CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit

Reflections on air services liberalisation and ownership & control.

Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Acting Executive Director, Aviation and Airports, Stephen Borthwick

Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Acting Executive Director, Aviation and Airports, Stephen Borthwick

Q&A with CAPA – Centre for Aviation, Executive Chairman, Peter Harbison

• Can airports, airlines, shareholders and customers be viewed as ‘partners for growth’?
• Airport and aviation efficiency: Talking the talk between investment, regulation and customer experience
• Growing the pie: making sure airports and airlines are collaborating for the sustainable future growth of Australian aviation

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

Panellists:

• Airlines for Australia and New Zealand (A4ANZ), Chairman, Graeme Samuel AC
• Australian Airports Association (AAA), CEO, Caroline Wilkie
• Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Acting Executive Director, Aviation and Airports, Stephen Borthwick

Sri Lankan Airlines, CEO, Seren Ratwatte

Malaysia Airlines, Group CEO, Peter Bellew

• Australia is home to some of the most innovative airlines on the world stage. Where are the expansion opportunities offshore?
• Update on Asia’s geopolitical and aviation risks and opportunities. The latest on ASEAN open skies.
• Have foreign airline expansion and regulatory issues made it difficult for local carriers?

Watson Farley & Williams, Partner, Alan Polivnick

BIS Oxford Economics, Head of Australia Macroeconomics, Sarah Hunter

• Chinese visitors in Australia/NZ highly concentrated around Jan/Feb. How to drive year-round sustainability?
• China is big, but we shouldn’t ignore other Asian markets. What are the other less well-known and exciting inbound developments?

Tourism Australia, MD & CEO, John O’Sullivan

• How are business models evolving in the market?
• How LCCs have changed the market?
• Are we now approaching LCC saturation or likely to see more LCC expansion in this market?
• How are LCCs continuing to adapt the ancillaries/unbundling model?

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

Panellists:

• AirAsia X, CEO, Benyamin Ismail
• Cebu Pacific, Chief Operations Adviser, Rick Howell
• Inmarsat Aviation, VP Asia Pacific, Otto Gergye
• Nok Air, VP Marketing & Sales, Pinyot Pibulsonggram
• Travelport, Senior Commercial Director Asia Pacific, Air Commerce, Chris Ramm

• Evolving from global alliance thinking to more tailored market specific partnerships
• Operating new dual and multi-brand strategies: are they the way of the future as short and long haul LCCs change the equilibrium?
• Establishing a low cost base now seems even more important as price sensitive public and corporate demand squeeze yields. How far can this go?
• Is partnering with one of the Gulf airlines a panacea for Asia Pacific (and US!) airlines?
• Will the Chinese airlines’ hubs and new hubs like Perth change the game?

Moderator: Mimone Consulting, Aviation Industry Consultant, Minna Monaghan

Panellists:

• Agri-nomics, Director, Barry Parsons
• CAPA – Centre for Aviation, Executive Chairman, Peter Harbison
• Clyde & Co, Special Counsel, James Cooper
• Malaysia Airlines, Group CEO, Peter Bellew

• Is it realistic to have nine or 10 Chinese airlines serving Australia/NZ?
• What impact will China have on the global bilateral air policy system?
• How much of the Asian market is there for the taking by Australia/NZ airlines vs Asian airlines? Have the Australian and New Zealand governments given too much away to foreign airlines?
• Before Asian markets reach an outbound limit, Australia will likely reach a limit on how many visitors it can receive. What needs to be done?
• What are the benefits – and drawbacks – of rapid inbound expansion

Moderator: Satu Raunola Consulting, Principal, Satu Raunola-Spencer

Panellists:

• Hong Kong Airlines, Assistant Director Commercial, Michael Burke
• Skyscanner, Director Business Development, Hugh Aitken
• Tourism Australia, MD & CEO, John O’Sullivan
• Tourism Futures International, Managing Director, Bob Cain

Sydney Airport, Managing Director & CEO, Kerrie Mather

AccorHotels Asia Pacific, Chairman and CEO, Michael Issenberg

Qantas Airways, Group Executive Government, Industry and International Affairs, Andrew Parker

In conversation with CAPA, Executive Chairman, Peter Harbison.

Foster+Partners, Partner, Antoinette Erickson Nassopoulos

Hawaiian Airlines, President & CEO, Mark Dunkerley

Fiji Airways, Chief Marketing Officer, Marc Cavaliere