CAPA Qatar Aviation Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit

CAPA – Centre for Aviation, Chairman Emeritus, Peter Harbison 

Qatar Airways, Group CEO, H.E. Akbar Al Baker

• IAG, Chief Executive Officer, Willie Walsh
• IATA, Director General & Chief Executive Officer, Alexandre de Juniac
• Qatar Airways, Group CEO, H.E. Akbar Al Baker

CAPA – Centre for Aviation, Chairman Emeritus, Peter Harbison [DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION]

The EU has played a vital leadership role in aviation in Europe and the North Atlantic and, increasingly, globally. In recent years the face of the airline industry has changed rapidly, with new entrants, new airline types and new aircraft all contributing to a very different environment compared with 20 years ago. The panel will review the extent and relevance of these developments and discuss where the industry - and its regulation - might be heading.

The evolution of European Union Comprehensive Air Transport Agreements and Europe's parallel/multilateral agreements;

• The evolution of European Union Comprehensive Air Transport Agreements and Europe’s parallel/multilateral agreements;
• EU-Middle East relations: open markets or limited flights?;
• An update on the EU-Qatar agreement;
• EU-China agreement - how much will it impact global connectivity and regionalisation?;
• Ambitions, challenges and milestones;
• Ownership and control limitations - encouraging investment into airlines and infrastructuce?;
• Economic benefits (passenger and cargo) or liberalisation and deregulation.
• The impact of BREXIT.

Moderator: Leiden University, Professor of Air and Space Law, Pablo Mendes de Leon

Just as airlines begin to savour the prospect of financial sustainability, the ease has been quickly interrupted by the threat of failing to meet sustainability goals. In the area of climate change, of course, national and EU emissions targets provide clear goal for airlines (and airports) to work towards. However, the rapid growth of the industry intensifies the need to act quickly and effectively. But, sustainability relates to more than simply our approack to climate change.

 

SEMIK, Chief Executive Officer, Sebastian Mikosz [DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION]

Watson Farley & Williams, Partner, Alan Polivnick

 

Despite its significant State-to-State diversity, the Asia-Pacific Region has spawned ground-breaking cross border models and regulation. In this session, we hear from key markets across the Asia Pacific region on their aviation regulation policies to determine who has their regulation settings right.

Asia Pacific will remain the world's fastest growing air transport market in terms of passenger and freight traffic for the foreseeable future. In 2019, ICAO declared its goal was to reconcile the political positions of each ICAO member state in the region as much as possible on matters concerning the liberalisation of market access, air carrier ownership and control.

Moderator: AAPA, Director General, Andrew Herdman

The airline industry has undergone significant changes in the past years, with the exit of several “household names” from the market, and other carriers struggling for survival. These changes have dramatically affected consumers, and have altered the alliance ecosystem. This panel will consider:

Moderator: Croon-Callaghan, Partner, Jim Callaghan

CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Chairman Emeritus, Peter Harbison