Airports gathering

Today (Monday 21 October) sees the much anticipated opening of the annual Airport Operators Conference at London’s Hilton Metropole. 

It has now been confirmed that the new Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Transport (see BTN 14 October) Robert Goodwill MP (Conservative) will open the proceedings.  A farmer, he was on the Transport Select Committee for 18 months and known as a Eurosceptic.

The first day of the gathering features three sessions “The Industry Challenge” with speakers including Jim French, Chairman of Flybe); Dale Keller, Chief Executive of BAR-UK; and Laurie Price, an industry consultant and the former Aviation Adviser to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.

Session 2 “The Policy Challenge” takes in Simon Buck, Chief Executive of the British Air Transport Association and Richard Deakin, who has a similar position at NATS.

Session 3 “Industry Leaders” has Craig Kreeger, CEO of Virgin Atlantic; Andrew Haines, CEO of CAA; and the CEOs of Birmingham, London City and Stansted Airports.

The morning session of day two is taken up with Michael O’Leary of Ryanair, followed by Sir Howard Davies – Chairman, Airports Commission, and then IAG’s Willie Walsh. www.aoa.org.uk

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