Airline procurement experts heading for Dubai

The region’s premier MRO event is set to take place at the start of February with a focus on attracting procurement staff from the region’s leading airlines.

For the first time airline decision-makers are being hosted at MRO Middle East – the third edition of the successful maintenance, repair and overhaul conference and exhibition, produced by Dubai Air Show organisers F&E Aerospace and the Aviation Week magazine group.

Running for two days on February 1 and 2 at Dubai’s Airport Expo, MRO Middle East will bring together top industry professionals from across the globe for a conference to discuss new technologies, new processes and asset management strategies.

The accompanying exhibition will see the return of 200 established companies such as Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), Boeing, Lufthansa Technik, Goodrich, Pratt & Whitney and Rockwell Collins.

Keynote speakers include Adel Ali, CEO of Air Arabia, Ken Gile, COO of flydubai, Iain Lachlan, divisional SVP engineering of Emirate Airline, and Abdulla Shadid, senior business development manager aerospace of Mubadala.

  Most of the airlines across the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region will be represented by key executives who hold decision-making responsibility for procurement and purchasing of maintenance, overhaul or engineering equipment and services.

  F&E Aerospace event director Michele Van Akelijen said: “The ‘hosted buyers’ programme has had proven success at our other events, giving exhibitors direct access to representatives of their target market. We look forward to providing a similarly worthwhile experience to our exhibitors at MRO Middle East.”