Hear more about why Routes is taking place in Adelaide as well as what you can expect over the course of the event.
The 25th World Route Development Forum
Adelaide, Australia
• 21 – 24 September 2019
Conference Programme
Sunday, 22 September 2019
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CEO Keynote Interview: airBaltic
How the carrier plans to grow to 15 million passengers by 2025
Hear directly from airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss as he discusses the growing carrier’s future strategy.
airBaltic is one of Europe's fastest-growing carriers and is currently on a trajectory to 15 million passengers.
The airline already flies to more than 70 destinations, and with in excess of 20 codeshare partnerships, 300 destinations are within one stop.
Martin Gauss joins us to outline how airBaltic aims to grow its network from its heartland in the Baltics and beyond, and how its transition to an all-A220 fleet will enable it to target even more airports for routes and bases.
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Airport Briefing
Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited
Hon. Arjuna Ranatunga, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Government of Sri Lanka
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MoU signing
Haikou Meilan International Airport and Darwin Airport
HAK and DRW will sign a MOU at World Routes, outlining parties commitment to work together to develop air services between the two sister cities.
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Keynote Interview: Hawaiian Airlines
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Panel discussion: Soaring through the glass ceiling
Exploring best practices in advancing women in aviation
Women have made great strides in many professional fields and industries but there remains a gap at the leadership level. As an example, fewer than one quarter of the American aerospace workforce are women, with an even smaller percentage in leadership roles. More can and should be done to enable the advancement of women into important leadership roles in the global aviation and aerospace sector.
Five stakeholder organisations in the aviation and aerospace industry have joined forces to identify and promote means by which the aviation and aerospace industry can more effectively recruit and advance women into leadership roles.
With the study released in the second quarter of 2019, this session will represent the key sectors within the industry and bring complementary knowledge of the issues and opportunities for women in the industry globally.
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Case Study
A Traveler-Centric Approach to Improving Network Planning and Schedule Optimization
Bayram Annakov, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, App in the Air
App in the Air CEO Bayram Annakov will discuss a new, traveler-centric approach to network planning.
Combining cross-airline booking data with traditional network planning significantly improves predictions of schedule changes. Frequent flyer preferences, from airline and alliance to schedule and price, drive booking decisions. App in the Air has analyzed tens of millions of multi-airline reservations to develop a model that simulates schedule changes and predicts market share using traveler's actual booking behavior. By moving to a traveler-centric approach, App in the Air has been consistently able to achieve a high degree of accuracy when compared to actual Department of Transportation market share statistics.
Bayram will also discuss specific cases, including the successful prediction of market share distribution after schedule changes by a major US airline.
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CEO Keynote Interview: Saudia
Taking on LCC competition to become a 200-aircraft airline
Hear directly from Saudia’s CEO Jaan Albrecht as he discusses his latest challenge in aviation.
Albrecht has been a key figure in the aviation industry, holding key positions in organisations such as Star Alliance in the capacity as CEO, and was also the former CEO of SunExpress and Austrian Airlines. Furthermore, he spent 28 years at Mexicana Airlines in numerous leadership positions.
SAUDIA is currently in its 73rd year of operations, with more than 16,000 staff based in the airline's headquarters in Jeddah and globally.
The airline is building towards a 200-aircraft fleet within the next two years. Around 80 have been introduced since the start of 2016, among them Boeing 777-300ERs and 787-9s as well as 20 regional-variant Airbus A330-300s, for which Saudia was the launch customer.
Saudia is aiming to bring in the larger 787-10, taking three this year and seven in 2020, when it will also start receiving 35 A320neo and A321neo jets.
Albrecht will share more about his lofty ambitions for the Saudi airline.
Monday, 23 September 2019
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The battle for India's skies: Air India
What the future holds for the flag carrier
Air India, India’s flag carrier, needs no introduction.
Having witnessed 70 years of Indian aviation, Air India is the country's only airline with distinctions like flying ultra long-haul non-stop flights between India and US on one side of the globe and Australia on the other, covering 45 International, 80 domestic points and further 73 new foreign destinations through code shares with 24 partner airlines.
It is a government-owned airline that balances the commercial as well as social requirements of India right from transporting soldiers to evacuations of Indians from troubled areas.
The evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during the Invasion of Kuwait in 1990, earned Air India name in Guinness book of Records for the largest evacuation by any civil airliner.
But in a fast-growing and rapidly-changing market, what does the future hold?
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Lightning Talks: Session 1
What do airlines really want from an airport?
In this session airlines will deliver quick presentations on what are the requirements they need from an airport in order to establish new services to their destination and make them sustainable.
