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The African Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and Efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation

Hermes – Air Transport Organisation will co-organise with iPADIS a zoom event on Thursday 1 July 2021 entitled: “The African Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation”.

Follow the event proceedings on 1st July 2021 from 14:00hrs (Abuja Time) to catch AFRAA Secretary General, Mr. Abderahmane Berthe on the Leaders Panel.

Organisers: Hermes – Air Transport Organisation & iPADIS
Media Partner: ATN – Air Transport News
Zoom provided by: University of the Aegean

Join Zoom Meeting

https://aegean-gr.zoom.us/j/91019301466

Meeting ID: 910 1930 1466

 

Thursday 1 July 2021 

(Abuja time)

14:00 Welcome

Denis Chagnon, iPADIS

14:05 Welcome Addresses

Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President, iPADIS
Dr Kostas Iatrou, Director General, Hermes – Air Transport Organisation

14:10 Keynote Addresses

Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the Council, ICAO

Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General, ACI

14:30 Leaders Panel

Moderator:
Jeff Poole, President, Hermes – Air Transport Organisation
Panellists:

-Tefera Mekonnen TEFERA, Secretary General, AFCAC
-Abdérahmane Berthe, Secretary General, African Airline Association – AFRAA

-Chris Zweigenthal, Chief Executive, Airlines Association of Southern Africa – AASA

-Ali Tounsi, Secretary General, ACI Africa

16:00 Conclusion

Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President, iPADIS

Find below the program:

http://hermes.aero/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The-African-Air-Transport-sector-in-the-post-COVID-19-era.pdf

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AFRAA SkyConnect Dialogues with Mr. Ali Tounsi, Secretary General – ACI Africa, 07th July at 14h00EAT

Date: 7th July, 2021
Session Time: 14:00h EAT (UTC +3)
Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3v7ae4e 

The July edition of AFRAA Sky–Connect show will host Mr. Ali Tounsi, Secretary General – ACI-Africa for a thought-provoking one-on-one dialogue on:

  • ACI-Africa’s role in supporting African aviation and especially its role in airports safety, security, infrastructure/capacity development and sustainability
  • The size of African airport and implications for revenue generation.
  • Competitiveness of airports and airlines expectations.
  • State owned versus private airports – ACI-Africa’s views.
  • Airports readiness for traffic boom arising from SAATM and AfCFTA implementation.
  • Collaboration for success of the industry.

The AFRAA SkyConnect Leadership Dialogues is a monthly top executive leadership series on developments within the aviation space in Africa and globally. Expect nothing but out-of-the-box thinking and far – reaching recommendations to shape Africa aviation.

Join us on 07 July 2021 at 14.00hrs EAT

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AFRAA SkyConnect Leadership Dialogue Series with Mrs. Emily Ndoria, Director Trade in Services, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

African Airlines Association (AFRAA) is hosting the AFRAA SkyConnect Dialogues – a monthly top executive leadership series on developments within the aviation space in Africa and globally.

The May 2021 edition of the AFRAA Sky-Connect will host Mrs. Emily Mburu – Ndoria, Director Trade in Services for a thought-provoking one-on-one dialogue on matters on the AfCFTA and how it will impact Africa. Expect nothing but out-of-the-box thinking and far reaching recommendations to shape Africa aviation.

Join us for this edition of the Sky-Connect Dialogues to get insights on:
• AfCFTA and how it will impact Africa.
• Status update on AfCFTA since Jan 2021 – progress made, challenges and next steps.
• COVID-19 – a facilitator or stumbling block to AfCFTA progress.
• Regulatory and policy harmonization for trade facilitation.
• Inter-relationship between the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM); the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Protocol of free movement of people and goods

To register for this series, please do so through this link: bit.ly/3sFZ05k

 

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AFRAA Launches the AFRAA SkyConnect Dialogues


Date:10th March,2021
Session Time:14.00h EAT
Registration Link: http://bit.ly/3sOcjkR

AFRAA is launching the Sky-Connect dialogues – a monthly top executive leadership series on developments within the aviation space in Africa and globally. The AFRAA Sky-Connect dialogues will host one top executive for a lively, educative and thought-provoking discussion that will edge out practical, implementable recommendations as well as point to success stories that can be emulated for accelerated results.

