AviTrader MRO Magazine 2017-11

Cover story: Dubai Air show 2017
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Garry Snow, Vice President Global Business Development,
KLX Aerospace Solutions
product line specialisations
including chemicals, raw
materials, lighting, tools
and more and full service
solutions. We are proud
of our extensive parts and
products and services and
solutions in the Middle East
to support this growing
group of airlines, MROs,
and OEMs.”
IATA estimates that the Middle
East region will see an
extra 244 million passengers
on routes to, from and
within the region by 2035.
This clearly brings huge opportunities
in this market.
KLX has a vision of reinventing the supply chain through collaboration
and transparency. “We free customers to focus on building aircraft and
keep them flying through efficiency and true partnership,” Snow adds.
KLX established a Middle East regional focus a few years ago and
now has a full customer support and stocking warehouse in Dubai to
support the region. “We are ready to support the customers and their
growth.”
With capacity in the Middle East also starting to noticeably lead traffic,
and IATA forecasting respective growth of 10.1% vs 9.0% for 2017,
Holmes from Embraer notes that yields are suffering. “The E2 family is
gaining significant interest from carriers to drive in yield improvements
through the aircraft’s ability to allow carriers to effectively manage
capacity.
“We’re also proud to be supporting the development of Emirati aviation
talent through the provision of our Phenom small executive jet to
both Etihad and Emirates for multi-engine pilot training at their respective
flying colleges in the UAE,” Holmes tells.
For Honeywell, increased traffic in the region means more planes flying
daily, which equates to increased support services and technology
needed by operators. “As such, we’ve positioned ourselves as an extension
to our affiliates in the region who are distributing our technology,
and are offering RMU services to local operators,” says Talih.
Wilkinson - We’ve been part of this show for many years.
Photo: Joramco
No doubt, more passengers
also means increased
wear and tear on aircraft,
and that will eventually
need maintenance work.
“We’ve solidified our presence
within the region to
offer our Honeywell Avionics
Protection Plan (HAPP)
and Maintenance Service
Agreements (MSA) to give
local operators peace of
mind when maintenance is
required” Talih continues.
Joramco is already well
placed to capture the market
growth in the region
and not just the Middle East but also in Europe, South Asia, Africa,
Russia and the CIS countries. Wilkinson says, “These opportunities will
require the introduction of new services and capabilities to meet this
incremental customer demand which is in line with the vision of Dubai
Aerospace Enterprise (DAE); Joramco’s new majority owner.”
DAE invested in acquiring Joramco at the end of last year with the
intention of capitalising on its current status and reputation to expand
not only in Jordan but globally and such intentions are now being
demonstrated through the recent appointment of the new CEO who
will be fully supported by DAE to lead the company’s growth and expand
its service offerings.
Innovation and bringing advanced technologies to the aerospace industry
was the key theme at this year’s show in Dubai. Wilkinson attests
that Joramco always keeps an eye on new technologies introduced to
the aviation market place especially the MRO sector knowing that as
new-generation airplanes come to dominate the world fleet over the
next 20 years, airframe MRO’s need to invest in introducing new technologies
to deal with these new generation aircraft.
Mr Snow from KLX acknowledges that improvements in operating efficiency,
advanced avionics, interior design and noise reduction capabilities
are all driving increased customer demand, which in turn
changes the way aircraft are manufactured. He says this creates challenges
across the supply chain as the supply base struggles to make
the changes necessary to keep up with aircraft demands.
“Our investment in capacity
planning, forecasting
and relationships with key
manufacturers within the
industry enables greater
customer confidence.
“We talk about innovation
within aerospace all the
time, but haven’t always
seen it materialise. However,
today we are experiencing
a renaissance in aerospace
innovation driven by
OEMs. Supersonic aircraft,
flying cars, unmanned aerial
systems, and anything Holmes - We intend to make our mark again in the
Middle East.
Photo: Embarer
related to enabling connectivity
and data are trending positively,” Snow observes.
Holmes says innovation is in Embraer’s DNA and has designed and
certified more aircraft than anyone else this century; 11 new aircraft
certified over the last 17 years. “There is a fundamental change on
how aerospace is approaching business innovation.” He says rather
than focus on traditional R&D processes only, more and more companies,
from start-ups to traditional players, are joining a more disruptive
environment that can bring disruption through new business models,
solutions and technologies.
However, most excitedly right now, Holmes refers to the imminent delivery
of the first of Embraer’s new family of aircraft – the E2s. “These
aircraft are packed with innovations based on what we have learnt
from the experience of over 20 million flight hours, carrying over one
billion passengers, and most importantly what we learned from our
customers, over 100 airlines across the world.”
The innovations on the E2 range from the highest aspect ratio wings
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