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AGIFORS Aircraft Maintenance Operations Special Session, 13-17 April 2026

We are very excited to host a joint conference in conjunction with the AGIFORS Airline Operations Study Group Meeting in beautiful Bacelona, Spain with the support of our host Vueling.

Conference registration, hotel information, and details can be found on the main conference page: 

Airline Operations 2026 with Aircraft Maintenance                       

Location

Barcelona, Spain



Content

The highly uncertain and dynamic aviation industry demands our decision-making techniques constantly evolve and adapt to the ever changing conditions.  Developing analytics driven methods and leveraging advanced techniques offers improvements in maintenance operations efficiency, increased resiliency, higher aircraft reliability, and improved operations performance.

Joint Sessions with the Airline Operations Study Group

This year’s conference is being organized once again in conjunction with the AGIFORS Airline Operations study group to promote a vibrant dialog on topics that touch these business areas. 

Topics

The theme of this year's conference is "Efficiency and Resiliency amidst Economic and Political Uncertainty" which highlights the pivotal role of analytics in addressing disruptions. As OR, data science, and AI tools continue to evolve, opportunities continue to grow in applying analytics technologies to positively impact maintenance operations.  Key focus areas include:

  • Predictive maintenance
  • Maintenance planning and (production) scheduling
  • Maintenance repair recommendation engines
  • Aircraft reliability
  • Fleet performance
  • Operational efficiency
  • Asset management
  • Spare part demand forecasting
  • Spare parts and inventory planning
  • Manpower planning and training
  • Collaborative decision-making
  • Applications of artificial intelligence in maintenance operations

Come and share with us your ideas, thoughts, current trends, philosophies, and latest technological advances on any of the above topics.

Submit an Abstract for Maintenance Ops 


For any questions, please contact us at maintenance@agifors.org .

Conference Overview

  • A forum for airline senior managers, airline personnel, vendors, and members of academia to review the most pressing issues facing aircraft maintenance operations today, offer potential operations research and analytics solutions, and provide opportunity for high level networking
  • Technical presentations from leading experts in the airline industry
  • Airline updates on the latest happenings and plans in the near term for new business processes, systems replacements and/or upgrades
  • Vendors exhibitions in the field of airline operations control, airport planning systems, crew management, and maintenance planning

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Conference Information

All conference details regarding accommodations, social events, technical program, registration and sponsorships are available on the Airline Operations (with Aircraft Maintenance) main page.

Airline Operations 2026 with Aircraft Maintenance

Sponsorships help keep conference fees low.   Please see the Airline Operations 2026 page for more information.

Call for Presentations

A meeting like this is nothing without content. And the content should come from you. For that reason we request that you would consider submitting a technical presentation for the conference on one of the above themes, or on another area usually covered in this study group.

Requirements for technical presentations

  • A 30 or 45 minute presentation (with an additional 10 minutes for questions and dialog)

  • Willingness to comply with requests for additional information and clarification on abstract and/or presentation material

  • Willingness to tailor a presentation for the AGIFORS Airline Operations audience and to accept direction from the selection committee

  • Must register and attend the meeting

  • Abstract deadline: 23 January 2025
  • Draft presentation deadline: 20 February 2025
  • Final presentation (ppt) entry deadline: 20 March 2025


You may submit your abstract for the Aircraft Maintenance Operations special session at LINK 

Or send your presentation proposal / inquiry to maintenance@agifors.org.

 



Contact

For questions or more information, please contact:

Rod Tjoelker or Patrice Yapo:   maintenance@agifors.org

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