AviaDev Insight Europe

Today's episode is really special. I recorded the interview with Wizz Air CEO József Váradi in Cluj at Aviation-Event on 31st March 2022.

In a short but very dynamic interview I asked Mr. Váradi about Wizz Air's expectations for the upcoming summer season, their plans for London Gatwick, their ultimate growth plan for 2030 and I also asked him a bit personal questions at the very end.

Let me also apologize for a slightly lower sound quality of this interview as it was recorded in Cluj Airport Terminal during a conference, but I still hope you will enjoy my quick chat with one of the most respected industry leaders in the last 2 decades in Europe.

David Perez is the CEO at Turismo de Tenerife. This episode was recorded on site, in David's office in Santa Cruz.

With David we discussed how the tourism industry, so vital for the island, performed in 2021, what’s the focus and the key strategic markets for Tenerife this year, which stereotypes about the destination they plan to tear down and also what’s new about a very interesting project of Canarian Airways, now called Lattitude Hub.

This is probably the most important podcast I've ever done and definitely the most personal one. Even though the topic is not related to aviation directly. 

Following the Russian brutal military invasion to Ukraine, like many people in Europe, I got stuck and paralysed by an intensive mixture of feelings. Anger, fear, anxiety, uncertainty, sadness... All of this was of course multiplied by the fact that I live around 80 km from Slovak-Ukrainian border. Also, it just felt wrong to me to go back to do business as usual. I figured out I need to talk to someone. To someone wiser than me. So I reached out to Claus Raasted, as he’s one of the most inspiring people I know. Claus is a coach at McKinsey, a consultant, an expert on innovation, storytelling, communication and many other things, author of 34 books. As kind as Claus is, he very quickly agreed to have a chat with me and I thought that maybe there are people in the AviaDev community that are going through something similar like I am. So we recorded our chat and this is it.

It definitely helped me to listen to what Claus said about why we need to come back to live our lives both privately and professionally. If we live in the EU or NATO, we are the lucky ones. There are no bombs falling on our heads, we don’t need to run away from our homes. So let’s go on and at the same time, if we can and when we can, let's help our Ukrainian brothers and sisters.

If you want to find out more about Claus or reach out to him, this is his website.

AviaDev Europe is delighted to announce new partnership with Aviation Event, a German media company that is focused on building bridges between the world of aviation and traditional media.

In this episode Juraj Toth speaks with Marcel Riwalsky, the CEO of Aviation Event about the past, present and future of of Aviation Event with the emphasis on the next edition of Aviation Event which is planned to take place directly at the terminal of Cluj Airport in Romania on 31st of March. 

For more information visit the website: https://www.aviation-event.de/

Also, we strongly recommend to listen to the very end of this episode as we have a very special gift for our audience from Marcel.

Jonay Lobo is Chief of Network, Revenue Management and Alliances at Binter, a regional airline based in he Canary Islands.

With Jonay I discussed their 2021 results, what's their experience been so far with with the new Embraer E2 aircraft, what's their route development strategy for 2022 and beyond and what are Jonay's expectations towards so much needed recovery of aviation and tourism.

AviaDev Europe 2022 (30Nov - 2 Dec) will be the only route development event taking place in Europe this autumn. For more information about us and about the event click on our website. 

This is the episode no. 125 of AviaDev Insight Europe Podcast and my guest today is Tony Hallwood.

Tony’s been a valued member of AviaDev Europe team since 2019. Then he had a little break caused by the pandemic, but now he is back on the team at full strength and more enthusiastic than ever.

We discussed how Tony kept himself busy during the pandemic, what are his thoughts on so much needed recovery in the European aviation and tourism industry, what challenges and opportunities he sees out there ahead of the members of our community, what Tony looks forward to the most to experience in Valencia this November and Tony also shares with me his personal running journey – how he made it from a couch to 5k and beyond, during the worst pandemic of our time.

My guest today is Birgir Jonsson, CEO of Play. I had the pleasure to interview Birgir and one of his rivals Bjoern Torre Larsen, the CEO of Norse Atlantic Airways back in November at the Future Flying Forum.

A lot has changed since then: Play has already announced 3 destinations in the US which will be inaugurated in the upcoming months. With Birgir we discussed their approach towards route development, if we can expect any more regional airports in their network and how optimistic he is about the industry recovery in 2022.

When he was 17, Luka Popovic started a blog covering the aviation stories from the region where he lived: former Yugoslavia. Fast forward 14 year and that blog is now his full time job and a passion project at the same time. Meet EX-YU Aviation, the new media partner of AviaDev Europe!

In the interview Luka shares his personal aviation journey and a few milestones from the history of EX-YU Aviation.  We also talk about what's going on in the in the aviation market in this region: we covered stories related to Air Serbia, Croatia Airlines and how low cost carriers have changed the game.

This is a special episode, as I´m not talking to any representative of an airports, airline, tourism board or industry association. 

Today I´m talking to two extraordinary enthusiastic young gentlemen who are aiming to disrupt the economy class seating in the wide body aircraft. Alejandro Nunez Vicente is the man behind the idea and Luca Zocche is his CCO in the project called Chaise Longue - The Economy Seat of the Future. 

We´re discussing all things about their project, what makes it so special, at which stage they are right now and when they expect the actual seat can enter the market.

You can follow their journey on the company Linkedin profile, or at their personal profiles: Alejandro, Luca.

This is a recording of the 6th episode of SkyHeroes from 21 December 2021. SkyHeroes is the aviation talkshow where 3 of industry experts share their open opinions on hot aviation topics in a light way, sometimes controversial, sometimes not completely politically correct, sometimes funny. But if we can still laugh, even in these difficult times, it means we are still alive, right? This time our experts were John Grant, Hans Joergen Elnaes and Max Oldorf and the topics included:

1. Winners of 2021 in European aviation

2. Losers of 2021 in European aviation

3. What the crystal ball says about 2022

Moderated by Juraj Toth, Managing Director at AviaDev Europe