Join us for the launch edition of the Sky-Connect dialogues to get insights on:

  • Review of the state of the industry
  • The post COVID19 recovery for African aviation – expectations and timelines to recovery
  • What AFRAA is doing to support aviation development
  • Air transport and the success of the Africa continental free trade area (AfCFTA)
  • Race against time- Airlines/ Airports readiness to deliver COVID19 vaccine across Africa
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The African Aviation Industry Group Webinar (AAIG WEBINAR), 03rd March 2021

The African Aviation Industry Group (AAIG) has been scheduled to hold a Webinar on Wednesday 3rd March 2021, 12:30pm Nairobi Time (UTC + 3). The event will be held under the theme: “Achieving Affordable Air Transport Across Africa”.

Air transport fares across Africa are among the highest in the world. There are a number of reasons for this and in this webinar, industry leaders in African aviation will discuss why air travel across Africa is so expensive and proffer practical solutions to achieving a sustainable framework to make air travel more affordable.

This webinar will showcase the key challenges affecting African aviation. The sessions and speakers have been carefully chosen to ensure robust discussions and the development of short, medium and long term activities aimed at complementing ongoing initiatives in African aviation.

The AAIG webinar is organized by the African Aviation Industry Group (AAIG) comprising key industry stakeholders such as the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), CANSO, Airport Council International (Africa) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (Boeing, Embraer, etc).

A detailed agenda will be circulated in due course, but we kindly ask that you SAVE THE DATE. We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday 3rd March 2021, 12:30pm Nairobi Time (UTC + 3).

Kindly confirm your attendance by registering at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QTolR4tMTgGU0my0xtCPpA

Agenda: The Tentative Agenda of the event can be accessed through this link: AAIG Agenda

We look forward to welcoming you soon.

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AFRAA – Sabre Webinar

AFRAA, in partnership with Sabre Consulting will hold a webinar on Wednesday 23 September 2020 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm (NBO time). The webinar is being held under the theme: “Technology as an enabler for the safe restart of travel” and aims to:

  • Share Sabre’s thoughts on what the future travel ecosystem will look like as a result of challenges faced during the coronavirus pandemic
  • Highlight some examples of what Sabre is doing – through its solutions or through partnership with its customers – to help airlines manage through the situation
  • Provide information and strategies for airlines to consider as they prepare for the “new normal”

Event agenda

The AFRAA-Sabre Webinar is tailored towards commercial managers and decision makers that can extract value insights from Sabre Consultants and AFRAA.

The Agenda for the Webinar can be accessed here

Who should attend?

The Secretariat hereby invites representatives of the following functional areas of your airline to participate and kindly requests you to nominate any of them to attend commercial workshop:

  1. Commercial Managers and/or Commercial Decision Makers
  2. Managers/Decision Makers in Pricing, Revenue Management, Sales, Distribution, E-Commerce, Ancillaries and Partnership/Alliances

How to register

To join the virtual workshops, kindly register in advance via the links provided below.

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__AtPJByXSl-aY7a9SbFvpQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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AFRAA – SITA VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS

AFRAA, in partnership with SITA will hold a series of 2 virtual ICT workshops on 08 July and 15 July 2020 on how smart technology is enabling ‘new normal’ for the air transport industry. Join us to get insights from SITA, a leading IT provider for the air transport industry, on scenarios that shape the ‘new normal’ in ensuring a smooth, efficient and safe passengers journey to re-establish passenger confidence in air travel; and digitalization of operations to drive more cost saving and achieving higher efficiency than before.

Technology will play an important role to support the air transport industry in evolving towards the new normal whilst trying to maintain a consistent passenger experience in light of distancing and hygiene constraints. Technology will also facilitate a seamless transfer of passenger health information throughout the passenger journey, and enable the restoration of passenger confidence in the aviation system. With more focus on digitalization, technology will enable airlines to optimize operations, save costs and contribute to more sustainable future of aviation.

Representatives from your airline are invited to participate in below tailored workshops to benefit from the industry insights and best practices in this challenging time.

For more information on registration and who can attend, please visit this link: https://afraa.org/afraa-sita-ict-virtual-workshops-08-july-and-15-july-2020/

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