From European budget carrier easyJet to US legacy operator American Airlines, from TAP’s maintenance and engineering arm to Lufthansa Technik, airlines and MRO providers have been singing the praises of 8tree’s dentCHECK dent-mapping/reporting service, which measures and analyzes dents, bumps, lightning strikes and blend-outs on metallic, composite, curved and flat surfaces, including on aircraft. Now, inflight entertainment and connectivity provider Panasonic Avionics has forged a partnership with 8tree to make dentCHECK available at Panasonic Technical Services’ (PTS) regional line stations at Los Angeles International Airport, London Heathrow and Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport. Panasonic’s customer base includes more than 300 airlines located across the globe. An important business unit within Panasonic Avionics, PTS provides spares, repairs, line maintenance and technical services at more than 50 locations globally. By using performance tools on and off-wing, and scheduling cabin checks to detect any system anomalies, PTS boasts that its team “finds and corrects most defects that have gone unreported”.