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VI Sectorial Meeting: Airlines

Conference Room of the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport.

Alicante, Spain: October 2021

Identifying challenges and opportunities for airports, airlines, and destinations in terms of connectivity.

Among the objectives of the meeting is to establish a forum for debate between tourist destinations, airlines and airports in terms of connectivity. Analyse the trends of the main markets in a post-pandemic context. To highlight the synergies between destinations and airlines to attract new routes and discuss the role of airlines in the recovery of the tourism sector.
The meeting is aimed at professionals in the tourism sector in Spain (tourism promotion and management organizations, airport managers, hoteliers, travel agencies, tourism technicians, tour operators, professional guides, transfer companies, auxiliary companies, etc.).

The meeting will be available in person and will be livestream.

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09.00h Accreditations and welcome (*)

10.00h Welcome / Institutional opening

10.30h Keys to Success for Low Cost Airlines.

Ignacio Escudero, General Director of ITAérea, introduces Javier Gándara, Vice President of ITAérea, President of the Airline Association and Country Manager Easyjet;

11.00h-11.30h Coffee Break.

11.30h-12.30h Table 1 Connectivity: challenges and needs of the new post-pandemic context.

Moderator: Ignacio Biosca, Chief Data Officer (CDO) and Aeronautical Market at Aena;

Speakers: Ricard Querol, General Manager Airports and Tourism Organizations Jet2 & Jet2 Holidays. Javier Gándara Country Manager Easyjet. Miguel Oliver Network Planning & Scheduling Director of Air Nostrum. Ivan Orec, Senior Manager Network Development & Airport Relations at Eurowings. Felipe Formariz, Deputy Director General of Strategy and head of connectivity at Turespaña.

12.30-13.30h Table 2: Tourist destinations: new alliances with airlines and connectivity challenges

Moderator: Manuel Molina, Editor of Hosteltur

Speakers: Antonio Díaz, Director Visit Costa del Sol Andreu Serra, Minister of Tourism of the Consell de Mallorca David M. Pérez, CEO of Tenerife Tourism Mercedes Rodríguez, Bilbao Tourism Director, José F. Mancebo Aracil, Executive Director of Costa Blanca Tourism

13.30h Conclusions of the day

13.45h Wine of honor

(*) For security reasons, accreditation will be required upon arrival at the airport. We recommend going before the start of the forum. We recommend attending in advance of the start of the forum.