Thank you for participating in the CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Airlines in Transition, hosted by MAG in Manchester on 7-8 April 2022!

Many thanks for those that participated in our 2022 CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition (7-8 April, Manchester). We trust it was a valuable experience and you gained some fresh insights and contacts.

A selection of video highlights including C-level interviews and a selection of panel sessions will be available on CAPA TV 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 attracted 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.

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