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Aviation growth is held captive by two major constraints - the availability of aircraft to meet demand from passengers and the capacity of infrastructure to handle these passengers and aircraft. On the aircraft front, OEMs are struggling in the face of persistent supply chain issues, as well as problems of their own creation while MRO providers are struggling with their own concerns. Airport and ATC infrastructure is a mixed bag - some countries are rapidly expanding their airport infrastructure and modernising their ATC systems, expanding to handle current and future demand. However, other markets are lagging behind, with infrastructure projects beset by delays, excessive costs, poor regulatory frameworks or a lack of political will - which are slowing growth. Aviation needs appropriate and cost-effective infrastructure to ensure its needs are met, regulation that is appropriate to requirements and aircraft supply that can keep pace with demand.

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Marjan E. F. Rintel (1967) - President and CEO - has a strong track record in civil aviation. After her studies, Rintel worked in various roles at Schiphol Airport. In 1999, she moved to KLM and held a number of different positions. She got to know the company from the inside: operationally and commercially. In 2014, Rintel exchanged KLM for NS (Dutch Railways). For six years she held the position of Operational Director in the Executive Board. In 2020, she was appointed Chairman of the Board. On July 1st 2022, she returned to KLM as President and CEO. In her role as President of KLM, Rintel is a member of the Executive Committee of the Air France KLM Group and the CEO Committee. She holds various additional international positions, as member of the IATA Board of Governors and as co-Chair of Project SkyPower, which brings together European leaders from across the aviation value chain to scale up production of e-SAF.

Slowing global economic growth. Increased costs for trade. Higher inflation expectations. Falling consumer confidence. Growing geopolitical fragmentation. Recent global policy shifts are amplifying uncertainty in what was already a fraught global landscape. None of this points to a rosy outlook for airlines, either in terms of travel demand, operational performance or profitability for the sector. This panel will convene C-level airline executives to examine the most pressing issues that are changing the calculus of their long term planning.

• Given the industry's notoriously thin margins, what tools are at airlines' disposal to deal with volatility in areas like fuel costs and exchange rates? How do airlines deal with inflationary pressures around other costs?

• Does geopolitical fragmentation mean a realignment of global networks? Will airlines in some regions have to make substantial capacity redeployments if politics make some connections unprofitable?

• Will more capacity pivot to emerging air transport markets, which are already growing rapidly? How do airlines deal with the potential for instability that is present in many of these markets?

• In the face of ongoing supply chain disruptions affecting aircraft deliveries and overhauls, how can airlines ensure they can get the maximum out of their existing fleets?

Cyclicality has long been a bugbear of the airline industry. When the speed of travel growth has slowed down, airlines have historically witnessed steep losses. Their responses have generally been to trim schedules and networks, reduce workforces and reduce spending until good times arrive again. However, the latest outlooks for the industry stand in defiance of these historical trends. While the industry faces more than its fair share of challenges, overall expectations have remained healthy and positive even in the face of lowered expectations around economic growth, global political uncertainty and retreating confidence in consumers.

• Has the airline industry finally managed to crack the code when it comes to the cyclicality of the business, or is there something else going on?

• What are the key lessons that the sector has drawn from recent crises and downturns? What are the weak-points that are still yet to be addressed?

• Given that no-one knows how long a crisis is going to last or how deep it will go, how does the industry respond proportionately in the face of challenges?

• With such volumes of information available to airline leaders, what do they look at and where do they turn when a crisis is brewing. Are AI business and decision making tools at a point where they can help in such situations, or is there a risk of garbage-in, garbage-out and being overwhelmed by the details?

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