Gulf Air sponsors the 127th IATP conference in Bahrain

The conference was attended by more than 120 airline and associate member representatives involving technical professionals from global aviation industry and focused mainly on the importance of mutual cooperation between the members, discussing critical issues such as sharing of resources and aircraft recovery in order to improve the operating efficiency for the members.

 Gulf Air chief executive officer Captain Waleed Al Alawi said: “We value the opportunity of the carrier sponsoring the event and hosting it in Bahrain. This is in line with the Kingdom’s vision to support and promote the aviation and tourism sectors.”

The CEO also praised the variety of topics the Conference addressed, including the need to deal with important issues such as sustainability, carbon emission, digital transformation and air traffic efficiency; due to their vital role in the progress of an effective global aviation network. 

Delivering the opening speech of the conference, Gulf Air chief technical officer, Jamal Hashim highlighted the importance of parts pooling and the improvement brought about by increased cooperation between airlines. He further emphasised on the ever-increasing operating costs for airlines due to the current volatility in the industry and the importance of pooling of expensive equipment such as engines, auxiliary power unit (APU) and nacelle parts, besides all the other technical issues affecting the air transport operations. He also spoke on the increasing demand for additional talents and skilled workforce in the airline industry, calling for an immediate requirement to establish more training organisations and programmes.