MRO Management May/June 2022 Digital Issue

The ‘holy grail’ is in reach – at least for the aircraft recycling sector, with companies predicting that 100 per cent of an airframe will be able to be reused or recycled within the next two years.

Aircraft recycling has come a long way from the days when airframes were simply crushed into bite sized chunks to be sent to the smelter. Today, the process is governed by extensive rules and regulations, and valuable parts can often be removed and sold on.