American Airlines' named James Ream senior VP-operations in addition to his current role as VP-maintenance and engineering. He was president and CEO of Express Jet Airlines and before that COO of Continental Express Airlines.

The International Federation of Airworthiness awarded its Whittle Safety Award to Dr. William Johnson, chief scientific and technical advisor for human factors in aviation maintenance for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The federation cites Dr. Johnson's experience working with labor, management, industry consortiums and government to impact training and procedures for maintenance human factors.

In September, IATA projected European airlines would deliver a meek collective profit of $300 million next year, but that outlook is likely to be worse now.

Sabena Technics appointed Jacques Bernardi as EVP component services within the group's executive committee. He began his aviation career in 1986 with UTA and has since worked for Air France Industries, Air Liberté, EADS Sogerma Services and Goodrich Actuation Systems.

Happy new year, and welcome to O&M's second annual MRO Almanac! Thanks to your feedback last year, we added more features full of business opportunities and technologies—in fact, most of this issue is devoted to highlighting potential prospects and technology developments that could impact your operation in the near future.

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Spairliners, a JV between Air France and Lufthansa Technik, appointed Oliver Mazzucchelli as its new CEO managing director. Mazzucchelli comes to the position after serving as sales director, regional fleets for AFI KLM E&M.

Navigating the MRO market will be easier to understand by knowing what changes are coming. Narrowbody aircraft will dominate airframe checks—especially the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800—and their landing gear will require the most overhauls. In the twin-aisle market, Airbus A330s and Boeing 777s will lead maintenance demand. While the GE CF34-8, CFMI CFM56-7B and IAE V2500 will propel the most growth over the next few years, the Pratt & Whitney PW100 still holds a top spot in overhauls events.