Aviation industry gathers in Dubai for MRO Middle East and AIME 2024
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MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) 2024 opened its doors today, officially opened by Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation and Dubai South.
The event, located at the Dubai World Trade Centre, runs until March 6 and brings together key players from across the global aviation supply chain at a time of significant growth in the Middle East aviation sector.
MRO Middle East and AIME 2024 has witnessed a notable 20% increase in attendance compared to previous years. More than 240 exhibitors and 120 airlines are participating, demonstrating the importance of the event in facilitating collaboration and fostering innovation within the industry.
Key announcements and signings during the first day of MRO Middle East and AIME included Joramco announcing a new maintenance agreement with TUI and HAECO announcing the addition of Emirates’ first Airbus A380 aircraft at its fuselage facility in Xiamen, marking a new contract base maintenance between the two entities.
During the session, Justin O’Donnell, director of technical operations at Riyadh Air, recognized the challenges presented by the transient nature of seasonal passenger traffic, particularly during the winter period, leading to an increase in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities. He emphasized the growing competition in the Middle East MRO sector, making it more difficult for local airlines to secure capacity, and outlined Riyadh Air’s long-term strategy of proactive planning to address these challenges. The ‘Future of Cabin Design: Anticipating and Adapting to Emerging Trends’ panel highlighted industry focuses such as sustainability, aircraft connectivity and passenger comfort, with a live audience survey revealing that expected May the integration of technology and connectivity experience the most significant change. in the next decade.
Speaking of this, Jo Rowan, associate director of strategy at PriestmanGoode, highlighted one of the challenges, stating,
“We are thinking about the needs of Generation Alpha as a hyper-connected digital generation, along with our aging population, who may not even have smartphones and will have anxiety around things like data sharing. “This means it is a challenging time where the spectrum is very broad.”
Meanwhile, Daniel Kerrison, Senior Vice President of Inflight Operations at flydubai, believes that sustainability within aircraft will see the biggest change.
“It is a critical issue that will undergo really big changes in the next ten years. “Change is coming in terms of the aircraft design process, in-service life and post-service life, with sustainability being a key decision criterion.”
The shared events will continue tomorrow at the Dubai World Trade Centre, with more insightful content sessions and showcases of industry collaboration.
News source: Emirates News Agency
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