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CAPA World Aviation Summit & CAPA Aviation Awards for Excellence

World Aviation Summit: 26 November 2013

08:00-08:50 Registration and welcome coffee                                                               
08:50-09:00  
Playlist: Start me up - The Rolling Stones
Welcome from our hosts: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
 
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Jos Nijhuis, President and CEO                                      
9:00-09:10 Chairman's introduction - Asia and the Middle East, Changing the World: new markets, new partnerships, foreign ownership.
CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman
09:10-10:50
Session 1: China, Asia and the Middle East reshaping global aviation
Playlist: China Girl, David Bowie
Keynote Addresses:

09:10-09:35
Partnerships for growth in Asia    KLM, Pieter Elbers, COO & Deputy CEO
09:35-10:00  China: aviation policy changes and LCCs    Spring Airlines, Jonathan Hutt, Deputy General Manager (Strategy)/International Brand Director
10:00-10:25  The Middle East market: long haul
Arab Air Carriers Organization, Abdul Wahab Teffaha, Secretary General
10:25-10:50 A European perspective on world change
IAG, Willie Walsh, CEO
10:50-11:20 COFFEE
                                           
11:20-11:25 Introduction to Airlink Airlink, Steve Smith, Executive Director


11:25-12:30
CEO panel: China and the Middle East: changing the world
Playlist: A new sensation, INXS
- Will the China market deliver its promise - and when?
- Asia's airlines head to Europe
- Gulf carriers shifting the balance of power
- How do European airlines respond?
Moderator: CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman

Air Astana, Peter Foster, President
Emirates, Tim Clark, President
Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde GebreMariam Tesfay, CEO
IAG, Willie Walsh, CEO
Spring Airlines,
Jonathan Hutt, Deputy General Manager (Strategy)/International Brand Director
12:30-13:30 LUNCH - sponsored by Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
                                     
13:30-13:55  
Keynote Address: The Russian view of the evolving world
Aeroflot, Vitaly Saveliev, Director General & CEO
13:55-15:10

Session 2: Where are Alliances headed? - Global, multilateral and bilateral
Playlist: Let's stick together, Bryan Ferry
- Is there room for a fourth global alliance?
- Is the network of ATI immunised alliances undermining GBA values?
- Bilateral partnerships, virtual airlines and 3rd country codeshares
- Where do the niche airlines fit today?
- Have the GBAs delivered promised cost efficiencies?
Moderator: European Aviation Club, Rigas Doganis, Chairman

Aeroflot, Giorgio Callegari, Deputy Director for Strategy and Alliances
ALTA, Alex de Gunten, Executive Committee Advisor
GOL, Ciro Camargo, Head of Alliances
SkyTeam, Michael Wisbrun, CEO
Star Alliance Services, Mark Schwab, CEO
15:10-16:10 Session 3: Swapping LCC experiences: Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe (and the Americas)
Playlist: Learning to fly, Tom Petty
- Developing new markets (or not?)
- Interlining and connectivity
- Will long-haul low-cost translate to Europe and North Atlantic?

- FSC subsidiaries: do they work outside of Asia?
Moderator: McGill University, Peter Van Fenema, Adjunct Professor

Aeroflot, Giorgio Callegari, Deputy Director for Strategy and Alliances
Fastjet, Ed Winter, CEO
Irelandia Aviation/VivaColombia, Tony Davis, Partner
Spring Airlines, Jonathan Hutt, Deputy General Manager (Strategy)/International Brand Director
Travelport, Derek Sharp, Group Vice President & Managing Director
Vueling, Alex Cruz, President & CEO
16:10-16:40 COFFEE
                                         
16:40-17:40 Session 4: European airline restructuring; survival strategies
Playlist: Revolution - The Beatles
- Strategies for competing in a new order. Cutting costs is just the beginning
- The role of lower cost subsidiaries and partners
- Complementary partnerships or subsidiaries in short-haul markets
- Catering for all segments on long-haul while leveraging brand identity
- Adjusting strategies for non-hub long-haul operations as the 787 and A350 arrive - and the NEOs and MAXs

