TATV Wrap programme: AIME-MRO 2024 show biggest and best yet
Hello maintenance repair and overhaul is probably the hottest Aviation topic across the marinaa region right now massive orders for new aircraft from the Region’s carriers the need for differentiators in passenger experience to take on global airline competitors and plenty of new work for the whole engineering activities surrender ing
These needs and here in Dubai this week it all came together that the Aircraft Interior an mro Middle East colocated shows at Dubai Trade Center no wonder then that this was the biggest in the show’s history with a 30% uptick in space more than 6,000 visitors and 200 plus companies exhibiting in the
Middle East um is one of the fastest growing regions as far as mro goes um there are about 1,800 aircraft in the fleet right now but Aviation week data projects that it’s going to grow to more than 3,300 over the decade so to correlate with that the Emeral industry is going as
Well but although business is booming both sectors are facing challenges centering around supply chain issues future Workforce and with the airline industry particularly in this region predicting above average growth and there are issues around capacity with hangers already booked out none of them have a short-term fix right but I think
Events like this that bring people together where they can collaborate and brainstorm and make things happen one company that is riding the challenges well is Jordan’s janco the Aman based subsidiary of Dae has a stable Workforce and is growing rapidly with new hangers and more in the offing at Queen aler
Airport but but what about the supply chain uh thank you Alan uh great question the supply chain challenges have been uh affecting us ever since uh ever since co uh one of the first things we did was look at what were the critical uh items that we were
Struggling with at the beginning of that sort of uh pre or or recovery from covid the one thing that was hitting us was machine parts for example seat tracks so we took the initiative to invest in our own uh 3axis CNC machine the other thing we’re doing is just working more in
Advance with our larger customers that can help uh that have that influence with the supply chain as a tier one Airline possibly more than the mro would have we have managed to eradicate probably 80% of the problem just by having ship sets in advance and by doing our own fabrication retaining people is
Is a challenge um um we’re in a part of the world where we are being challenged by some of the larger uh Airlines particularly and particularly airlines that have their own mro capability so we embarked some two years ago on an employee engagement scheme because what we were doing before was quite simply
Engaging people paying a salary and walking away and thinking that was enough but looking at modern concepts of how you build up your entire package and what that package is worth as a total uh poaching is still it’s still prevalent um you know we have businesses advertising coming down booking uh
Booking a a suite in a hotel for two or 3 days um then we see the staff leave going in OB to who’s going to go and have those interviews um but for us uh By the time some somebody’s looking to leave you know they’ve they’ve kind of
Made a mindset they’ they’ve passed that Rubicon and decided maybe it is time to advance my career somewhere else our attrition rates are very low um most companies in North America Europe what have you would love to have AER attrition so obviously the engagement that we’re doing with staff is working
One of the Region’s leading and fastest growing oper ators is Saudia Technic the Jetta based company used social media to invite prospective engineer recruits to visit them here at the show so to be honest with you the challenge that we have right now across the entire Aerospace sector and Aviation sector is
Access to skill talent that is sustainable over the long run there is a a finite pool right now that everybody’s drawn uh from in Saudi Arabia at Saudia Technic focusing on what we have done two things launching an AI assisted port to manage one’s career it’s not just about managing and attracting a
Technician it’s about attracting a technician that wants to see themselves grow to top leadership positions we’re actually building a training academy 1,100 graduates every year 1,00 students every year and from now until the year 2035 there is tremendous shortage in the talent because of lack of capacity training institutes funding to these
Academic training programs and then guaranteeing a job so we got all in one place and while capacity is a concern in some parts of the world the Middle East seems comfortable in its plans for new hangers it’s not just jamco and Saudia Technic with their growth plans EMAs is
Progressing with its Mega hanger at Dubai World Central it’s a million square meter facility that will be one of the largest and most advanced of its kind to be operated by any Airline anywhere in some good news for aasa certified aircraft in the region it was announced
At the show that ATS Technics is to build anasa base Amo for commercial aircraft at a 12,000 s met plot at Dubai World Central and with the recent opening of the new terminal at Abu Dhabi Zed International Airport lithuania’s FL Technic announced that the show had been awarded level five GCA approvals to
Support Airlines at the new terminal and the company’s managing director is confident that plans include training and local recruitment will help them beat the resource problem we have putting a training program of course in coordination with our HQ our 147 Training Center so we’ve be been giving
The skills and the opportunities for the stuff with really comprehensive and uh uh tailor uh program for their uh skills and as well uh capability and so we are approaching the universities locally here similar to what is the group done in uh in in Europe and we start to take
On board and EMB boarding our I would say uh future talents in other news UAE company Senate holy owned by Abu Dhabi madler announced the new partnership with dualo Aviation to deliver mro services for the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines as part of his expansion into the Civil Market meanwhile the fledgling Riad air
Saudi Arabia’s Second National carrier signed a deal with Saudia Technic covering maintenance for its Fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners both in the kingdom and overseas the airline is scheduled to begin operations next year and while mro is busy so too are the many vendor indoors and manufacturers involved in the aircraft
Interiors World from giant hangers where green white body Jets such as the Triple 7 or A330 are completed for heads of state right through to seat manufacturers and infl entertainment providers they’re all on display with more Innovations to share the what we offer goes Way Beyond inflight
Entertainment what we offer is Arena the digital platform it’s basically an open it platform that is being enable bu through an inseat system meaning of course it includes avod you know the content that you know for classical infant entertainment systems but what we offer is so much more the airline gets
The opportunity to update um their UI to update their content so it’s really thought as an open it platform with a lot of access to all sorts of content versus what you understand as classical inflight entertainment content one company of the show is pulling together solutions to all all the industry’s
Challenges from training to sustainability the Valia group based in Luxembourg and France signed anou with Saudi Arabia’s National Industrial Development Center to develop narrowbody mro aircraft disassembly component repair shops and aircraft painting and significantly with full training for all capabilities at a part 147 Training Center we see that without this assembly
The maintenance of the flying airplanes would be not possible so it is extremely essential that part of the fleet is disassemble to allow the maintenance of the other part of the fleet we know and we are very familiar with Middle East for many years now we feel this is
Really the right time to move in Saudi it’s amazing growing Market well this has been an incredibly busy show do look out for our video channel where we’re going to be featuring some special spotlights on some of the leading performers at this event thanks for Watching
With the MENA region enjoying a mass of new aircraft orders its no wonder that there is pressure on the MRO providers to prepare for the future.
The MRO industry joined the aircraft interiors sector at the Dubai Trade Centre for the AIME – MRO Middle East co-located show which saw a year on year growth of 30%.
Facing challenges of supply chain issues and recruitment and retention concerns TATV talks to leading companies about the solutions – and hear about the latest deals from the show.
Watch the show wrap video, supported by Joramco, here: https://youtu.be/Kdt-ofOQNnY