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Sun Country Airlines (Sun Country), a leading ultra-low-cost carrier, has significantly enhanced its procurement efficiency and achieved savings on aircraft parts by implementing SkySelect's Procurement AI platform. 

SkySelect is excited to announce the launch of our enhanced analytics functionality, designed to provide comprehensive insights into airline and MRO material procurement.

In today's rapidly evolving aviation landscape, the call for greater efficiency and innovation is louder than ever. However, despite the clear advantages, airlines consistently face a formidable barrier: budget limitations.

The world’s first lean greenfield MRO, myTECHNIC, proudly announces a groundbreaking transformation in its procurement operations following the implementation of SkySelect.

SkySelect has been honored with the Best Software Award by ALTA – the Latin American & Caribbean Air Transport Association.

Executives face the constant pressure of optimizing operations and bolstering the bottom line. The key to navigating this complex landscape of aviation lies in strategically prioritizing initiatives that deliver maximum impact.

MyTECHNIC, a global provider of MRO services specializing in aircraft, engines, and component maintenance, faced increasing pressure to enhance procurement speed and efficiency.

Mature Your Supply Chain Through Smart Use of Data, Analytics, and AI-Powered Automation

This premier event brings together key players in the Latin American aviation industry, and we look forward to contributing to discussions that will shape the future of aviation.

If your sourcing strategy still leans on a handful of familiar suppliers, you're exposed. Tariffs on foreign parts, materials, and components are increasing procurement costs and delivery times — threatening both margins and uptime.

Historically, the Sun Country procurement team spent too much time on manual and time-consuming tasks. Recognizing the need for change, they initiated their digital transformation journey with SkySelect to increase procurement efficiency and automate purchasing.

SkySelect’s availability matrix enables you to tailor your procurement approach based on two critical factors: lead time and the number of suppliers.

Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services (Airborne) is a leading U.S.-based MRO provider and a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (ATSG).

Inc.’s eighth annual Female Founders list highlights the nation’s top business leaders who challenge the status quo to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems.

SkySelect is exhibiting at the MRO Americas Conference in Atlanta on April 8-10, 2025.

In aviation, purchasing volumes can grow exponentially, and buying one part at a time while trying to find the best price quickly becomes unmanageable.

SkySelect is excited to announce its attendance and participation in a panel discussion at MRO Americas 2025.

SkySelect Inc., a trailblazer in aircraft parts procurement technology, is thrilled to announce its selection as a winner of the prestigious MRO Innovation of The Year Award.

SkySelect's Procurement AI entered the early majority adoption phase in 2024, with numerous customers integrating this technology, signaling a significant shift in how aircraft materials are transacted.

SkySelect is thrilled to announce its attendance and panel participation at MRO Middle East 2025

This new feature empowers suppliers with valuable insights to improve operations, enhance customer relationships, and drive growth.

In this insightful session, our panel revealed powerful strategies and inspiring examples of how suppliers can thrive by leveraging the SkySelect platform.

Discover how airlines and MROs can leverage new procurement technology to address several areas critical to sustainability and vastly improve the material supply chain.

Shipment consolidation is one of the most effective ways to reduce the environmental impact of aircraft parts logistics.

We are excited to announce our attendance at Aerospace Tech Week Americas on November 19-20, 2024, in Atlanta, GA.

SkySelect announced direct integration with SalesEdge Quoting, ushering in a new era of aviation part sales by seamlessly integrating eCommerce capabilities with customers’ infrastructure.

This interactive invite-only webinar gives you exclusive access to Airborne’s procurement vision.

New clients mean increased demand and the potential to unlock new revenue opportunities. 

This new integration with Ambry Hill’s VistaQuote product provides suppliers new opportunities to be more efficient and additional capabilities to maximize demand.

We're attending MRO Europe on October 23-24, 2024.

SkySelect, the leading procurement platform, is proud to announce a successful partnership with MTU Maintenance, the MRO division of MTU Aero Engines, to modernize and optimize their engine parts sourcing processes.

According to our research, sourcing across broad market supplier participants (top-tier and long-tail) yields better on-time performance and savings metrics.

We're attending ACPC on August 24-27, 2024.

