AviaDev Insight Europe

This is the second part of my discussion with Pete. In the previous episode we talked about his aviation journey, the transition process from a route development role at LCY to Managing Director position at NQY and about the once in a lifetime experience of organizing the arrivals and departures of various international delegations for the G7 summit earlier this year.

Today we are going to talk about the recovery process at Cornwall Airport Newquay, where is the airport now in terms of its network, why Pete and his team even had to say "no" to some airlines that wanted to come to Newquay, what´s Newquay´s approach towards sustainability and how Pete sees the future of this regional airport.

Pete Downes is a managing director at Cornwall Airport Newquay. We´ve all had experienced interesting 18 months to say the least, but what Pete himself and together with his team at Newquay Airport went through is just fascinating. Our discussion was a bit longer than usually, so I decided we´ll split it into two episodes. So this is part one of the interview with Pete where we discuss his aviation journey, the transition process from a route development role at London City Airport to the managing director position at Newquay and I couldn´t miss the opportunity to ask Pete about the G7 summit and how was the experience like for the whole team to take care of the Air Force One and the other international delegations landing in Cornwall.

Our guest today is Juliana Kiraly, Marketing Manager Europe at Embraer. Juliana has already enjoyed many years at Embraer working on several different positions. In the interview we covered several interesting topics such as the recent certification of the Embraer E2-190 for steep approach at London City Airport, project of the new turboprop aircraft which Embraer is developing and also how they approach sustainability at Embraer.

In this interview with AviaDev Europe´s Managing Director Juraj Toth, Nick Ashton, Head of Partnerships and Industry Affairs at DOHOP shares his personal journey through which he developed true passion for creating partnerships and connections within the aviation world. Inevitably, he ended up at DOHOP where he can work even closer with various industry palyers using virtual interlining and intermodality as some of the solutions for better future for the whole travel ecosystem.

Ferenc Kis works as a business development director at RSK Group, an environmental consultancy firm from UK. Prior to that Ferenc spent 8 years at Budapest Airport developing and executing airport´s sustainability strategy as head of environmental protection.

Naturally, we spoke about sustainability a lot, especially where it links to aviation and Ferenc´s experience. We discussed NetZero2050, hydrogen vs. electric and other related topics.

Especially airport managers can find a lot of inspiration in this episode in case they are considering making their airport business carbon neutral.

This time I spoke with Becca Rowland, partner at MIDAS Aviation, which is the engine behind AviaDev Consult a boutique consultancy we created together.

The team at MIDAS Aviation recently prepared a report which is titled No Blue Skies. What Becca and her colleagues are saying is that the demand for air travel is not likely to pick up until the second half of the year, at the earliest. So we discussed not just the outcomes of the report but also the reasoning behind it and what are Becca´s expectations about recovery.

This is a recording of the fourth episode of SkyHeroes - the aviation talkshow brought to you by AviaDev where 3 of our industry experts share their open opinions on hot aviation topics in a light way, sometimes controversial, sometimes not completely politically correct, sometimes also 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 Jorgen Elnaes and Max Oldorf and the topics we were discussing included:

1. Norse Atlantic Airways saying "Low-cost long-haul is back!"
2. Revival of Alitalia.
3. Looks like Norwegian will make it through this summer. But at what costs?
4. Will European ULCCs be in a stronger position than anybody else after this summer?

This time I had great discussion with two members of the team at FoxATM: Elena Skalovskaia, Business Development Manager and Aviation Consultant and Vincent Lambercy, freelance air traffic management consultant.

Elena and Vincent shared with us not just their personal aviation journeys and the background of FoxATM, but also a very interesting story of how they started to work together. There are some insightful lessons there especially for young aspiring aviators but also for those of us who´ve been with the industry for a couple of years or so.

Then the main topic we touched was the ATM triangle where airlines, airports and ATM providers are not always on the same page. Last but not least, I also asked Elena and Vincent about the project of Single European Sky and why is it so important.

Our guest today is Thomas Reynaert, managing director at A4E - Airlines for Europe, an airline association with headquarters in Brussels. In the interview Thomas shared with us the story of A4E – how and why it was founded back in 2016. 5 years later A4E represents a very strong industry voice covering around 70% of European Air traffic.

The major topic of our discussion with Thomas was Destination2050 – an initiative with the ultimate goal to reach net zero carbon emissions from European aviation by 2050. A4E is one of the industry players behind this project and Thomas shared with us why he thinks it is not just important and challenging but also a very realistic task.

For this very special episode we have a very special guest: the one and only Miguel Angel Perez, Brand and markets director at Visit Valencia. Miguel was our very first guest on the show back in May 2018, so almost 3 years ago. Today we have him back on to discuss what´s behind the strategy for sustainable tourism development in Valencia, what does it mean for Valencia as a destination to be recognized as the healthiest city in the world to live in and what are Miguel´s expectations about the upcoming summer season.

A very special thanks to all the guests that have been on the show since May 2018 and a massive thank you to you: our audience for joining us on our journey, for your valuable feedback and simply for being with us as we support European aviation community.