MRO Americas Conference Focused on Creating Adaptability and Taking Strategic Action

The conference featured high-level speakers offering the industry insights, including keynote Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, as well as executives with United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Endeavor Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Mesa Airlines, Horizon Air, and more.

During his talk, Bastian emphasized the need for a “clean-sheet” airliner design to achieve sustainability goals, while acknowledging that Boeing has other pressing issues to address. Delta has been renewing its fleet, moving away from small regional jets to improve efficiency, sustainability and profitability. Despite facing capacity ramp-up delays, Bastian believes the upcoming years will bring the strongest demand the airline industry has ever seen.

The conference program gathered aerospace industry leaders to discuss aircraft maintenance and sustainment challenges including:

• Airlines in Action
• Supply Chain Super Session
• Coping with Inflation
• Regional Airline Panel
• Mergers & Acquisitions in MRO
• Workforce, NextGen Airspace, and Infrastructure Planning
• Digital Security & Cybersecurity
• MRO and Aviation Workforce Outlook
• Leveraging Efficiency to Survive and Thrive
• The China Conundrum

The event was colocated with the Military Aviation Logistics & Maintenance Symposium, April (#MALMS).