It´s just the beginning of the year and the industry has already confirmed its turbulent nature where change is the only constant. Less than a year after being bought British regional airline Flybe found itself on the edge of collapse. Eventually it was saved by the government but the whole story can´t be considered to be ended. With industry expert John Grant, partner at Midas Aviation that is the engine behind AviaDev Consult, we discussed not just Flybe and its fate, but we also took a closer look at the full picture and John very openly shared his opinions on the UK Aviation Strategy.

We have a special Xmas episode today and my guest is my dear friend and a proud member of AviaDev team, John Barcroft. We recorded this podcast on board of Eurowings flight from DUS to MAN, as we were on our way to AviaDev team meeting in Manchester where most of the team is based. In this episode John will share with you his personal aviation story, how he became part of AviaDev family and what he hates and loves about working with us.

In this episode we had a lovely chat with Jonas van Dorp, Head of Aviation Marketing & Development at Groningen Airport. Jonas shared with us their story and despite many challenges they have to face as a small regional airport, Jonas remains optimistic and he is working very hard together with the community around the airport to develop so much needed connectivity to Groningen.

Maija Eklöf has a great deal of experience from her work within the aviation industry and now she is a Director of Aviation, Business, Sales & marketing Programmes, Head of Porvoo Campus at Haaga Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Maija shared with us her very inspiring aviation journey, she gave some very good advice to young people who are thinking about a career in aviation and she also shared her thoughts about regional aviation and the sustainability of the industry.

It was a true pleasure to talk to a friend and one of the greatest supporters of AviaDev, Enzo Zangrilli, the Commercial Director Aviation and Non Aviation Development at Trieste Airport. Enzo told us the story of Trieste Airport, described its recent developments and he also explained how it´s been trying to switch challenges to opportunities. For more information about Trieste Airport, click on their website https://triesteairport.it/en/.

This episode is a little bit different than our usual stuff when we talk all thing aviation. In addition to her daily job at one of the fastest growing capital airports in Europe, Nikolett is a certified coach, so we also touch topics like coaching and motivation and Nikolett shares with us the story of her own transformation. To find out more about her and about how she understand coaching, click on her website https://www.whoelsecoaching.com/index_en.html

Within our partnership, we bring a special episode every month with Max Oldorf, CCO of Ch Aviation where we will be discussing interesting stories from the world of European aviation. This is our 4th joint episode and this time, we talked about the collapse of both Thomas Cook and Adria Airways and Max also shared his opinion on why is it a good thing that Tarom is about to restart their long haul flights to the US after 16 years.

Jon Howell, CEO, AviaDev recorded this episode on 12th October 2019 in La Reunion.

We discuss the process of rebranding from the Q400 to DeHavilland, the footprint of the DASH 8-400 in Europe, the potential for growth and Sameer's top travel tip.

Find out more: https://dehavilland.com/en

MIDAS Aviation produced another great piece of analysis for our community where they reveal several very interesting facts and figures about the aircraft types used in Europe. In our discussion with Becca we particularly looked closer on the share of turboprops and their value for the European regional markets which is many times underestimated. Team of MIDAS Aviation is joining us in Valencia next week for the AviaDev Europe 2019 and Becca will be speaking at the route development workshop we prepared for the tourism boards so she also gave us a little sneak preview about what she will be sharing at the workshop.

Tore Jenner, CEO of Industrial Optimizers was our guest this time and we discussed what kind of optimization tools Tore and his team can use to help the airlines save huge costs in a matter of months. Surprisingly, Industrial Optimizers provide solutions also for airports to support their route development activities. Industrial Optimizers will join us in Valencia at AviaDev Europe as a sponsor.