently, airlines and MRO service providers should be able to reduce their material costs by between 10-15% through using the platform. With steadily growing aircraft fleets, the MRO aftermarket material spend in 2020 was around US$26 billion (£23 billion), representing an increasing component of airlines’ operating costs.

MRO SmartHub provides airlines and MRO facilities, like Turkish Technic, the ability to manage their inventory and aftermarket spare part costs. Incorporated in 2006 Turkish Technic has three hangars for narrow-body and wide-body aircraft and a VIP & light airplanes hangar at Istanbul Airport, in a total enclosed area of 130,000 m2 with a workforce of 3,000 employees, of whom roughly 1,800 are technicians and around 1,300 of them are licensed (LAE – Licensed Aircraft Engineers).

Newly constructed facilities at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport include a hangar for 11 single-aisle aircraft plus an additional hangar for three long-haul airframes. A separate narrow-body hangar can be found at Esenboğa International Airport (ESB), Ankara. Turkish Technic is also a member of IATP (International Airlines Technical Pool), ELMO (European Line Maintenance Organization), and Airbus MRO Network.