{"id":373025,"date":"2026-07-14T20:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373025\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:45:27","slug":"gallery-inside-mtu-maintenance-fort-worths-expanded-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373025\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Inside MTU Maintenance Fort Worth\u2019s Expanded Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Gallery: Inside MTU Maintenance Fort Worth\u2019s Expanded Shop | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                              <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/lee-ann-shay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Ann Shay<\/a><br \/>\n                          July 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p>  It&#8217;s Open!<\/p>\n<p> Credit: MTU Maintenance<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s modernization.<\/p>\n<p>Sell held various operational positions in quality control, engineering and value stream management at MTU before starting this role in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>  First Engine Arrives<\/p>\n<p> Credit: MTU Maintenance<\/p>\n<p>MTU Maintenance Fort Worth inducted its first engine, a CFM International CFM Leap-1B from Gol Linhas Aereas, on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>  Fort Worth Alliance Facility<\/p>\n<p> Credit: MTU Maintenance<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>  Test Cell<\/p>\n<p> Credit: MTU Maintenance<\/p>\n<p>A CFM Leap-1B engine in MTU\u2019s test cell, which is capable of testing engines up to 100,000-lb. thrust.<\/p>\n<p>  Training Academy<\/p>\n<p> Credit: MTU Maintenance<\/p>\n<p>MTU Maintenance\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>  Role In Network<\/p>\n<p> Credit: MTU Maintenance<\/p>\n<p>Johannes Bussmann, MTU Aero Engines CEO, said \u201cThe site will be a cornerstone of our strategy to support next-generation engine programs at scale\u201d during the July 8 opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>MTU Maintenance opened its renovated and expanded engine MRO shop on July 8. Here\u2019s what it looks like inside.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/shaylee-annsized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/lee-ann-shay\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Ann Shay<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">As executive editor of MRO and business aviation, Lee Ann Shay directs Aviation Week&#8217;s coverage of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including Inside MRO, and business aviation, including BCA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gallery: Inside MTU Maintenance Fort Worth\u2019s Expanded Shop | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Lee Ann&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-373025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}