Wide Body Aircraft Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Market Report 2025

The wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $21.76 billion in 2024 to $23.08 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.1%. This growth during the historical period is attributed to higher air traffic on long-haul routes, an increase in the wide-body jet fleet, growing demand for retrofits to improve fuel efficiency, enhanced focus by airlines on improving operational efficiency, and the increasing complexity of aircraft systems.

The wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $28.84 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7%. The anticipated growth is driven by the expansion of low-cost long-haul airline operations, wider adoption of predictive maintenance technologies, a growing number of budget long-haul carriers, increased interest in cabin upgrades and retrofits, and a rising trend in converting wide-body aircraft into freighters.

The increasing demand for air travel is expected to propel the growth of the wide-body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market going forward. Air travel refers to the transportation of passengers or goods by aircraft, typically over long distances, through the use of commercial or private flights. The increasing demand for air travel is driven by rising disposable incomes, which enable more people to afford air transportation for business and leisure purposes. Wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul enhances air travel by ensuring the safety, reliability, and operational efficiency of long-haul aircraft, thereby supporting seamless global connectivity. For instance, January 2025 according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a Canada-based trade association, international air traffic saw a 13.6% increase in 2024 compared to 2023, while overall flight capacity grew by 12.8% during the same period. Therefore, the increasing demand for air travel is the growth of the wide-body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market.

Companies engaged in the wide-body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market are increasingly investing in next-generation aircraft conversion technologies such as Passenger-to-Freighter (PTF) solutions, which help extend aircraft lifespan and fulfill the growing need for air freight services. PTF conversions involve transforming passenger aircraft into cargo planes, thus extending the operational use of wide-body aircraft and boosting MRO services to accommodate these new cargo designs. For example, in August 2022, Aspire MRO LLC, a U.S.-based MRO provider, launched wide-body maintenance and PTF conversion offerings. Aspire MRO operates out of a large 840,000-square-foot facility at Fort Worth Alliance Airport, which includes six heavy maintenance bays designated for wide-body aircraft and Boeing 777 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) modifications. The firm benefits from a seasoned management and labor force, robust financial backing from Fortress Investment Group, a major contract with Mammoth Freighters, and the capacity to serve both domestic and global clients with its advanced P2F conversion services.

In December 2024, Adani Enterprises Limited, an India-based infrastructure and logistics solutions company, acquired Air Works MRO Services Private Limited for $47 million. Through this acquisition, Adani Group intends to establish a comprehensive aviation services platform that bolsters India’s aviation infrastructure. This move will enhance Adani’s service capabilities across both civilian and military MRO operations. Air Works MRO Services Private Limited is an India-based provider of aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, offering wide-body aircraft MRO through its certified facilities across the country.

Major players in the wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market are Boeing Global Services, Airbus SE, Honeywell International Inc., ST Engineering Aerospace Ltd., Lufthansa Technik AG, MTU Aero Engines AG, Delta TechOps, Iberia Maintenance S.A, Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd., Turkish Technic Inc., AAR Corp., SR Technics Switzerland AG, Sabena Technics SAS, SIA Engineering Company Limited, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited, Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Limited (JorAMCo), MRO Holdings Inc., Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance, FL Technics UAB, TAP Maintenance and Engineering S.A.

North America was the largest region in the wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa. The countries covered in the wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report’s Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.

The sharp hike in U.S. tariffs and the associated trade disputes in spring 2025 are notably impacting the aerospace and defense sector by raising costs for titanium, carbon fiber composites, and avionics materials largely sourced from global suppliers. Defense contractors, locked into fixed-price government contracts, absorb these added costs, while commercial aerospace firms face airline pushback on higher aircraft prices. Delays in component shipments due to customs bottlenecks further disrupt tight production schedules for jets and satellites. The industry is responding by stockpiling critical materials, seeking waivers for defense-related imports, and collaborating with allied nations to diversify supply chain.

Wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) refers to the full spectrum of technical procedures performed to uphold the safety, dependability, and airworthiness of wide-body aircraft, which are designed with two passenger aisles. These procedures include both planned and unexpected inspections, repairs, and part replacements in alignment with regulatory requirements.

The primary service categories in wide-body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) consist of airframe maintenance, engine maintenance, component maintenance, urgent repairs, and modification services. Airframe maintenance focuses on inspecting, repairing, and maintaining the structural components of the aircraft, such as the fuselage, wings, and landing gear, to maintain safety and performance. Important components included in MRO activities are airframe structures, avionics systems, landing gear, hydraulic systems, and electrical systems. These services are provided to a broad spectrum of end users including commercial airlines, cargo operators, government and defense organizations, corporate aviation operators, and aircraft leasing firms.

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The wide body aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as component maintenance, line maintenance, interior refurbishment, paint and livery services, and avionics maintenance. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified.)

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values and are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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