29/07/2026
✈️ The world's fleet is growing faster than the people and hangars needed to maintain it.
👷 728,000 - new maintenance technicians the industry needs globally by 2045, per Boeing.
🔧 22,000 - the shortfall expected by the end of this year alone (McKinsey).
🎓 1 in 3 - training seats sitting empty, not for lack of applicants, but for lack of instructors.
The gap is closeable - Ethiopian Airlines proved it, investing $150M+ to build Africa's largest MRO hangar and treating workforce and infrastructure as one decision, not two.
Most markets still haven't made that decision. That's the real story.
📖 Full analysis below.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aviation-consulting-group_aviation-mro-aviationmaintenance-activity-7488208618903953409-WgwZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAfGSgkBCHDBvV1Xsr5hQGP6fvUva064sQ0