Good morning Teardown Report readers!
As you may have noticed, MRO Middle East just wrapped up in Dubai, U.A.E. The show was also co-locted with Aircraft Interiors Middle East.
The MRO show's Twitter hashtag is #MROME, and participants fused it to feed a steady stream of news all week. 
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Most people agree that this year will be a delicate recovery for airlines and that many factors, including a jump in fuel prices, could easily tip potential profits. Here in the Middle East, political uncertainties in countries such as Egypt also play a big factor in airlines' success. Abdul Wahab Teffaha, secretary ... Read More »

There has been a lot of talk here in Dubai at the MRO Middle East Conference & Exhibition about forging more partnerships and harmonizing regulations. Abdul Wahab Teffaha, secretary general of the Arab Air Carriers Organization, will be launch the conference today and talk about the state of air transport in the region. ... Read More »

Today's MRO Middle East Conference kicks off this morning here in Dubai. Several leading speakers from the region will be speaking--including senior execs from Gulf Air and Mubadala Aerospace. ... Read More »

We hear a lot about the need and benefits of regulatory harmonization. Just think what happens when bilaterals are stalled. While Ahmed Salem AlRawahi, director of airworthiness for the General Civil Aviation Authority here in the UAE, sees many benefits of harmonization, he pointed out a disadvantage at today's workforce ... Read More »

Today's aviation technicians and engineers--and C-level managers--are mobile, which can make it difficult to retain them at MROs, airlines and suppliers here in the Middle East. The region has often turned to countries such as India, Indonesia and Malaysia for talent, but that talent can easily leave. Today's workforce and ... Read More »

Hello Teardown readers! Welcome to another week of the Teardown Report.
Today I want to focus on what could be one of the promising new mobile developments for MRO—the new FAA mobile website at  www.faa.gov/mobile. 

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Will you be at Aviation Week's MRO Middle East Conference & Exhibition next week in Dubai? If so, Jens Flottau and I will be covering the event and hope to see you! If you will not be in Dubai, is there anything you'd like us to seek out in our reporting? The A380 crack issue surely will come up, as will fleet/MRO ... Read More »

Alaska Airlines just released its 2011 figures and I thought you'd be interested in a few points based on its filing: 1. Its total operating revenues were $4.3 billion, which is an increase of 12.7% over 2010. Kudos Alaska! 2. People frequently say labor and fuel are the biggest buckets of an airline's cost, and in Alaska's ... Read More »

Southwest first announced that it would be testing out a "green plane" cabin program in 2009, but the airline has now made the idea of a more eco-friendly cabin a reality. Southwest has identified the vendors and types of products that will contribute to environmentally-friendly cabin that has been christened "Evolve," ... Read More »