CAPA-ACTE New Zealand Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit

• SANZAAR, Chairman, Brent Impey
  
• ACTE / Troovo, President / Chief Executive Officer, Kurt Knackstedt
  

• Are government policy settings on air access and infrastructure achieving the best outcomes?
• Can airports, airlines, shareholders and customers be viewed as ‘partners for growth?’
• Growing the pie: making sure airports and airlines are collaborating for the sustainable future growth of New Zealand aviation

Moderator: CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Executive Chairman, Peter Harbison

• Airlines for Australia and New Zealand, CEO, Alison Roberts
• NZ Airports Association, Chief Executive, Kevin Ward
• Air New Zealand, Group General Manager Airports, Roger Gray
• NZ Ministry of Transport, Principal Adviser, Sonya Van De Geer

• New Zealand has a long off-peak season, so it’s a challenge to fill flights year-round. So what’s driving the sustained growth in capacity and new routes? Is it sustainable?
• What role do airport/tourism incentives play in network planning decisions?

Moderator: Aviation Week, Air Transport Editor - Asia Pacific, Adrian Schofield

• Lufthansa Group, Senior Manager Corporate Strategy and M&A, Sebastian Strube
• Auckland Airport, General Manager Aeronautical Commercial, Scott Tasker
• Hong Kong Airlines, General Manager New Zealand, Daniel Yuen
• Air Canada, Pricing and Sales Manager, Rick Pomery
• Malaysia Airlines, Global Head of Sales, Yeoh Hock Thye

Visitor numbers to New Zealand were up 12% in 2016 to 3.5 million – marking the first double digit gain in more than a decade. According to Air New Zealand CEO, Christopher Luxon, New Zealand “is really on a big growth trajectory for the next 30 years. What we are seeing is lots of opportunity to strengthen and add capacity”.

• Is government policy and the rest of the travel and transportation industry value chain prepared for the influx of travellers?

New Zealand is currently home to two of the world’s longest route, Auckland-Doha and Auckland-Dubai, opening up new one-stop possibilities to Europe/Africa and beyond. Low Cost-long haul operators are also eyeing new connectivity possibilities over their new generation Asia hubs.

• How are the ultra-long haul routes and outbound markets performing?
• Which Asian LCCs are poised to ‘go long-haul’ and target New Zealand?

Moderator: CAPA, Executive Chairman, Peter Harbison

• Helloworld, Executive General Manager, Simon McKearney
• VietJet, Member Board of Directors, Cuong Chu
• Air New Zealand, Chief Operations Officer, Bruce Parton
• First Travel Group, Managing Director, Andrew Bowman

• What are the challenges they have to face either as a customer or a supplier; is the NZ market so very much different?
• Facing today’s business travel risks with a modern travel policy.
• Some fascinating ‘war stories’ about unique travel programmes in New Zealand.

Moderator: ATMC, Chairman, Rob Dell

• International SOS, Manager of Travel Risk, New Zealand, Andy Patten
• Orbit, Managing Director, Paul Rennie
• SANZAAR, Head of Operations, Brendan Morris
• Westpac, CPO, Rob Halsall

• What are the new developments, how are they impacting industry, and what’s coming down the pipeline?
• Update on NDC (New Distribution Capability) and New Gen ISS (new settlement systems and processes)

Moderator: ACTE / Troovo, President / Chief Executive Officer, Kurt Knackstedt

• TAANZ, CEO, Andrew Olsen
• The Lido Group in partnership with HRS, Chief Commercial Officer, Jon West
• UATP, Regional Commercial Manager, Oceania, Craig Bowen
• IATA, Area Manager South West Pacific, Ian Lorigan