Sustainable Events

As a major organizer of events and exhibitions, Aviation Week, a division of Informa, has the opportunity and responsibility to lead the sustainable development of our industry. Our attendees, exhibitors and colleagues are all clearly telling us that sustainability, socially, economically and environmentally, is something that is no longer a “nice to have” but a necessary part of our success. 

We also have the potential to go further than our responsibility to deliver our events sustainably: we can design our events to provide a place to work in partnership with our customers and inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve.  For more information on Aviation Week and Informa’s overall commitment to sustainable events click here.

Aviation Week Network is happy to discuss any questions or concerns regarding sustainability at our events.  For further information please contact:

We are delighted to announce our Meetings Make Tress campaign at MRO Americas! In partnership with our app provider ExpoPlatform and Ecologi, we are committed to planting 1 tree in the United States for each confirmed meeting made on the event app.  Stay tuned to see how many trees we plant as a result of our attendee networking!

Airlink is a global humanitarian organization delivering critical aid to communities in crisis by providing airlift and logistical solutions to nonprofit (NGO) partners, changing the way the humanitarian community responds to disasters around the world.

Leveraging the power and speed of aviation, Airlink is the industry’s disaster/humanitarian crisis response organization. Delivering the right aid at the right time is made possible with the help of Airlink’s 50+ airline and logistics partners and industry supporters.   

Airlink's expertise in disaster logistics, and our strong connections and partnerships across the aviation and freight forwarding sectors, fill critical knowledge gaps within many NGOs. By funding transport costs Airlink allows NGOs to devote resources to service delivery and procuring more aid. This expands the amount and range of assistance available to people post-disaster and supports long-term recovery efforts.

Visit Airlink to learn more about aviation's role in humanitarian response and how Airlink reflects your corporate ESG and CSR goals, and your personal charitable giving interests.

Airlink is a proud purposeful partner of the Aviation Week Network.

Diversity Org recognizes that statistically, low-income students choose college majors that lead to lower paying careers, and they also graduate less often, thus perpetuating a cycle of economic disparity. By partnering with companies like Aviation Week/Informa, they produce events that expose students to large corporations where they engage in professional development workshops. They also help students obtain internships to help companies acquire diverse and qualified interns.

Aviation Week Network’s MRO Americas will host 50 students from two local high schools:

• Pritzker College Prep
• Chicago Bulls College Prep

Student focused content includes:

Career Exposure Panel

• Helon Hammond, United Airlines VP DEI and Pathways
• Tammera L. Holmes, Founder & Board Chair, AeroStar Consulting Corporation
• Doug Parker, Former Chairman and CEO at American Airlines, Co-Founder of Breaking Down Barriers

Career Exposure Panel: Women In Leadership

• Stacey Rudser, president of the Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance and program manager for United’s Calibrate apprenticeship program
• Rebecca Wilson, AMC competitor for AIM Chicago’s United-sponsored all-female team
• Hannah Friedrich, AMC competitor for Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
• Thabo Cele, AMC competitor for Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics

By engaging with DO to bring these students to MRO Americas  we have the unique opportunity to introduce them to our industry and showcase the exciting opportunities that careers in aviation and commercial MRO provide.  As an industry that is always looking to the future and for the next generation of workforce we are excited to help customers and communities seeking more workforce diversity and economic equity come together . Through interactive panel workshops that are high-energy including Q&A, and networking Aviation Week’s MRO Americas and the Diversity Org will expose these students to higher earning jobs and help them discover their most suitable careers.

From inception Aviation Week Network has supported the non-profit Aviation Women Inspiring Next Generation (a.k.a. A-WING) both in concept and mission to increase the number of women throughout the aviation, space, and defense industry.  During the pandemic, we officially became the media partner as A-WING set lofty goals of creating a space for industry employers to meet with students, the unemployed, and jobseekers of all walks of life.  We are proud to have A-WING host the annual A-WING jobfAIR at MRO Americas.