How SkySelect Helped an MRO service provider for aero engines convert its offline and manual ways of working to digital processes.

As AI adoption increases in aviation, airlines and MROs are flocking to SkySelect to become more efficient, save money and reduce purchasing cycle times.

Turnaround management could be the remedy for airlines and MROs with rising costs and increasing obstacles piling up for their procurement departments.

The U.S.-based low-cost carrier has increased its efficiency fivefold, while realizing significant cost savings.

Avianca aims to digitize its operations and bring automation to its procurement processes by leveraging AI-powered technology.

This milestone comes on the heels of an exciting 12 months for the organization, which saw $1.5 billion in transactions in that timeframe, thanks to onboarding several airlines, MROs and suppliers across the globe.

The integration of AvSight’s advanced ERP platform and SkySelect’s automated procurement capabilities provides substantial gains in operational efficiency.

By leveraging SkySelect’s experienced team and AI-enabled procurement technology, the airline was able to lead a digital transformation of its entire aircraft parts procurement process.

Automatically see where each part stands in terms of price, response time, and lead time.

Technology, specifically AI and automation will play a pivotal role in 2024, as the industry positions itself to overcome major challenges.

SkySelect, an extended purchasing arm for aircraft material powered by smart algorithms and robotic process automation, announced the signing of TAP Air Portugal to a contract to facilitate cost savings and a streamlined approach to the airlines’ parts purchasing.

The traditional process of procuring spare parts for aircraft leads to excessive costs, manual work overload and constraints including locking up valuable capital of airlines, but there is a better way forward thanks to technology.

As MROs are faced with a resource crunch and an ever-changing supply chain while trying to support customers efficiently and cost-effectively, they are increasingly turning to new tools and processes to transform their organizations.

There’s been a lot of discourse about how technology such as AI will take away jobs. But, what if it can actually have the opposite effect?

SkySelect has partnered with Ambry Hill Technologies, the creator of business management software solutions that are purpose-built for the aviation aftermarket, to provide suppliers with new opportunities to be more efficient and additional capabilities to maximize demand.

Want to know where the industry is heading? We shared our insights on aerospace's future and the major focus areas.

When it came to leading a digital transformation of its purchasing department, SkySelect was the perfect partner because of its combination of unrivaled AI-backed technology and the experience of its team.

Giving suppliers unheralded control over quotes and keeping supplier and buyer information up to date

Implementation is only the first step in technological adoption. Training holds the key to organizational digitalization and getting the most out of technology.

Although more difficult than ever, when deployed accurately, forecasting has the potential to dispel many of the industry’s challenges.

It hasn’t been easy to procure aircraft parts as long lead times have made it difficult to avoid delays and interruptions. We’ll dive into the topic to uncover why this is happening, what the implications are and how it can be prevented.

Thanks to AI, the future is now for the MRO industry.

Here's a look into what data you should collect, what metrics you should be gauging, and an explanation of the difference between direct and indirect costs, so you can measure the cost of delayed routine parts.

AI ensures that routine parts are delivered on time and at a good price point by running advanced algorithms in the background while also providing solutions for complex situations that arise.

A big part of aircraft parts procurement is the aftermarket. And technology can help this area of the business evolve.

SkySelect closed out a momentous quarter that featured the software company onboarding a record number of customers onto its aircraft parts procurement platform. The newly onboarded customers include airlines with a total fleet of 600 and some of the largest MROs in the world.

The aviation industry presents more opportunities than ever before for women, but further measures need to be taken to ensure more female leaders.

We're continuing to add new features inside the SkySelect platform to save suppliers time and increase revenue.

The MRO supply chain typically includes lengthy approval processes, complex supply networks, incomplete data, order backlogs, and inventory accuracy issues.

On average, airlines face part delays of 60-90 days. Even routine parts are experiencing significant delays leading to AOG and Urgent situations. Let's learn how we can alleviate this snowballing problem.

A Qualitative Review Of Aviation Industry Challenges, Experiences, And Strategies.

As the aviation industry continues to strive to become a more diverse and inclusive workforce, SkySelect has rounded up some of the top women leaders in aviation and interviewed them to get their perspective on the state of the industry.

The aviation industry is enduring challenging times but is also presented with tremendous possibilities to create a positive change.

