Sun, Jun 05, 2011
International Air Transport Associations Meeting Opens
Monday
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will
open the IATA 67th International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in
Singapore on Monday.
The IATA AGM will bring together 700 leaders of the $600 billion
global aviation industry for two days of intense discussions on the
industry’s most important issues. This year’s AGM
promises to be particularly eventful. “After a
record-breaking profit in 2010, 2011 opened with a series of crises
and shocks—unprecedented even for aviation. Rising oil
prices, political unrest, natural disasters, human tragedies and
even another volcano eruption have all challenged this industry. We
will have lots to discuss in Singapore,” said Giovanni
Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO.
In addition to Deputy Prime Minister Shanmugaratnam’s
remarks, AGM highlights include the State of the Industry address
by IATA’s Director General and CEO, and the release of a new
industry financial outlook. Vision 2050, an initiative launched by
Bisignani at IATA’s 2010 AGM to identify the drivers of
aviation’s success by looking ahead four decades, will be
another focus for the delegates’ discussions. A weekend
retreat with 35 strategic thinkers, held in Singapore earlier this
year, challenged and refined the Vision, which will be presented at
the AGM.
Three panel discussions with key industry leaders will be featured.
Confirmed speakers are:
- CEO Forum: Anthony Albanese, Australian Minister for
Infrastructure and Transport; Tim Clark, Emirates; Andrés
Conesa, Aeroméxico; Robert Milton, ACE Aviation; Emirsyah
Satar, Garuda; Antonio Vázquez, Iberia and IAG; and Douglas
Steenland, former CEO and President of Northwest Airlines
- Aviation in a Dangerous World (Security): Kunio Mikuriya,
Secretary General of World Customs Organization, Siza Mzimela,
South African Airlines; Elyezer Shkedy, El Al; Ron Noble, Secretary
General of Interpol and John Pistole, Administrator of the US
Transportation Security Administration
- Partnering for Profitability: Jim Albaugh, Boeing; Richard
Deakin, UK NATS; Paul Griffiths, Dubai Airports; Harry Hohmeister,
SWISS; James Hogan, Etihad and Marthinus van Schalkwyk, South
African Minister of Tourism
“Singapore is the perfect place to meet,” said
Bisignani. “It is IATA’s home in Asia-Pacific—the
location of the IATA regional office. But even more importantly,
Singapore is a great aviation success story. The vision of the
government to build a modern economy based on connectivity has
created one of the world’s most dynamic business hubs. Air
transport has played a key role in this development. And with India
to the West and China to the East, we are reminded of the great
future potential of this vibrant region,” said
Bisignani.
Singapore Airlines is hosting the event. This is the third time
that Singapore will host the IATA AGM. The first was in 1976,
followed by 2004. At the 2004 meeting, IATA launched Simplifying
the Business. This ongoing initiative to modernize industry
processes has already delivered key conveniences such as
e-ticketing, common-use kiosks and bar-coded boarding passes.
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