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Lightning Talks: Session 2
How airport innovation can attract airlines
To hear from the other side, in this session airports will deliver quick presentations on what are their innovations to provide the best solutions and feedback for business proposals to airlines.
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What next for China/South-East Asia?
The road to becoming the global aviation powerhouse
The growth of China’s aviation industry continues apace with the country set to displace the United States as the world’s largest market in the mid-2020s. The Chinese government has plans to build or expand 74 airports nationwide by the end of 2020 to help accommodate the surge in demand for air travel.
This session will explore the future trends in the market and how policy evolution is changing the backdrop for new route development. It will look at the impact of Beijing’s new multibillion-dollar Daxing International Airport when it opens later this year, as well as the continued growth of secondary cities and emerging destinations.
You will also learn how international airports should engage with China over the coming years, helping you to better understand the multitude of opportunities available.
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ASM Masterclass
Launching new data for understanding Catchments and Leakage
Learn how to demonstrate the true potential of your market through data, leakage studies and traffic forecasts with ASM.
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Panel discussion: Game-changing aircraft
How the next wave of technology will reshape the skies
Over the past decade, there has been a seismic shift in the way airports and airlines operate with new business models coming to the fore.
For years, the airline industry has been seeking game-changing aircraft. In the next years, Airbus with their A220 and A350-1000; Embraer with the E2; the 777X from Boeing or Boom Supersonic are about to genuinely change the way that carriers are able and willing to launch new services and frequencies.
These aircraft can take us farther and faster burning less fuel. New efficient ways of customer service are simplifying the processes and supersonic and electric planes are taking the lead on reshaping the aviation industry.
A new era of ultra long-haul travel might arise with Qantas challenging Airbus and Boeing to develop a plane capable of flying anywhere in the world from anywhere else.
What is in store over the next 10 years? What are the new innovations that will change the marketplace forever? How can data be used in Route Development? How has new technology changed distribution channels?
Our panellists will gaze into their crystal ball to look at the next major advancements taking place and why you should be prepared.
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Airport Briefing
Mactan-Cebu International Airport
Andrew Acquaah-Harrison, Chief Executive Advisor, Mactan-Cebu International Airport
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Ecuador: Country of the Four Worlds
Ecuador Ministry of Tourism
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Panel discussion: Will 2020 be a tipping point for tourism?
The fine balance between new air services and sustainable growth
As one of the world’s largest sectors, the benefits from travel and tourism are clear. The industry creates jobs, drives exports and generates prosperity across the world.
There is no end in sight for the growth in demand – the UNWTO predicts 1.4 billion international tourists by 2020. So how will destinations cope? Airlines and airports all wish to increase traffic numbers and develop new routes, but these increases will put pressure on destinations.
Can destinations cope and what needs to be done to safeguard our destinations for travellers in the future? Will we see more tourism caps and taxes? Will we find more capacity, more destinations? Can we get a grip on managing tourism’s impacts and make sustainable growth a reality?
Learn from industry leaders’ best practice examples on how your destination can create a unique offering and grow sustainably.
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
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The role of OTAs in route development
Andrew van der Feltz, Senior Director, Expedia Group Media Solutions
OTAs occupy a pivotal position in the travel ecosystem, with unparalleled insights and the unique ability to influence consumers at all stages of the booking process. Andrew van der Feltz, Senior Director at Expedia Group Media Solutions discusses the role OTAs can play in route development, from mitigating leakage to maximising the potential of stopover traffic
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Exclusive updates direct from key airline decision makers and network planners.
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Airline Briefing
Vivaaerobus
Fernando Estrada, VP of Strategy, Business Development & Ancillary Revenues, Vivaaerobus
Exclusive updates direct from key airline decision makers and network planners.
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Interview Session
Alitalia
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Milan 2020: Partnerships in action
How successful partnerships can generate new services and markets
How can tourism authorities, airlines and airports work together to make a destination more attractive, while simultaneously developing a more sustainable tourism model?
Tourism decentralisation creates more efficient tourism that will lead to a sustainable growth. Learn what the trends in partnerships are and how to make it work to make tourism more sustainable across a region.
* Please note like all events, the programme is subject to change.
Speakers
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Steven Small
Brand Director, Routes -
Jaan Albrecht
Chief Executive Officer, SAUDIA -
Merren McArthur
Chief Executive Officer, Tigerair Australia -
Michael J. Bell
Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry -
Lorie Argus
Chief Executive Landside Infrastructure, Melbourne Airport -
Sandra Nieuwenhuijzen
Former Head of Catering Operations, Qantas