Dubai gears up for MRO Middle East conference

The Gulf region’s leading conference and trade show for commercial aircraft maintenance, MRO Middle East is focused on commercial aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO).  The event offers networking among industry leaders representing airlines, regulators, suppliers, and service providers.

MRO Middle East allows attendees to reach and interact with top-level airline, MRO and OEM executives in the commercial aviation industry, connect with policy and decision makers and find new providers and business opportunities. As the second fastest-growing MRO market, the Middle East is expected to reach $7 billion, the result of 7.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 2023.  Upwards of 5,000 commercial MRO professionals will be in attendance with exhibitors from more than 70 countries.

The MRO Middle East Exhibition (January 23-24), co-located with Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME), is open to industry professionals only and will feature a number of key OEMs, MROs, suppliers and manufacturers leading the industry today. The Exhibition Hall is 90 percent sold-out and interested parties that wish to exhibit are encouraged to contact an Aviation Week Events sales rep immediately.  Click here to see who is exhibiting.

New this year, Airline Engineering & Maintenance: Middle East will serve as the conference portion of the event and is taking place on January 22.  The one-day conference will be attended by key stakeholders in the aviation aftermarket to network and discuss emerging opportunities in the Middle East

Conference speakers include: 

Ziad al-Hazmi, CEO of Lufthansa Technik Middle East

Abdulla H. Al-Hudaid, VP M&E, Jazeera Airways

Aqeel Al Zarouni, UAE General Civil Aviation Authority

Ashwani Sharma, VP Engineering & Quality Manager, Air Costa

Frederic Dupont, VP Technical Sales, Etihad Airways Engineering

Guillaume Mille, Head of Flight Hours Services Sales, Airbus

Arun Kashyap, heading of Engineering and Maintenance, SpiceJet Airlines

Yasin Birinci, Turkish Airlines Technic

Aviation Week Network and Tarsus F&E LLC Middle East present MRO Middle East.  Platinum Sponsors are HEICO, Satair and StandardAero, and Gold Sponsors are Embraer, Lufthansa Technik and MTU Maintenance.

“The rapid growth of the MRO industry in the Middle East, surpassing $4.6 billion annually, shows no signs of slowing down,” said Lydia Janow, Managing Director/Events & Tradeshows, Aviation Week Network.  “MRO Middle East is the leading Gulf region trade show.  Professionals involved in any aspect of aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul will have the opportunity to network with those who are fostering growth in the region, developing cutting-edge technology, and pushing the industry forward.”