AviaDev Insight Africa

Attracting and retaining high-caliber talent is a challenge across the aviation industry. As an organization embedded in the industry, AviaDev is pleased to announce the launch of a dedicated recruitment arm, AviaDev Recruit, powered by Bourne Recruitment.

In this podcast, I speak to Andrew Bourne, President & CEO, Bourne Recruitment about the new venture.

If you would like to find out more, please click here

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This episode was recorded on location in Dubai during the Global Investment in Aviation Summit (GIAS).

Cellpoint Digital works with airlines to simplify and create a "frictionless" booking process. We talk about how airlines can use their digital channel to drive ancillary sales (upgrades, baggage, catering) and integrate many different payment methods.

Within Africa, there are huge opportunities for airlines to adopt this technology and harness new traveller behaviour to improve bottom-line performance.

To find out more, visit https://cellpointdigital.com/

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In this episode, we delve into the world of aviation infrastructure investment with the Investment Director of AIIM (Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers). They currently have over $2 billion USD under management and have recently invested in Abidjan AIrport.

We discuss:

• How attractive aviation infrastructure projects are as investment propositions
• What a project needs to develop to help secure investment
• The common mistakes that need to be avoided

You can find out more about AIIM here

You can connect with Moritz on LinkedIn here

This episode covers an article that Ogaga has written for the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe, entitled the state of African aviation, which you can read here.

We take a pulse of the industry today, look into whether an airline's ownership is a precursor to success and how African airlines can arrest their negative financial performance.

We then look into the future exploring the opportunities for competition, cooperation and consolidation.

You can connect with Ogaga on LinkedIn here

Alexander Herring has been embedded in the Africa market for over 20 years and travelled to over 40 African countries.

He holds a role as a private sector liaison specialist with the World Bank, providing a bridge between airports and the bank itself.

In this episode, we discuss the progress of African aviation development, the current infrastructure investment and development environment and take a look into the future.

This episode is an Aircraft leasing 101. I am joined by 2 representatives of the World's largest regional aircraft leasing company with a large footprint in Africa, Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).

The topics we cover are:

• Why consider leasing, rather than buying?
• How does the landscape look in Africa currently?
• What does an airline need to do to secure a lease agreement and what are the common errors to be avoided?
• What are my options if I'm a startup airline?

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Global population is becoming more and more aware about the climate change, many people say we are the last generation that can do something in order to prevent irreversible changes in the climate. And aviation found itself in the centre of this debate, even though it produces just around 2,5% of global CO2 emissions. We´ll take a close look into this topic with Dirk Singer, who´s author of Airline Marketing Monthly Magazine and its December issue was titled the Flight Shaming Special. You can download it here for free: http://tiny.cc/3zd1iz - and we definitely recommend that, it puts many thing into perspective.

This podcast was recorded on location in London on 8th January.

David outlines the concept of Virtual Interlining and how it can benefit both airports and airlines.

We also discuss how this technology could provide a lightweight and modern alternative to developing a traditional African alliance.

You can connect with David on LinkedIn here

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Alex MacPhail has developed a large social media following through his storytelling as an airline pilot.

This episode focuses on how Alex's life in aviation as a pilot has inspired a passion for high-performance teams. We discuss his career, the concepts of leadership and how to ensure high performance no matter your business.

You can connect and follow Alex via LinkedIn here

In this episode, I speak with Stuart Barwood, Director, Strategic Partnerships for airlines and travel at Forter, about the thorny issue of aviation fraud. Just how much money are airlines losing to fraudulent activities and what strategies can be adopted to address the issue?

To download the Fraud Attack Index

To find out more about Forter, visit www.forter.com