There are a number of useful conferences coming up that may be of interest to the PMA community. Here is a brief calendar of some events that Jason plans to attend this year:
- May 14-15, 2025, MARPA EMEA Conference
- Dublin, Ireland (airline partner is Aer Lingus)
- Features one-on-one meetings between manufacturers and air carriers, air carrier best practices and reliability findings, as well as a discussion of some of the hottest issues facing the PMA industry
- June 1-3, 2025 ASA/AFRA Annual Conference
- Ft Lauderdale, FL
- A workshop and education-rich conference featuring the aircraft parts distribution community and the USM community
- Featuring compliance topics and quality assurance topics
- June 10-12, 2025 EASA-FAA International Aviation Safety Conference
- Koln, Germany
- The annual meeting of EASA and FAA, this meeting focuses on the aviation authorities’ strategy for addressing pressing safety and complexity concerns as the authorities drive toward an increasingly safe environment
- Aircraft certification topics are highlighted here
- September 23-24, 2025 PMA Parts Management Seminar
- Xi’an China
- MARPA and Oppland work together to bring this meeting to life – Oppland does a wonderful job filing the room with Chinese air carriers
- With significant tariffs on goods imported into China, low price is even more important to our common goal of supporting the global aircraft fleet
- If you want to sell into China then there is no excuse for missing this meeting
- September 26, 2025 MARPA Japan
- Tokyo, Japan
- MARPA’s annual meeting with the Japanese air carrier community: this is an opportunity to share current standards affecting aircraft parts, and answer questions facing the Japanese aviation community
- It is a great place to see your customers if you are doing business in Japan
- October 14-16, MRO Europe
- London, UK
- The largest event of its kind, MRO Europe features a large trade floor
- November 11-13, MARPA Annual Conference
- Dallas, TX (airline partner is American Airlines)
- Features one-on-one meetings between solution providers and air carriers, workshops, regulatory issues, compliance issues, air carrier best practices and reliability findings, as well as a discussion of some of the hottest issues facing the PMA industry
- If you only go to one PMA meeting this year, then this is the one to attend