Ministry of Civil Aviation to Share Perspective on the Future of Indian MRO at Airline Engineering and Maintenance Conference

MUMBAI, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Prashant Sukul, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation will share his perspective on the future of Indian MRO and also on the recent FDI policy at the UBM Aviation's Airline E&M: India Conference, 29 May - 1 June in Mumbai. This four-day event will consist of a two-day conference, one exclusive site visit to the Jet Airways MRO Hangar and one interactive workshop on MRO selection and price negotiation.

India's leading airline engineering and maintenance heads will come together for this conference to provide practical cost-reduction techniques to minimise engineering and maintenance and maintenance costs. Some of the eminent speakers are RK Khanna, Deputy Director General, Civil Aviation Department, Government of India, Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA, BS Baliga, Executive Director Engineering, Air India, Babu Peter, Executive Vice President Engineering, GoAir, Sitham Nadarajah, Executive Vice President Technical, Jet Airways and CS Tomar, Vice President Engineering and Maintenance, Jet Airways, among many more.

This two-day interactive conference will address business critical challenges surrounding MRO set up, complex regulatory and tax hurdles, ambiguous leasing trends and inefficient supply chain. Over 150 people from the airline, MRO, spare parts and other ancillary units have registered for the 4-day event. The event is sponsored by Gold Partner myTECHNIC, and Conference Supporters include Willis Lease, REGIO LEASE and AeroDEC. Visit http://www.airlineengineering-india.com for more information.

About UBM Aviation:  Formerly known as Aviation Industry Group, UBM Aviation became part of UBM in 2008 and operates from a global network of offices across Europe, the Americas and Asia. UBM Aviation Conferences provide the global aviation community with essential market intelligence and unrivalled networking opportunities through regional and international conferences. For further details, please email conferences-india@ubm.com  or call +91(022)4046-1466.