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Opening Remarks & Market Trends
Michael Miller, Head of Content & Industry Relations, Routes, UBM EMEA
Routes Americas 2016
San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 17 – 19 February 2016
Strategy Summit
Taking place on Wednesday 17 February, the Routes Americas Strategy Summit offers interesting and engaging content for the Routes Americas audience. The sessions will provide valuable insight into aviation across the region as panels of leading industry experts take part in a number of moderator led panel discussions, addressing key air service development issues affecting commercial aviation across the entire Americas region.
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
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Welcome Address
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Keynote Speech and Q&A
How Low Cost Airlines Stimulate Traffic
A discussion of how Low Cost Carriers grow passenger traffic and how the Viva Group is expanding in Latin America from the ex-Copa Airlines executive who is leading the growth.
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Why Cruise and Airline Relationships Are So Important
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Networking Break
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Panel Session 1
Airline Leaders
Airline profits are up in the Americas and new competition is emerging in Brazil, Colombia, Central America and the U.S. Are there more mergers ahead in South America? How will Azul’s new intercontinental expansion play against responses by Delta, TAM and others? Will new LCCs in Latin America be successful? What are the up-and-coming destinations?
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Southwest Airlines: Spreading the LUV
David Harvey, Managing Director, Business Development, Southwest Airlines
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Panel Session 2
Air service trends and market changes
New low-cost airlines are emerging in Latin America. How will they evolve? The U.S. carriers are dominant in north-south flights. Will that continue? How will Cuba’s new openness with the U.S. alter Caribbean traffic?
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* Please note like all events, the programme is subject to change.
Speakers
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Joe Mohan
CEO, Viva Airlines Group -
David Clark
Vice President, Network Planning, JetBlue -
John Kirby
Vice President Capacity Planning, Alaska Airlines -
David Harvey
Managing Director, Business Development, Southwest Airlines -
Peter Cerdá
Regional Vice President in the Americas, IATA -
Jeremy Pennington
Manager, Air Service Development, Vantage Airport Group