CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas
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Day 2 - Friday 4th April 2024 |
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08:00-09:00 |
Registration, Networking & Coffee |
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09:00-09:10 |
Chairperson's Welcome |
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09:10-09:50 |
How does Latin America sustain itself as the world's fastest growing aviation region? Aviation is a force for change in Latin America, with the industry's rapid growth connecting the continent like never before and bringing traveller, trade and tourism. Yet, the region faces underlying and deep-seated challenges, including limits around infrastructure, policies around taxes and protectionism and the difficulties of building connections to regions with small populations and limited economic development. This panel will take a whole-of-region overview and consider key questions such as: How can Latin American airlines build connectivity with the rest of the world? What does airline consolidation mean for intra-regional and intercontinental connectivity? How do airlines go about building connectivity to smaller regional population centres? What models of airport ownership/operation best support regional infrastructure development? How do regional carriers support liberalisation and mitigate government moves around aviation taxes and other charges? Will the LCC revolution continue at the same pace in Latin America, or is the market starting to see more differentiation and segmentation? What are the regional hot spots for growth within Latin America? Moderator: ASM Global Route Development, Director Air Service Development, Dave Appleby Panel: Azul, President, Abhi Shah IATA, Regional VP Americas, Peter Cerdá |
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09:50-10:40 |
Technology Rundown - How changing technology landscapes are shifting airlines' operations and strategies Aviation is a technology-enabled business. Changes to the technology landscape produce change in everything from how airlines conduct their operations, sell their seats or interact with their passengers. This panel will bring together technology suppliers, third party experts and airlines to explore how shifts in technology can make aviation safer, more predictable and improve the experience for passengers. Moderator: Aviation Week Network, Senior Editor, Christine Boynton Panel: IBM, Global Industry Leader, Consumer, Travel & Transportation Industries, Dee Waddell CAE Flight Operations Solutions, Regional Sales Director, Americas, Stephen Schwartz IBS Software, President & Chief Revenue Officer, Jitendra Sindhwani Sunrise Airways, CCO, Claudio Buncamper BermudAir, CCO, Charles McKee |
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10:40-11:15 |
Coffee break & Networking |
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11:15- 11:30 |
Investing in the Exceptional: Creating Enduring Destination Demand Recently named as Forbes Travel Guide's first Hotel Ownership Group of the Year, Dart appreciates the critical impact of aviation trends and market dynamics on the success of the places and experiences the company creates. Director Jackie Doak will share how the privately held group of companies founded by Ken Dart is: Building on its 30-year investment Cayman's growth Demonstrating continued confidence in both the Cayman jurisdiction and the strength of the travel industry Innovating and improving to help properties and destinations increase demand and earn consideration from aviation leaders Dart Enterprises, Director Jacqueline Doak |
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11:30-12:10 |
Caribbean travel market - where to next for regional aviation? After several years of strong growth, travel is cooling in the Caribbean aviation market. Inbound arrivals are steady and the progress on enhancing interregional connectivity remains frustratingly slow. Aviation is vital to the health of the Caribbean region, yet local airlines continue to lose money in the face of heavy competition, local protectionism and high taxes and fees on travellers. This high-level panel will consider key regional questions, such as: What roles are airlines taking in partnering with airports, governments and tourism operators to enhance interregional connectivity? What is the messaging from airlines around this topic? What avenues are there to relieve the impacts of high travel costs, along with tourism taxes and other fees on airline finances? How do carriers remain economically viable in the face of sustaining loss making routes in the name of regional tourism? How does the Caribbean stay competitive compared to alternative leisure markets? What unique pain points are there for travellers to the Caribbean? With regional aviation particularly vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather events, how do Caribbean airlines adapt and enhance their resilience? With North American arrivals growth slowing, what alternative source markets and new network connectivity opportunities should Caribbean carriers be looking at? Moderator: KornFerry, Senior Client Partner, Michael Bell Panel: Cayman Airways, CEO, Fabian Whorms InterCaribbean, CEO, Trevor Sadler Bahamasair, MD, Tracy Cooper BermudAir, Founder & CEO, Adam Scott |
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12:10-12:50 |
What is the future of Caribbean tourism? Tourism to the Caribbean is thriving, with the region expected to attract close to 30 million visitors from the Americas in 2025. Having achieved remarkable recent growth, the Caribbean is now looking to build on this success while also overcoming problems of rapid growth. Should the Caribbean be taking a pan-regional approach to tourism marketing, or is each destination for itself? How do tourism destinations in the region build resilience into their operations, balancing growth in arrivals with protecting the region's prized environmental attractions? Are there options to build better intra-regional air connections and more capacity into developing Latin American source markets? What do trends around personalisation, luxury travel and sustainability mean for Caribbean destinations? Moderator: CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Head of Analysis, Rich Maslen Panel: Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Director of Tourism, Rosa Harris Anguilla Tourist Board, Director of Tourism, Stacey Liburd Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investment & Aviation, Director General, Latia Duncombe US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, Commissioner, Joseph Boschulte |
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12:50-13:00 |
Chairperson's wrap up |
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13:00-14:00 |
Closing Lunch & Networking |