- CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Commercial Director, Claudia Kunz
- Aviation Week, Senior Air Transport Editor - Asia-Pacific, Adrian Schofield
- Star Alliance, CEO, Jeffrey Goh
- KornFerry, Partner, Torbjorn Karlsson
- Changi Airport Group, Managing Director Air Hub Development, Ching Kiat Lim
- What is the process for regional governments to improve their coordination on health and travel criteria, to produce rules that are clear for all stakeholders?
- When travel restrictions are imposed, how can aviation stakeholders ensure that they are part of the process in determining their extent?
- What does the travel industry need to do to ensure that any restrictions follow best practices and are removed in a timely manner?
- Are the system bottlenecks we are seeing (travel disruption etc) purely a symptom of the recovery phase, and will these issues ease in the medium term?
- What is the industry going to look like once things have settled down again into steady state?
- PATA, CEO, Liz Ortiguera
- AAPA, Director General, Subhas Menon
- Changi Airport Group, Managing Director Air Hub Development, Ching Kiat Lim
- Cebu Pacific, CCO, Alexander Lao
- Cambodia Airports, CCO, Stephen King
- Embraer Asia Pacific, Director of Market Intelligence, Fernando Grau
- ATR, Head of Commercial APAC, Jean-Pierre Clercin
- How is the distribution chain adapting to changing strategies?
- What are other trends in selling that are emerging that will work well specifically in Asia?
- AWS, Head of EMEA Travel Industry, Nikiforos Chatzopoulos
- Sabre, Head of Sales, Asia Pacific, John Chapman
- Flyr Labs, VP of Growth, Matt Brown
- CTC - Corporate Travel Community, Executive Director, Benson Tang
- Amadeus, Commercial Director Resellers & Corporations, Ingrid Picard
- The new traveller journey - what does it involve and how are TMCs supporting clients?
- What’s at stake for companies with a mobile workforce when it comes to duty of care and risk management?
- What role does the TMC have in a post-pandemic world? What role will innovation and technology have on the future of corporate travel?
- How are companies pivoting towards carbon neutrality? What are the toolkits that travel managers will need to be successful to measure and report on carbon footprints and reduce the overall impact of travel on the environment?
- ATPI, Managing Director, Singapore, Malaysia, Shanghai, Kelly Jones
- Amadeus, Commercial Development Resellers and Corporations, Ingrid Picard
- Envest, Exec Director, David Wills
- Informa, Corporate Travel Programme Manager, Kayleigh Taylor-Downes
- ACI HR Solutions, Founder & CEO, Andrew Chan
- Bain & Company, Director APAC Travel, Kenji Soh
- CTM, General Manager, Sales and Clients Value Management, Asia, Eugene Tan
- SriLankan Airlines, CEO, Richard Nuttall
- ASM Australasia, Director, Jayne Davey
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Flyr Labs, VP of Growth, Matt Brown
- Autodesk, APAC Travel Manager, Adriana Nainggolan
- BCD Travel, Senior VP Sales APAC, Ben Wedlock
- Etihad, VP APAC, Joanna Patterson
- Trip.com, CEO Flight Business Group, Yudong Tan
- Turkish Airlines, Manager Corporate Sales (Global Accounts), Mehmet Aktan
- Envest, Executive Director, David Wills
- What lessons can Asia Pacific countries draw from Europe and the Americas on promoting airlines and airports to use SAF?
- Do Asia Pacific customers actually care about SAF and sustainability more broadly?
- What are the options for SAF development in Asia? Will China and Japan dominate, or can states like Indonesia, Malaysia or Singapore become hubs for SAF in the region?
- What are the risks if the Asia Pacific fails to develop a proper SAF industry?
- Are European style mandates the way to promote SAF use, or should more cooperative and commercially friendly initiatives be undertaken?
- AirAsia Group, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mun Ching Yap
- IndiGo Airlines, Associate Director ESG & Sustainability, Prateek Sengupta
- SriLankan Airlines, CEO, Richard Nuttall
- Etihad, Head of Sustainability & Business Excellence, Mariam AlQubaisi
- Wizz Air, CEO, Jozsef Varadi
- APAC Network, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, Oriel Morrison
- Has the LCLH model fully proven itself yet, and what will be the challenges to success?
- In what ways will the market be more conducive to long-haul LCC operations now?
- VietJet Air, Member of Board, Cuong Chu
- Lufthansa Technik, Sales Strategy Manager, Beenash Qureshi
- ASM Australasia, Director, Hans Mitterlechner
- What are the problems and how are airlines adjusting?
- Is this all an over-reaction to accepted challenges ramping up operations after the industry’s biggest ever crisis?
- Are these operational issues forcing some airlines to make alternative strategic decisions?
- Lufthansa Group Airlines, VP Asia Pacific, Elise Becker
- ALPA-SIN, Vice President of the Technical Committee, Capt. Jaffar Bin Hassan
- What is the outlook for air cargo in the Asia Pacific?
- How can regional carriers benefit from major trends such as eCommerce, growing Asia Pacific regional consumption and ongoing supply chain instability?
- What does the growing regionalization trend mean for air cargo. Are agreements like the new Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) going to support regional trade and air cargo?
