Maintenance providers in the Eastern European region largely focus on narrowbody and regional jet airframe maintenance and offer a significantly lower labor rate than their Western European counterparts—but that labor rate could be on the verge of increasing. Mijana Tratnjek Ceh, Adria Tehnika’s chief commercial officer, thinks there will be more pressure on MRO prices in the region because of wage increases. “The prices we offer for MRO will have to go up,” she said ...
