MRO Europe Preview: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic and Moving Forward

Maciej Wilk, Chief Operating Officer, LOT Polish Airlines

“If someone asked me about the most important lesson learned from the COVID-19 crisis, I would say it is the need for scalability. The whole aviation market needs to adjust because if the unthinkable happened once, it is much more probable to repeat in the future.”

Maciej Wilk will be taking part in the Recovery Prospects panel discussion.

Richard Kendall, Chief Commercial Officer, HAECO Group

“MRO demand will be very volatile, with widebody maintenance recovery significantly lagging behind narrowbody. Strap in for the ride!”

Richard Kendall will be taking part in the Ramping Up and Ongoing Challenges session.

Andreas Kalina, VP, Marketing and Sales Europe, Africa, CIS, Baltics, MTU Maintenance

“With regards to engine MRO requirements in the near-term, we at MTU do expect a trend away from traditional planning with fixed maintenance intervals to more individually tailored solutions.”

Andreas Kalina will be taking part in The Engines Session.

Earl Exum, President, International Aero Engines

“Pratt & Whitney is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all are welcome. Bringing together diverse perspectives and backgrounds helps us build the best teams, attract top talent worldwide and drive industry leading innovation.”

Earl Exum is presenting on mentorship and outreach programs to secure the future workforce.

Ásgeir Bjarni Larusson, Director, Technical Operations, Icelandair

“[We will] utilize our experience gained over the past 18 months to come out of the pandemic as a stronger organization. With a large amount of projects ahead of us in the next 12 months, planning and preparation is essential.”

Ásgeir Bjarni Larusson will be taking part in the Operator Insights panel.

Nicole Noack, Managing Director, Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance

“We are going to enlarge our community and address additional modification pain points to continue our mission of cooperation and trustful competition in the aftermarket. Speaking of trust—we start the initial audits for our member design organizations soon to ensure the IAMA standard is understood and sustainably integrated for IAMA endorsed modifications.”

Nicole Noack will be taking part in the Impact of Retirements discussion.

Sven Taubert, Head of Corporate Foresight & Market Intelligence, Lufthansa Technik

“Intelligence is more and more data driven, but the game changer will be the smart combination of data and human intel to ‘information driven decision making.’”

Sven Taubert will be taking part in the Recovery Prospects panel discussion.

Iván González Vallejo, Director Strategy and Supply Chain, Iberia

“Looking backwards and precisely in the depth of this crisis, has the change in the industry been deep enough or have we just revisited old recipes?”