We examine the key implementation steps and procedures that ensure airlines achieve a smooth migration to MRO software technologies and highlight the unique challenges involved in developing safety-critical processes.

Airline IT systems have been in the news, and not for a good reason. Let's explore what airlines can do to mitigate future risks and, instead, set themselves up for success.

We're attending MRO Latin America on February 22-23, 2023.

Even when changes are not dire for an airline or MRO, there are still tremendous gains to be achieved by moving away from manual processes towards digital ones.

We look forward to seeing you March 1-2, 2023, at the MRO Middle East in Dubai World Trade Centre. 

Now is the perfect time to improve your on-time delivery.

Once again, SkySelect is exhibiting and sponsoring the 2023 MRO Americas in Atlanta, GA, on April 18-20, 2023.

Magnetic MRO has experienced exceptional results in terms of cost savings and efficiency gains.

How SkySelect Helped a carrier with an ageing fleet not only stay operational but save time and money.

SkySelect has integrated with Rotabull, the all-in-one sales tool for aircraft part sellers and MROs, to enhance suppliers' aircraft parts selling process.

Supply chain challenges such as raw material, manpower, and logistics forced us to adopt new risk management practices, such as increasing the inventory of critical components.

Total technical care aviation solutions provider Magnetic MRO extended their long-term partnership with SkySelect to automate 100% of their stock replenishment parts procurement.

By moving its parts procurement onto SkySelect’s eProcurement-as-a-Service, Azul has been experiencing superior results.

Nauman Saeed, COO atSkySelect, talks about the growing emphasis on utilizing new MRO software solutions for new incoming fleets and navigating industry challenges such as skilled workforce shortages as technology gets more affordable and easier to scale.

The organization’s Aircraft Parts Prices & Lead Time Index shows the latest trends in parts price and lead time.

The report highlights aircraft parts buying trends from rotables to consumables and expendables and all associated material.

In aviation, we have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.

Given the current market environment, organizational and cost efficiency are major objectives among airlines, MROs, OEMs, and distributors.

Leveling the playing field and reshaping the future of the aviation industry.

Part 2: Growth Opportunities & Leveraging Technology

Part 1: Key Challenges and Market Drivers in the MRO Supply Chain

The MRO supply chain is offline, slow, opaque, expensive, and inefficient. Recent events such as Covid, economic sanctions, re-routing, and no-fly zones have only confounded supply chain disruptions and further illustrated the need for change.

The last few years have been the most challenging in aviation’s history as the industry endured an unprecedented travel demand shock. But you know what they say, “pressure makes diamonds.”

Aircraft material purchasers have always found it challenging to match the right supplier with the right part requirements. Historically the process has always been done using manual procedures, which rely on the expertise and bandwidth of employees.

The MRO industry digitalisation progress is visible, and Erkki Brakmann, CEO at SkySelect feels the process is unstoppable because airlines have realised that by using smart technologies, they can improve their bottom line.

We find ourselves marked in an era rife with air travel demand shock, supply chain inefficiencies, an ever-changing workforce, and soaring costs due to inflation.

Now, more than at any other point in commercial aviation’s history, it’s imperative for airlines to be cost-conscious and efficient.

SkySelect is the modern Aviation Company that solves procurement problems for the $100B aircraft material industry through an algorithmic purchasing system.

Watch on-demand how procurement managers can get out of firefighting and start taking a more strategic approach.

If you’ve even been remotely following current events, it’s no news that the global supply chain is under immense pressure and facing a multitude of problems. This, of course, extends into aviation, which has been hit particularly hard over the last few years, given the social, economic, and general state of the world.

Companies around the world are adopting cloud infrastructure and cloud service technologies to simplify IT, increase business agility, and streamline operations. Entire business models are being transformed thanks to new computing technologies and services. This, of course, is spilling over into aviation: operations, commercial functions, and MRO, including material procurement.

Four Pain Points in the Aviation Industry Aviation Supply Chain & How to Solve Them

The aircraft parts purchasing market is complex, filled with processes, constraints, and challenges both internally within airlines, MROs, and with suppliers.

SkySelect is exhibiting and sponsoring the 2022 MRO Europe Conference in London on October 18-20, 2022.