MTU Maintenance on course for further success

The year 2025 left a lasting mark on MTU Maintenance—in the best possible way. Demand remained stable across nearly all major engine programs, while the network advanced on multiple fronts simultaneously: new capabilities, expanded expertise and additional capacity. Since entering the MRO business more than 45 years ago, MTU Maintenance has completed more than 27,000 shop visits. Today, over 7,000 engine experts work on more than 30 engine types worldwide—across all time zones, from short-haul to long-haul aircraft.

More MRO capabilities, capacities and engine programs

The year 2026 is set to continue at the same pace. MTU Maintenance Fort Worth will be a subject of concerted focus and network support, following last year’s announcement that the Texas location is changing from a dedicated on-site service specialist to a disassembly, assembly and testing (DAT) facility. Its core programs are made up of CFM International’s LEAP engine – for which the site received a much-coveted Premier MRO license – and GE Aerospace’s GEnx. The ramp-up of the LEAP program is currently under way, including a test cell correlation, and the first induction of the narrowbody engine’s 1B variant is scheduled for mid-2026. Following the subsequent addition of the LEAP-1A, the Fort Worth team will tackle the GEnx ramp-up closer to the end of this decade.

In Germany, MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg expanded its PW800 engine program from a low-pressure-turbine focus to comprehensive engine MRO. This transition also included the reconstruction of two docks with a new generation of the Fixed Overhaul System (FOSng). The proven state-of-the-art DAT fixture developed at MTU Aero Engines makes the workplace for MTU’s staff more ergonomic and the maintenance processes more efficient. Additionally, the Ludwigsfelde location is boosting capacities in its industrial gas turbine (IGT) segment, for which the company is constructing a brand-new production facility to accommodate the target of a 30-percent increase in its shop-visit volume in the coming years. The new building will also house a training center for developing and strengthening the skillset of current and future engine experts.

EME Aero, MTU’s joint venture with Lufthansa Technik specializing in the MRO of the GTF engine family, inducted the 1,000th engine at its facility in Jasionka, Poland. Additionally, it inaugurated a second test cell, as it expects to grow its operating volume to 500 shop visits per year starting in 2028.

Further south in the Balkans, MTU Maintenance Serbia, the dedicated repair shop for high-value engine components, continues its ramp-up towards an estimated 450,000 annual working hours by 2027.

In the Asia-Pacific region, MTU Maintenance Zhuhai opened a secondary production facility in neighboring Jinwan for the MRO of the location’s PW1100G-JM program, creating more overall shop-visit capacity for its portfolio, which also encompasses CFM56, LEAP and V2500 engines at the original Zhuhai site. Once the Jinwan shop is ramped up, the two sites will have a combined annual capacity of more than 700 shop visits.

Growth and expansions in MTU’s ancillary services

MTU’s ON-SITE^Plus service network attended over 1,000 events in 2025. In São Paulo, MTU Maintenance do Brasil has moved into a larger facility to handle the increasing demand in on-site maintenance for aero engines and IGTs in South America. The team introduced LEAP capabilities last year and has joined its network colleagues on numerous on- and near-wing service deployments for on-the-job training. LEAP introductions were also a theme among the on-site experts at Hannover and in Fort Worth.

At MTU Maintenance Australia, the portfolio saw the introduction of the CFM56-7B engine variant, an expansion to its regional aero engine service provision which started with the CF34-10E in 2024.

At MTU Maintenance Lease Services, the leasing and asset management specialists put another strong performance in the books, growing their operations by 20 percent. It recorded more than 90 transactions in 2025, expanded its lease pool of engines and modules to a total of 140 assets – including the addition of LEAP and GEnx engines – and continually sourced used serviceable material stock.

How MTU Maintenance intends to manage this continued growth—and why deeper integration across sites will play a decisive role—is explained by Jaap Beijer, Managing Director of MTU Maintenance Hannover and Executive Vice President MRO Operations, in our interview.