Gallery: Inside MTU Maintenance Fort Worth’s Expanded Shop | Aviation Week
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Lee Ann Shay
July 14, 2026
It’s Open!
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MTU Maintenance celebrated the grand opening of its engine MRO in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 8. Gernot Sell, general manager, addresses the crowd gathered to celebrate the completion of the facility’s modernization.
Sell held various operational positions in quality control, engineering and value stream management at MTU before starting this role in 2025.
First Engine Arrives
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MTU Maintenance Fort Worth inducted its first engine, a CFM International CFM Leap-1B from Gol Linhas Aereas, on the same day.
Fort Worth Alliance Facility
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MTU Maintenance moved into this 43,000 m2 facility at Fort Worth Alliance Airport in 2023 and invested $120 to modernize it. The facility started by providing engine hospital shop visits and quick-turn services for a variety of GE and CFM narrowbody and widebody engines, but the newest capabilities allow it to overhaul CFM Leap-1A and -1B powerplants. It plans to add GE90 overhaul capability by 2023.
Test Cell
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A CFM Leap-1B engine in MTU’s test cell, which is capable of testing engines up to 100,000-lb. thrust.
Training Academy
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MTU Maintenance’s facility in Texas includes a training academy that offers a 14-week program that includes practical and theoretical training. The engine shop employs 200 people but plans to ramp up to 1,200 by 2032, when it intends to be running the shop at full capacity.
Role In Network
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Johannes Bussmann, MTU Aero Engines CEO, said “The site will be a cornerstone of our strategy to support next-generation engine programs at scale” during the July 8 opening ceremony.
MTU Maintenance opened its renovated and expanded engine MRO shop on July 8. Here’s what it looks like inside.