- Cathay Pacific, Regional Head of Cargo, Southeast Asia, Siddhant Iyer
- Teleport, CEO, Pete Chareonwongsak
- IBS Software, SVP for APAC, Gautam Shekar
- Eve Air Mobility, Business Development Lead (APAC), Augustine Tai
- FlyNow, CCO, Andreas Schaaf
- Skyports, Head of Asia Pacific Yun-Yuan Tay
- Vertical Aerospace, Head of Commercial, Asia Pacific, Derek Cheng
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09:05 | Aviation Outlook: State of the Industry
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09:20 | Airline Leader Interview - Star Alliance
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Charting a course for recovery in Asia - what needs to be done to improve regional coordination and openness?
The Asia Pacific response to COVID-19 saw the imposition of tighter and longer restrictions than in any other market – barriers that continue to impact the momentum of the recovery of travel in the region. The reopening of the region has been poorly coordinated and cautious, but positive changes seem to be happening in recent months. The question now is what are the challenges in ramping up the supply side? Are airlines able to return aircraft fast enough, and how much of a pain point is staffing? Moderator: Aviation Week, Senior Air Transport Editor - Asia-Pacific, Adrian Schofield Panel: |
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13:05 | Lunch & Networking |
14:00 |
Airline Leader Interview - SriLankan Airlines
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14:30 |
Innovation Roadshow - Flyr Labs
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14:40 | Business travel recovery profile COVID-19 saw businesses drastically curtail corporate travel, with some eliminating all bar essential trips. Business travel is returning, but the pandemic produced a structural change in the way it operates. With the move to remote working, near universal adoption of video-conferencing technology, greater corporate focus on sustainability/emissions and duty of care, new layers of executive approvals and ongoing reluctance concerning face to face meetings, what does the future of business travel look like? Moderator: CTC - Corporate Travel Community, Executive Director, Benson Tang Panel: |
15:25 | Coffee Break & Networking |
15:55 |
CAPA Envest Airline Sustainability Benchmarking Review
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16:15 |
Sustainability and SAF – Not just a European and American phenomenon - is Asia Pacific falling behind?
SAF is the ticket to true sustainable growth for aviation, but the Asia Pacific runs the risk of falling well behind in the development of production infrastructure. Relatively few regional carriers have committed to commercial offtake agreements and even fewer Asia Pacific nations have developed frameworks that promote and support SAF uptake. Much work needs to be undertaken in the next few years to create an environment that supports the aviation sector in expanding SAF use. Moderator: Envest, Executive Director, David Wills Panel: |
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Closing Remarks
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17:05 | Close of Day 1 |
19:00 19:30 22:00 |
Pre-Dinner Drinks CAPA Sustainability Awards of Excellence Gala Dinner |
FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2022 | |
08:00 | Registration, Networking & Coffee |
09:00 | Welcome and Introduction to Day 2 |
09:05 | Airline Leader Interview - Wizz Air |
09:35 | Is the LCC long-haul model making a comeback in the COVID recovery phase? There has been a lot said about the Low Cost Long Haul model in previous years however it seems like it is making a comeback in a post-COVID world. The industry is beginning to talk about the model being well-suited to the post-recovery landscape. In this discussion, we revisit the Low Cost Long Haul market in Asia, review the model, pre-pandemic, and predict why a resurgence is happening now.
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10:20 | Operational issues prove hurdle to recovery process As the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided and become an endemic disease it is having less of an influence over global air travel. But airlines are still having to trim flight schedules as supply chain constraints become the bigger concern than virus transmission. The most acute problem has been a shortage of labour. From pilot shortages at airlines to the slow accreditation of ground staff at airports, these issues are having a significant impact on planning for the future – within the industry and by consumers. The global pandemic has exposed many problems in airline and airport operational departments and remains a major management challenge. Put simply, the return of travellers has proved more difficult for the industry than anyone thought it would be.
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11:00 | Coffee Break & Networking |
11:30 | Cargo – Are the good times over, or can the sector continue to profit? The Asia Pacific is the world’s factory, accounting for more than 40% of global exports of manufactured goods in 2021. With the COVID-19 induced disruption to shipping and supply chains, air cargo had a moment in the sun, reporting two consecutive years of record revenue. With passenger travel largely absent, air cargo was one of the few bright spots for Asia Pacific regional carriers in 2020 and 2021. However, as passenger traffic comes back and shipping begins to regain some of its competitiveness, cargo sector revenues and profits are slowly coming back to earth. Worse still for Asia Pacific airlines, traditional Western export markets are increasingly moving to bring manufacturing onshore, particularly for high value goods. Geopolitics is also hurting the sector, as the relationship between China and the West becomes ever more frosty and barriers to trade are erected. Moderator: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Jae Woon (June) Lee |
12:15 | EVTOL: How far have we come in the last 12 months Short haul electric aircraft offer potentially the greatest revolution in aviation since the introduction of the jet engine. With the promise of helicopter-like performance and car-like costs to operate, the EVTOL concept is no longer just the playground of a few ambitious start-ups. Major aerospace OEMs, global technology firms, major car manufacturers and others are now investing billions of dollars in what they hope will be the next major frontier for aviation. Moderator: WebinTravel, Founder, Siew Hoon YeohPanel: |
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Closing Remarks
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13:30- 14:30 | Lunch & Close of Conference |