CAPA TV
Our video channel, CAPA TV, features the world’s largest collection of unique videos on commercial aviation and travel industry strategy. Here you’ll find videos of interviews, Q&A sessions, keynote presentations and panel discussions with industry leaders and CAPA’s own executive and analyst team, featured during CAPA Events including our CAPA Live virtual event series.
Ben Simmons, Vice President and Regional Head – Europe & Africa at IBS Software, the SaaS solutions provider to the travel industry, spoke to CAPA TV about latest industry trends and the growing digital transformation of airlines, airports and travel. The executive spoke about how airlines have adopted advanced digital transformation strategies during the Covid pandemic as businesses adjusted to changing customer behaviours and shared some insights on the role technology will play in the future.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
The Covid-19 pandemic has provided a fertile landscape for new entrants to enter the airline market. As incumbent airlines are weighed down by debt and high costs, many consider conditions to be near perfect for new entry; money is cheap, there is a glut of skills, and of cheap aircraft and even rare airport slots have become available. The time is as right as it has ever been – but at a time when the incumbents can least afford it. While most start-ups are relatively small, many are well funded and more than sufficient to disrupt existing markets.
CAPA TV spoke to senior executives on the sidelines of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - 'Airlines in Transition 2022’ to get their observations on the subject.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
Consumers are at the heart of digital transformation and the pandemic has only accelerated the shift to digital retailing and e-commerce, backed by sophisticated IT platforms. And we have seen how effective the non-travel online retailers, like Amazon, have been – and they’ve grown their wallet share substantially. These new players have gathered more data and learned more about us over the past two years than ever before and the worry is, for a heavily indebted and struggling airline industry – can it keep up and regain its fair share of the ‘economic wallet’ and unlock new revenue streams, as well as meeting shifting customer needs.
Airlines are at a disadvantage in that their starting point are often ageing tech systems of IT platforms, software and hardware that are highly complex, fragile, susceptible to cyber-attacks and expensive to maintain. Many are falling behind in this digital arms race. But for those airlines that get it right, there can be rich rewards in being an effective player in a digital world.
CAPA TV spoke to senior executives on the sidelines of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - 'Airlines in Transition 2022’ to get their observations on the subject.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
The only good news for airlines in reducing emissions through the pandemic is they are helping save the planet. Aviation emissions are an explosive issue for the airline industry and the mountain to climb has become even taller than it was before COVID. So far, the airlines’ responses have been uncoordinated, contradictory, often evasive greenwashing, completely lacking in transparency – and they leave the industry a sitting target for unwelcome attacks.
Looking ahead to 2030, there is very little in practical terms the industry can do to reduce overall emissions, whether carbon or others. Even with the most optimistic outlook, the use of fossil fuels cannot be reduced significantly until the next decade. In short, everything environment-related is about added costs, hardly a welcome prospect at such a fragile time. And there is no way to avoid them.
CAPA TV spoke to senior executives on the sidelines of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - 'Airlines in Transition 2022’ to get their observations on the subject.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
Massimo Morin, Worldwide Head, Travel & Hospitality at Amazon Web Services (AWS) spoke to CAPA TV on the sidelines of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - 'Airlines in Transition 2022’ about latest industry trends and the growing digital transformation of airlines, airports and travel. The executive spoke about how airlines have adopted advanced digital transformation strategies during the Covid pandemic as businesses adjusted as customer behaviours changed.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
The CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Airlines in Transition is part of CAPA’s regional summit series and is highly regarded as a global industry benchmark event, offering thought leadership, valuable networking opportunities, and in-depth insight on the issues and trends that shape the local and global airline industry.
After more than two years since the last Airline Leader summit, this event is expected to attract hundreds of senior aviation and transport executives, airports, political leaders, industry experts and suppliers.
Airlines in Transition: Accelerated Change
Today, change really can’t be avoided, given the industry’s parlous financial position, the many manifestations of COVID yet to come, and the impact of environmental pressures. There are also sweeping technological and operational revolutions under way, accelerated by these new forces.
The main drivers of an airline industry in transition will be the massive debt overhang, continued border uncertainty preventing financial recovery, the loss of business traffic, the role of lessors, the rise of the narrowbody LCC, and the financial impact of decarbonisation.
Once in a generation events come along to change the direction of the world.
Typically, the cause has been war, and war has meant many deaths. Unlike at the end of war, there will be no conclusive armistice to the pandemic; but it will be our challenge to create new beginnings in much the same way.
It’s too early yet to judge how extensive the industry impact will be over the medium term, although it is already clear that the pandemic will have long tendrils, economically and socially.
None of us will ever be quite the same again. That’s especially true of the airline industry – an industry undergoing accelerated transition.
Speaker Highlights:
- Emirates, President, Sir Tim Clark
- Etihad, Group CEO, Tony Douglas
- airBaltic, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Martin Gauss
- Pittsburgh International Airport, CEO, Christina Cassotis
- WestJet, Board Member, Alex Cruz
- SAS, President & CEO, Anko van der Werff
- Flyadeal, CEO, Con Korfiatis
- CNN, Anchor, Richard Quest
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
Tony Douglas, Group CEO of Etihad Aviation Group, spoke to CAPA TV on the sidelines of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - 'Airlines in Transition 2022’ about latest industry trends, how 2021 was ‘a game of two halves’, while the start of 2022 has been a ‘record breaker’, and how Etihad is aiming to take a leading role in sustainability innovation with its ‘Sustainable 50’ and ‘Greenliner’ flying personas.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
Nino Singh Judge acknowledges it has been a long journey, but Flypop will be launching passenger flights in either late 2022 or early 2023. The executive spoke to CAPA TV on the sidelines of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - 'Airlines in Transition 2022’ about how the Coronavirus pandemic has helped the airline overcome several key business hurdles despite some personal Covid-19 family heartbreak, the sourcing of A330 aircraft and key staff, how VFR traffic will support the airline’s low-cost, long-haul model, the flypop mantra and preparing for the launch of passenger operations.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
Pittsburgh International Airport CEO Christina Cassotis at CAPA’s Airlines in Transition 2022 summit
Christina Cassotis, CEO of the Allegheny County Airport Authority, which includes the management of Pittsburgh International Airport, sees a strong opportunity for the industry to better meet consumer expectations. The executive spoke to CAPA TV on the sidelines of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - 'Airlines in Transition 2022’ about latest industry trends, the recovery of air travel, how government support eased pressures in returning capacity to meet a fast rebound in demand, the return of airline operations, pushing ahead with a terminal modernisation programme and how it will be based on a service rather than technology vision.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.
Stephanie Wear, VP of aviation development at London Gatwick Airport, sees light at the end of the tunnel with the Covid pandemic after a tough two years. The executive spoke to CAPA TV on the sidelines of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - 'Airlines in Transition 2022’ about latest industry trends, the recovery of air travel, the return of established carriers and the arrival of new entrants into the airport, and the important role of sustainability in current and future business strategy.
CAPA Events are hosted in key markets around the world and attract the highest calibre of thought leaders and decision makers in the aviation and travel industry. Delegates are provided with unprecedented access to the latest data, insights and trends from our global team, in addition to valuable networking opportunities with executives across all sectors of the aviation and travel industry. Review CAPA’s full events calendar here.