The only one in China! This international aviation maintenance professional exhibition opened and announced its permanent settlement in Guangzhou.
On the morning of March 20th, the first Guangzhou International Aviation Maintenance Engineering and Ground Service Exhibition Fair (hereinafter referred to as "Guangzhou MRO Exhibition") was held in Hall 1 and Hall 2 of Guangzhou Airport Expo Center.
This MRO exhibition in Guangzhou is the first test exhibition since Guangzhou Airport Expo Center was put into trial operation. It was hosted by French ABE International Business Exhibition Co., Ltd. and attracted more than 400 enterprises from 23 countries and regions around the world. It is understood that Guangzhou MRO Exhibition will be permanently located in Guangzhou and plans to hold an exhibition every year.
On the opening day, the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Cooperation on High-quality Development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Civil Aviation Maintenance Industry was also held, and the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Aviation Maintenance Skills Competition was also held on the same day.
China’s only international aviation maintenance professional exhibition settled in Guangzhou
In the "14th Five-Year Plan" of Guangzhou and the outline of the long-term goal in 2035, Guangzhou proposed to run Guangzhou Expo and other professional exhibitions well, cultivate leading exhibition groups and global professional exhibitions, and build an "international exhibition capital". In this context, in October 2023, Guangzhou Airport Committee issued "Several Measures on Promoting the High-quality Development of the Convention and Exhibition Economy", aiming at promoting the high-quality development of the Convention and Exhibition Industry in Guangzhou Airport Economic Zone.
It is understood that Guangzhou MRO Exhibition is the only international aviation maintenance professional exhibition in China, and it is also the largest aviation maintenance professional exhibition in Asia in terms of participating enterprises and exhibition area. The participating enterprises are mainly aviation maintenance, service and manufacturing enterprises, as well as different types of enterprises such as low-altitude navigation, aviation training, ground service and aviation material trade. The exhibition area is 18,000 square meters, and there are more than 150 on-site exhibition enterprises, including China Southern Airlines Group, Guangdong Airport Management Group, HNA Technology, Shenzhen Airlines, Binruirui, Beduk Lingyun, Huaxia Maintenance, Guangzhou Hangxin and other well-known enterprises, with more than 4,000 registered visitors.
In an interview with Southern Reporter, Thibagar Doraisamy, commercial and strategic director of engineering aviation maintenance of Malaysia Airlines, the exhibitor said that China’s aviation maintenance market has great potential, and many new technologies have been applied in China. "We are very happy to cooperate with relevant enterprises in China. We want to see if we can create synergies and establish partnerships through this exhibition."
"Originally, we expected to hold an MRO exhibition every two years, but according to the urgent needs of the market and industry, we decided to permanently settle the Guangzhou MRO exhibition in Guangzhou and plan to hold it once a year." Miao Ruiqing, president of ABE Business Exhibition Co., Ltd. in Asia, introduced that the exhibition focuses on the comprehensive display of the latest international aircraft overhaul, engine, avionics system, airborne equipment, ground equipment and facilities, route maintenance, etc., and carries out advanced technical exchanges and academic discussions on international aviation maintenance R&D, manufacturing, supporting and other aircraft life cycle services, as well as business negotiations between suppliers and suppliers of the overall aviation maintenance industry chain at home and abroad.
It is worth noting that as an aviation maintenance professional exhibition, Guangzhou MRO Exhibition will also realize the pattern of complementary and misplaced development with Zhuhai Aerospace Exhibition, and strive to build a domestic first-class and internationally influential aviation maintenance professional exhibition.
The first civil aviation maintenance industry alliance in Greater Bay Area was formally established.
At this Guangzhou MRO exhibition, more than ten aviation maintenance enterprises in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, led by China Southern Airlines Group, such as Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co., Ltd. and Mingjie Macau Airport Service Co., Ltd., jointly signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on High-quality Development of Civil Aviation Maintenance Industry in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
It is understood that the memorandum focuses on integrating the relevant resources of major aviation maintenance enterprises in Greater Bay Area, and makes in-depth cross-regional pilot tests in business cooperation and mutual assistance, technical seminars and exchange of management experience, which will make new and significant contributions for all units in the aviation maintenance industry to continue to deepen the complementary cooperation resources, improve their innovation ability, enhance their core competitiveness and accelerate the integration level of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
"The successful signing ceremony is an important milestone in the cooperation in the field of civil aviation maintenance in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, which will have a far-reaching impact on the coordinated development of the maintenance industry in the three places, and will also have a positive demonstration effect on the cooperation in more fields of civil aviation in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and even China in the next stage." Xinru Li, general manager and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of China Southern Airlines Engineering Technology Branch, said.
The Guangzhou MRO Exhibition also held the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Aviation Maintenance Skills Competition. It is understood that the competition is the first professional labor competition with high-level aviation maintenance theme in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and South China. The competition includes the repair of aircraft riveting structure; Comprehensive skill construction of CFM56 engine; Three items of comprehensive troubleshooting for aircraft systems.
It is reported that this competition has demonstrated the basic aircraft maintenance skills, standardized operation ability and aviation maintenance professional ethics level of various aircraft maintenance units and schools in Greater Bay Area, effectively leading and promoting the development of aircraft maintenance industry.