RISING FROM THE ASHES: AIR TRANSPORT LEADERS MEET ONLINE TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AIR TRANSPORT IN THE POST COVID-19 WORLD

 Air transport is still navigating uncharted waters because of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Vaccinations and appropriate treatments let us gradually see the end of the tunnel, but it is still too early to claim victory over the pandemic.   Re-engineering the aviation business model will prove essential to get back into profitability.  Aviation stakeholders should work together in the post COVID-19 era to deal with supply-chain frictions and explore synergies to meet both old and new challenges.  This is essential for the sector to take-off again in a sustainable manner.

Having the above in mind and in line with its mission statement, the Hellenic Aviation Society organizes an executive webinar with very distinguished speakers on the future of the air transport sector in the post COVID-19 era next Thursday 18th of February at 19:00 Greece. time (UTC+2).  His Excellency the President of the ICAO Council Mr Salvatore Sciacchitano will open the webinar with a keynote speech and be subsequently presented with the prestigious Keramianakis Award.  The webinar will be live broadcast on the Society's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD_h1HEYyR2-Jc2AH0INVcQ 

In particular, the programme is as follows:

19:00 - 19:05 Welcome Note

Dr Kostas Iatrou, Honorary Member, Hellenic Aviation Society

                         Director General, Hermes - Air Transport Organisation

19:05 - 19:20 Keynote Address

Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the Council, ICAO

19:20 - 19:30 Keramianakis Award Ceremony 

19:30 - 21:00 Executive Panel - Taking-Off Again: The Air Transport Sector in the Post COVID-19 Era  

Moderator: 

Jeff Poole, President, Hermes - Air Transport Organisation 

                 Senior Vice President, World Travel and Tourism Council

Panellists:

• Henrik Hololei, Director General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission 
• Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General, ACI
• Abdul Wahab Teffaha, Secretary General, AACO
• Eamonn Brennan, Director General, EUROCONTROL 
• Dr Yiannis Paraschis, CEO, Athens International Airport 
• Prof Dr Andreas Papatheodorou, President, Hellenic Aviation Society

Established in 2004, the Hellenic Aviation Society is a highly dynamic scientific non-profitable forum on aviation issues in Greece, which aims to contribute to the progress and promotion of scientific work in air transport; to present and promote the role of aviation and its contribution to the economic, political and social development to the wider public of Greece; to offer survey, research and advisory assistance to governmental and private institutions involved in aviation; to collaborate with Higher Education Institutions and other organizations engaged in the area of aviation; and to create and to keep Historical Archives and a Library for both Hellenic and international aviation.

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