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Aviation Hardtalk Live, IAG’s Founding CEO Willie Walsh, interviewed by Andrew.

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How can we build back better European aviation after COVID-19 – and what will our industry look like in five years? The environment, changing markets, new consumer behaviours and expectations – all will be explored in a series of live 1-2-1 interviews with industry leaders.

In our second EUROCONTROL Aviation Hardtalk Live, we explore these questions and more with Willie Walsh, who as founding CEO of the International Airlines Group (IAG), successfully drove over the last decade the group’s evolution to today comprise Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, LEVEL and Vueling.

Willie will be interviewed by Andrew Charlton, journalist and MD of Aviation Advocacy. The sessions includes a short update on European markets and performance from Eamonn Brennan, Director General of EUROCONTROL.









The 8th GARS/EAC online panel discussion.

Written by Admin-AA-4-Andrew on . Posted in COVID 19, News, Online conferences

Dear Friends,
This is just to let you know the 8th GARS/EAC online panel discussion-COVID-19 – where is aviation now?  Will take place  Tuesday, 15 September 8:30 am to 10:00 am CEST. 

In cooperation with GARS, the European Aviation Conference, the Bremen University of Applied Sciences and the ATM Policy Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University hosts the eighth GARS Online Panel Discussion on Covid and aviation. Much has happened in world aviation since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. What is the state of play now? What do we know now that we did not know when we entered this crisis? What should we be thinking about? This session brings back together the panellists from our very first session to review what we have learnt and where we think we might go next. 

Panelists (in alphabetical order): 
Andrew Charlton, Managing Director of Aviation Advocacy 
Ian Douglas, UNSW Sydney, Sydney 
Peter Forsyth, Monash University, Melbourne 
Xiaowen Fu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 
Brian Pearce, Chief Economist International Air Transport Association (IATA) 
Mike Tretheway, Chief Economist & Chief Strategy Officer of InterVISTAS, Vancouver 

Moderator 
Achim I. Czerny, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Program
The online session starts at 8.30 am CEST. The panel will be very interactive and attendees are welcome to share their questions and comments via the chat function. There will be enough time for intense debates between the panelists and the audience. The online event will end no later than 10.00 am CEST.

Registration (free of charge)
There are a limited number of places available which will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis with priority for GARS members. For registration, please click https://polyu.hk/qPSzT. For further information, please check www.garsonline.de or contact anne-ly.wong@polyu.edu.hk.

AA in the wires. Aviation Policy News, quotable quotes.

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Aviation Policy News: Airline Bailouts and Revenue Sources for Air Traffic Control During Pandemic
“There is an easy way to change the industry. Treat airlines like businesses. Let them go bankrupt like businesses. The barriers to entry have never been lower for those that want to shake things up. There are trained staff, slots, gates, aircraft, and interesting markets available. New players could start again on things like seniority, slot hoarding, and leasing and other contracts. The entire industry needs significant root-and-branch reform. If not now, when? Yes, there will be a nasty period of readjustment; yes, airlines, airports, and even ANSPs will go bankrupt, but at least it will be honest, unlike the gravity-defying act of self-deception we are engaged in now. Get rid of the zombies we have today, living hand-out to mouth.”
—Andrew Charlton, “The New Normal: Creeping Bermudaism,” Aviation Intelligence Reporter, August 2020

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