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Routes Americas 2022
San Antonio, Texas
• 15 – 17 February 2022
Conference Programme
The Routes Americas conference programme will bring together airline CEOs, association leaders, airport and destination heavyweights to share best practice and outline how the industry can build on the initial momentum seen in the recovery.
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Tuesday, 15 February 2022
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What Does Market Recovery Look Like?
Which market segments are returning first? Who are the winners and losers? How do we bring back consumer confidence? What role does technology play and how important is common regulation across all sectors?
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Have our Airline Network Maps Changed Forever?
Airlines have been creative with their network planning launching new routes and chasing the existing demand, but will these routes remain in the network? Airlines have retired aircraft, how has this impacted the airlines’ network and flexibility to serve particular markets? Is there hub consolidation or more hub by-pass routes? How are schedules changing in terms of frequency and seasonality? And importantly, how has the decision making process changed, and is there any new advice for airports and destinations?
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Opportunistic or Crazy, Starting an Airline During a Pandemic
Many new airlines have launched during the pandemic and others are taking the opportunity to expand. What are the advantages of launching during a pandemic? How does the consumer react to brands in the marketplace? What will have changed in the business plans of these new airlines in a post-covid world?
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
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Transatlantic Battleground
The transatlantic market had nearly 1,200 weekly flights with 300,000 plus seats serving 71 airport city pairs, but it dropped to 138 weekly flights, 40,000 seats, and only 20 airport pairs. Capacity for 2022 is at nearly 90% of 2019 levels will it reach 100%? What role will the new players have in recovery? With a market on the rebound is there room for more new entrants, and if so how do they differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace?
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Bridging the Gap on Tourism & Aviation
Aviation and tourism often work separately, but is there a need for this to change in a post covid world, and how can it be done? How should tourism authorities and the wider tourism stakeholder community get involved and in which areas? Which governments get it right and provide the benchmarks for everyone else?
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Increased Importance of Cargo to a Passenger Airline Business Case
As we approach the third year of Covid-impacted global passenger networks, a considerable share of the global passenger fleet remains grounded with the consequential impact on Cargo capacity network connectivity. Considering that passenger belly capacity accounted for nearly 50% of pre-Covid cargo volumes, airlines had to turn to innovative solutions to satisfy growing air cargo demand. Freighter utilisation and optimisation are at record levels and many passenger aircraft continue to fly in cargo only configurations.
Cargo continues to grow year-on-year and with record high yields, it has become the only bright spot for many airlines, but when belly capacity increases on the major international trunk routes as passengers return will yields drop and will the market return to pre-Covid conditions? Or will cargo remain high on many airline agendas and a key area of future revenue growth? Will we see the global freighter fleets continue to grow? How will traditional passenger airlines react in the long term? Hear from an expert panel on these crucial questions and more.
Thursday, 17 February 2022
* Please note like all events, the programme is subject to change.
Speakers
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Juan Carlos Zuazua
CEO, VivaAerobus -
Rafael Echevarne
Director General, ACI LAC -
Philippe Puech
Director Domestic Planning, American Airlines -
Wei Jin
Director of Network Planning, Volaris -
Henning Greiser
Head of International Network Planning, American Airlines -
Alvaro Leite
Director Aviation Development, VINCI Airports