Parts intelligence / Directive signals
Which operators a new airworthiness directive lands on.
When an airworthiness authority publishes a directive on an engine family, Datawings matches it to every operator on file with that engine confirmed. It happens on the next nightly run, so you see the list the morning after.
For an engine shop, a repair specialist or a parts trader, that is a short list of operators who may soon have mandatory work to plan. It is a sales signal, not compliance tracking.
01 / How a directive is matched
Engine family first, then confirmed operators only.
Four steps, run every night. Under each one, a real line from the database.
- Read
Proposed and final airworthiness directives are read for every engine family we track: CFM56, LEAP, V2500, the PW1000G family, CF34, CF6, GE90, GEnx and the Trent family, among others.
Proposed and final directives
- Match the engine
Each directive is matched to the engine families its own text names.
Airworthiness Directive: CFM LEAP-1A · 1 Oct 2026
- Fan out
It then goes to every operator with a confirmed engine assertion for that family, wherever its aircraft are registered. Operators held unconfirmed are never matched, because they may not have the engine at all.
CFM LEAP-1A directive, 1 Oct 2026 · matched to 60 confirmed operators
- Count once
One signal per directive per operator, not one per aircraft. When the European authority validates a US directive, it is counted once, not twice.
Each signal shows which authority published the directive, with a link to it
Example lines as of 5 October 2026
02 / The size of a directive
How much work one directive touches.
For each directive, the product counts what it reaches. Older tails matter most. For an aircraft already 20 years old, retiring it instead of doing the work is a live option, which makes it a teardown candidate too.
| Operators | Airlines, lessors and MROs with that engine family confirmed. |
|---|---|
| Known tails | Matched aircraft with a registration on file. A floor, not a census. |
| Teardown-age overlap | Matched tails that are already 20 years or older. |
| Published by | Which airworthiness authority published it, and the date. |
There is no cost estimate. The product has no source for the cost of complying, so it shows counts only.
03 / Around the same engines
Three more views from the regulators.
Directives are one reason work comes up. These three show where it may come from, and who can do it.
- Shop visit pipeline
Which tails are filing service difficulty reports, a sign that a shop visit may be coming.
United Parcel Service · N166UP · SDR filed 1 Oct 2026
- PMA approval velocity
Which parts just got PMA approval, matched to the engines you serve.
431 PMA supplements from 51 holders · latest 30 Jul 2026
- Part-145 capability search
Which approved repair shops can take the work, by engine family and country.
CFM56-7B · 44 Part-145 organisations · 18 countries
Example lines as of 5 October 2026
04 / What it is not
A sales signal, not compliance tracking.
Datawings does not record whether a directive has been complied with, on any aircraft. It holds no maintenance records and no deadlines for your fleet. If you need to track compliance on aircraft you operate, this is the wrong tool.
What it does is tell a shop or a parts trader which operators a new directive reaches, and how many of their tails, so the call happens before the RFQ.
05 / Questions
Directive signals, answered.
- Which directives are included?
Proposed and final airworthiness directives that name an engine family we track.
- How soon does a new directive show up?
On the next nightly run, which starts at 03:00 UTC.
- Why is an operator I know missing?
An operator is matched only when its engine is confirmed: a registry record or a named source states it, or the aircraft type can only carry one engine. If the type can carry more than one engine and nothing on file says which, the operator is held unconfirmed and not matched.
- Does it cover airframe directives?
Matching works on engine families. A directive that names no engine family we track is not matched to operators.
06 / Next
See which directives reach your customers.
Directive signals are one of the twelve features in Datawings Parts intelligence. One price, €500 per seat per month, every signal included. Three independent MRO shops, repair specialists or parts traders get 90 days free, in exchange for honest feedback.
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