LCC CEOs to lead discussions at CAPA North Asia LCC Summit, Tokyo, Jun-7/8-2016
Leaders of North Asia's low cost carriers (LCCs) will gather in Narita on Jun-7/8 for CAPA's North Asia LCC Summit.
Hosted by Narita Airport, the Summit marks 12 years of CAPA's flagship series of LCC events in Asia and marks CAPA's second return to Japan.
Featuring over 40 speakers, including senior executives from all of North Asia's LCCs, and with simultaneous translation in English, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin, the Summit will explore the commercial drivers for LCC growth in this region, as the market opens.
North Asia has yet to experience the rapid expansion of LCCs that has occurred in Southeast Asia - but that is changing quickly.
- The CAPA North Asia LCC Summit will take place in Narita, Japan, on June 7th and 8th, bringing together leaders of low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the region.
- The Summit will focus on the commercial drivers for LCC growth in North Asia, as the market opens up and experiences rapid expansion.
- Over 40 speakers, including senior executives from all North Asia's LCCs, will discuss topics such as regulation, market outlook, airport privatization, passenger experience, technology, and ancillary optimization.
- The event will feature presentations from LCC CEOs, including Spring Airlines China and Jeju Air, and attract over 250 attendees from airlines, airports, tourism authorities, and regulators.
- The Summit will also highlight LCC development in Japan, with presentations from ANA, Peach Aviation, Vanilla Air, and Jetstar Japan.
- Narita Airport will host a Welcome reception, Gala dinner, and site tour of their new LCC Terminal 3 as part of the conference activities.
Click here for the latest agenda, list of confirmed speakers and to register.
Specific topics for discussion include:
- Regulation and cross-border JVs
- Individual outlook on the Japan, Greater China and Korea LCC markets including international vs domestic expansion; consolidation, competition, subsidiaries, access opportunities
- Opportunities for long haul and foreign lccs flying to/from North Asia
- Airport privatisation in Japan
- Improving the airport passenger experience across North Asia
- Technology, personalisation and Big Data
- Travel distribution challenges and ancillary optimisation opportunities
- The LCC potential for cargo operations
There will be a combination of presentations, panel discussion and on-stage interviews with LCC CEOs, including the heads of Spring Airlines China and Jeju Air.
The Summit will attract over 250 attendees including airlines, airports, tourism authorities, and regulators from North Asia and beyond. The event features over 40 speakers.
In addition, there will be a strong focus on LCC development in the host country, Japan, beginning with presentations from the official event airline partner ANA on their LCC brand strategy, followed by individual presentations from Peach Aviation, Vanilla Air and Jetstar Japan.
Narita Airport will also be hosting a Welcome reception and Gala dinner, as well as conducting a site tour of their new LCC Terminal 3 as part of the conference activities.
Confirmed speakers include:
Agora Hospitalities, CEO, Aya Aso
Airbiz, General Manager New Zealand and Pacific, Iain Munro
Air Busan, Executive VP, Choi Pan-ho
Amadeus IT Group, Airline Account Director for Japan, Cyril Tetaz
ANA, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning Asia-Pacific, Koji Shibata
Booking.com, Director Strategic Partnerships, Asia Pacific, David Peller
CHUBB, Vice President - Head of Travel Insurance Asia Pacific, Jon Ford
Circos Brand Karma, CEO & Co-Founder, Morris Sim
DeNA Travel, CIO, Jun Nakamura
Eastar Jet, CEO, Kim Jung Shik
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Asia, Adjunct Assistant Professor, June Lee
HK Express, CEO, Andrew Cowen
IACT (International Air Cargo Terminal), President, Osamu Tsukahara
Jeju Air, CEO, Ken Choi
Jin Air, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Emily Cho
Jetstar Japan, Chairman, Masaru Kataoka
Kansai Airports, Co-CEO, Emannuel Menanteau
McKinsey, Partner, Steve Saxon
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, speaker TBA
Narita Airport, President & CEO, Makoto Natsume
Narita Airport, Executive Vice President, Futoshi Osada
Peach Aviation, Representative Director & CEO, Shinichi Inoue
Peach Aviation, Executive Advisor, Patrick Murphy
Sandeep Bahl, Experienced Airline Executive
Sabre, Senior Manager, Global Product Marketing, Angelo Contreras
SITA, President Asia Pacific, Ilya Gutlin
Spring Airlines, President, Stephen Wang
Spring Airlines, Social Media Director, Jonathan Hutt
Strategy&, Partner, Edward Clayton
T2Impact, Managing Director, Timothy O'Neill-Dunne
Tigerair Taiwan, CEO, Kwan Yue
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Associate Professor, Shinya Hanaoka
Travelport, VP Asia Pacific, Air Commerce, Damian Hickey
Travelport, Director, Online Business Group APAC, Ming Foong
Vanilla Air, President, Katsuya Goto
Venture Republic, Co-Founder and CEO, Kei Shibata
VietJet, MD, Luu Duc Khanh
Web in Travel, Founder, Yeoh Siew Hoon
Click here for the latest agenda, list of confirmed speakers and to register.