Scott Kirby of US Airways and Glenn Tilton of United Airlines to Speak at AVIATION WEEK's MRO Americas in Phoenix, April 20-22

NEW YORK, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The heads of US Airways and United Airlines and 6,500 other prominent airline and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) professionals will gather next week in Phoenix, Arizona at the largest MRO event in the world, AVIATION WEEK's MRO Americas Conference & Exhibition, to discuss what's next for the aviation aftermarket industry. Executive-level discussions and a record-breaking, sold-out exhibition hall will provide unsurpassed opportunities for attendees to network and discover new drivers and innovations that will positively impact their companies' bottom-lines and increase efficiencies throughout the supply chain.

A series of five drill-down tracks on MRO trends, purchasing/supply chain, engine advances, aircraft data management, and the Air Transport Association, will provide actionable, detailed insights, allowing attendees to focus on specific needs and initiatives; and the following prestigious aviation leaders will discuss the most important issues for today's industry professionals:

• Tom Anderson, Senior Vice President, Airbus North America Customer Services, Inc.
• Jim Ballough, Senior Advisor to the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• Alan Butterfield, Vice President, Air Canada Maintenance & Engineering
• August Wilhelm Henningsen, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Lufthansa Technik AG
• Scott Kirby, President, US Airways
• Volker Schierle, Vice President, Operations Control and Services, Lufthansa Airlines
• Jim Sokol, Vice President Maintenance Operations, Southwest Airlines
• Kirk Thornburg, Vice President, Maintenance and Engineering, AirTran Airways
• Glenn Tilton, Chairman, President and CEO, United Airlines

Additional speakers include representatives from AAR Corp., Aeroman, Aeronautical Repair Station Association, AeroStrategy, American Airlines, Atlas Air, AVIATION WEEK, The Boeing Company, Careers in Aviation, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Delta TechOps, Embraer, FedEx, GE Aviation, HEICO Aerospace, InfoTrust, International Air Transport Association, International Federation of Airworthiness, JetBlue Airways, KLM E&M, MTU Maintenance, Nordham, Overhaul & Maintenance, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce Future Programmes, RW Aviation Advisors, SH&E, SR Technics, ST Aerospace, StandardAero, TAESL, TAP Maintenance and Engineering, TeamSAI, Texas Aero Engines Ltd., Triumph Airborne Structures, United Services, UOP, and UPS Airlines.

The 2010 MRO of the Year Award winners will also be announced at the conference, and product demonstrations of MRO Prospector and other AVIATION WEEK products will be available in the AVIATION WEEK booth (#1101).

For more information and registration, visit http://aviationweek.com/events/current/mro/index.htm or call +1-212-904-4682. On Twitter, follow @aviationweek or search for #MROAM. Complimentary passes are available for airline personnel and media, and discounted rates apply for government and military attendees.

MRO Americas is produced by AVIATION WEEK and Overhaul & Maintenance, in association with the Air Transport Association and TeamSAI. Gold sponsors include Delta TechOps, Goodrich, and Pratt & Whitney. Silver sponsors are Aerotech Holdings, Aviation Technical Services, Avio-Diepen, Bombardier, Chromalloy, HEICO, IBM, PlaneTechs, Spirit AeroSystems, Triumph Group, Inc., and United Services. Bronze sponsors are Aeroframe, Airbus, Aeroxchange, Air France Industries/KLM Engineering & Maintenance, Aveos, Avmat, Commercial Jet Inc., Fokker Services, GA Telesis, Harter Aerospace, Pacific Coast Composites, Rockwell Collins, SR Technics, TIMCO Aviation Services, TRAX USA Corp., and TTF Aerospace. Partner airlines include AirTran Airways, ASTAR Air Cargo, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, UPS, and US Airways. The media sponsors are Aviation Week & Space Technology and Low-Fare and Regional Airlines. The evening reception is sponsored by Superjet International.

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