Since The HUB last updated you on the Routes Asia Strategy Summit a number of additional high level, industry experts have confirmed that they will speak at the event.
The summit, which will be open to all Routes Asia delegates and will open the event on the afternoon of Sunday 17thMarch, will begin with a keynote address from Mr Rajeev Jain, CEO of Mumbai International Airport followed by 4 moderator led sessions covering various aviation related subjects affecting the Asia region.
Session one, entitled Developing Hubs in Asia and its challenges will discuss the challenges to develop international hubs in India and explore whether India could have multiple hubs. This session will also take a look at whether Indian hubs compete with regional hubs such as Dubai, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur and how important the Chinese hubs are in global traffic. Keep reading The HUB for updates as speakers for this session are expected to be announced soon.
Mr Amber Dubey, Partner-Head of Aviation for KMPG India has confirmed that he will moderate the second session entitled Developing airport infrastructure in Asia – Challenges & Opportunities. Mr V P Agrawal, Chairman of the Airport Authority of India and Mr Sidharath Kapur, CFO Airport Sector for GMR Group will take part in this discussion that will ask what the main challenges that airports face are whilst also looking at what lessons can be learned from across the globe and which models work, where the money is coming from and how can the ROI for investors be balanced against the needs of airlines and passengers?
Mr Martin Craigs of PATA will moderate session three, Chasing the Tiger and the Dragon which will address the fact that thriving economies and increasing disposable incomes mean that the outbound travel markets for China and India are amongst the fastest growing in the world, which destinations will capture these markets and how will they achieve this? Mr Craigs will be joined by Mr Hou Wei, Chief Marketing Director of Hainan Airlines and Mr Hari Marar, President of Bangalore International Airport.
Confirmed panellists for the fourth and final session will include Mr Neil Mills, CEO of Spicejet and Mr Girish Nair, Head of Airline marketing for Bangalore International Airport. This session entitled, Where next for Asian Low Cost Carriers? will question where next for the pan Asian LCCs?; who are the winners and losers in Japan, China & India? The session will also take a look at the future for long haul LCCs and ask how will the LCCs evolve and will there be a shift towards hybrid models? What will the market look like in 5 years time?
The specially developed content and interactive format ensures that the Summit is a popular element of the event. Keep reading The HUB for further updates to the programme over the coming weeks and for more information and to register for Routes Asia 2013 Click here.
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