This workshop is designed to provide participants with principles, process knowledge and recent advances on aircraft maintenance program development and reliability analysis and monitoring techniques, to support safe, airworthy, reliable, and cost-effective air carrier operations.
Participants will learn the essential principles of maintenance engineering, asset management, reliability analysis, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), MSG-3 methodology, and the related regulatory requirements. The course also introduces engine condition trend monitoring as key tools for detecting deterioration and supporting predictive maintenance decisions. In addition, the workshop explains the structure of an effective airline reliability organization and outlines the implementation framework required to manage data flows, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure that reliability findings are translated into actionable maintenance decisions.
The workshop further explores opportunities created by digital transformation, predictive analytics, and AI, and highlights how reliability practices contribute to sustainability, lifecycle extension, and more responsible resource use.
The Workshop Will Particularly Benefit
- Quality managers / engineers
- Reliability and Maintainability engineers / Managers
- Maintenance programme managers / engineers
- Airworthiness Authority Managers / Inspectors
- Airline Technical services / CAMO Engineers
- Maintenance planners and controllers
- Maintenance engineers, inspectors and auditors
- Logistic and Procurement Managers / Engineers
- Persons passionate about Maintenance and Reliability Engineering
Workshop Agenda
- Foundations of Airline Fleet Asset Management
- Aero Asset Functional Performance
- Aero Asset Degradation, Failure, and Failure Classification
- Evolution of the Aircraft Scheduled Maintenance Program
- Airworthiness and Regulatory Requirements (EASA / FAA / ICAO)
- Conceptual Framework of Reliability-Centered Maintenance
- Foundation of Risk-Based Maintenance Analysis
- Maintenance Program Development using MSG-3 Methodology
- Aero Vehicle RAM (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) Performance
- Component and System Reliability Modelling and Data Analysis
- Engine Condition Trend Monitoring
- Reliability Programme Management
- Applications of the Reliability Programme in Airline Decision Making
- Digital Transformation and AI in Reliability Management
- Sustainability and Circularity in Maintenance
Workshop Facilitators
Prof. Alireza Ahmadi
Professor Alireza Ahmadi is a recognized scholar in reliability, maintainability, and safety engineering. With more than 25 years of combined academic and industry experience, his work covers the full spectrum of RAMS Engineering (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety). His research and professional contributions include fault diagnostics and prognostics, maintenance modelling and optimization, predictive maintenance approaches, and the development of resilient transport systems. He also works with data-driven decision support and climate adaptation of transport infrastructure, applying engineering methods to support asset performance and long-term sustainability.
He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering and the International Journal of System Engineering Assurance. He has published more than 150 journal articles and conference papers and has contributed to several European and nationally funded projects in Aviation and Railway Engineering. He has supervised many doctoral and master’s theses on topics related to maintenance of safety-instrumented systems, aircraft systems, and railway infrastructure. Professor Ahmadi is also an IATA instructor. He has delivered keynote presentations, training courses, and workshops on topics such as Aircraft Maintenance Program Development, MSG-3 analysis, Airline Maintenance and Airworthiness Management, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, inventory and spare-parts management, and system safety assessment. Alongside his academic work, he has more than 15 years of experience as an aircraft licensed engineer, Maintenance Production Planning and Control Manager, aircraft acquisition and technical assessor, and Head of Reliability and Maintenance Programs.
Ali Khlefat
Ali Khlefat is an Instructor in the Aviation Academic Programs at the Australian University (AU) in Kuwait. In his teaching and academic roles, his specific instructor areas include Aerospace Materials and Structural Analysis, Reliability Engineering and Data Analysis, Aero Gas Turbine Technology, and Fundamentals of Safety and Risk Management (SMS), alongside core aviation disciplines essential to both technical and operational training within the aviation curriculum. His academic qualifications include an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan. Mr. Khlefat’s professional and emerging research interests centre on cyber-physical risks in smart airports, with a focus on the evolving intersection between technological systems, aviation operations, and safety-critical infrastructures.