- and the narrowbodies arrive
Moderator: European Aviation Club, Rigas Doganis, Chairman

Aer Lingus, Christoph Mueller, CEO
Bombardier, Steven Aliment, Vice President Sales, Europe
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Tamur Goudarzi-Pour, Director of Network Planning Hub Munich
Transavia, Mattijs ten Brink, Managing Director - Chairman
Virgin Atlantic Airways, Edmond Rose, Director of Airline Planning
Vueling, Alex Cruz, President & CEO
17:40 Close of Day 1

19:30-22:00 Gala Dinner Presentation: The CAPA Aviation Awards for Excellence 2013

World Aviation Summit: 27 November 2013
08:00-09:00
Registration and welcome coffee
09:00-10:00 Session 5: Exploiting (and holding onto) market niches / mergers and consolidation
Playlist: There's a place for us
- Is there such a thing as a defensible market niche?
- A long-term role as an independent?
- Selecting the route network
- Finding the right partners
- Working with host airports
Moderator: Aviation Strategy & Concepts, Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, Managing Director

Aer Lingus, Christoph Mueller, CEO
Air Baltic, Martin Gauss, CEO
CityJet, Chistine Ourmieres, CEO
SATA Airlines Group, Antonio Menezes, CEO
VietJet Air, Cuong Viet Chu, Member Board of Management
10:00-11:00 Session 6: Everything you wanted to know that's wrong with the airline business
(Most) airlines don't have sustainable business models.
Regulators, nationally and bilaterally, are out of step with what's good for the industry and the economy; airlines couldn't sell ice creams in a heat wave.
This is a business that performs a massively important socio-economic global role. Why doesn't anyone understand?

(1) Why don't airlines get merchandising, loyalty and 'big data'? And why are the distribution models unable to meet market needs?
Playlist: Ticket to ride - The Beatles
- Airline Merchandising and Ancillaries - who are the best performers, and why?
- GDS evolution - are they really putting the right tool into airlines' hands?
- NDC - what 2014 will herald for 'new' distribution
Moderator: AAPA, Andrew Herdman, Director General

Farelogix, Inc., Jim Davidson, President & CEO
IATA, Eric Leopold, Director, Transformation
Ryanair, Michael Cawley, Deputy CEO & COO
Skyscanner, Filip Filipov, Head of B2B
Vueling, Fernando Estrada, Chief Strategy and Networks Officer
11:00-11:30 COFFEE

11:30-12:45 Session 6 continued...

(2) Why don't airlines get retail?
Playlist: Material Girl - Madonna
- How far behind the retail curve are airlines? Lessons from the market leaders
- Several leading retail groups, online and otherwise giving some non-aviation pointers
- Working at connectivity
- Selling to customers
- Developing partnerships

- Using IT effectively
Moderator: CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman
Travelport, Ian Heywood, Head of Global Supplier Strategy
M1nd-set, Peter Mohn, Partner
Sabre Airline Solutions, Richard Castle, Regional Director for Europe Strategic Clients
Spring Airlines, Jonathan Hutt,
Deputy General Manager (Strategy)/International Brand Director
Nyras, David Huttner, Senior VP
12:45-13:45 LUNCH

13:45-14:45 Session 7: What makes the ideal airline CEO?
Playlist: Good day sunshine - The Beatles
- Results of CEO survey
- Is aviation different from any other business when it comes to leadership?
- What are the criteria - profitability?; productivity?; happy families?
- Do contract terms/incentives distort long-term thinking?

- Who are the role models?
Moderator: CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman
The Boston Consulting Group, Nicolas Boutin, Partner and Managing Director
Heidrick & Struggles, Con Korfiatis, Aviation Partner
IAG, Willie Walsh, CEO
AAPA, Andrew Herdman, Director General

14:45-15:00
High-level Summit wrap

15:00
Conference close
Playlist: Don't dream it's over - Crowded House