Emirates Airline to Present at the World Class Airlines 2011 in Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 24, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Dubai will be hosting hundreds of attendees for the World Class Airlines large scale event lined up by Marcus Evans on the 17th – 19th April 2011. This event will bring forth innovative ideas by generating sustainable practices in the industry and will take place simultaneously with the World Class Airports event targeted at the airports industry.

First of its kind in the aviation industry, topics to be discussed include issues of airline networks and alliances, punctuality and safety are also one of the most important value offerings; however these factors are an integrated element of any airline experience, as such the aviation industry is indeed a challenging arena.

The agenda includes a choice of three streams over two days and synergy panel discussions on the third day. The streams are Innovative Service Delivery & Commercialisation, Economics, Finance & Revenue Optimisation and Maintenance & Operational Excellence.

Speakers in the World Class Airlines event include:
-Kapil Kaul CEO of CAPA
-Michael “Kell” Ryan Founding Member of Ryanair, UK
-Jorge Vilches, CEO of Lan Airlines, Peru
-Thanos Pascalis CEO of Olympic Air, Greece
-Pieter Elbers COO of KLM, Netherlands
-Andrew Parker Senior Vice President, Public Affairs & International Affairs of Emirates Airline, UAE
-Philippe Georgiou Chief Officer, Corporate Affairs of Oman Air, Oman
-Roger Han CFO of China Airlines
-Chris Amenechi Senior Director of Continental Airlines
-Ahmad Abu Ragheb Head Chief Information Officer of Royal Jordanian
-Steve Tunstall Head of Corporate Risk Management of Cathay Pacific Airways
-Lorenzo Caporaletti CEO of Volare S.p.A. at ALITALIA S.p.A., Italy
-Nobuharu Okuno Deputy Director of All Nippon Airways Co.,Ltd, Japan
-Naveen Chawla Vice President International Sales of Kingfisher Airlines, India

Airlines around the world are addressing important challenges of sustaining airlines profitability, ensuring safety and security, and developing adequate air transportation infrastructure. The industry is competing more aggressively and proactively for a share of their customer’s mindset, loyalty and revenues by employing a variety of business strategies. Rise of low cost carriers and their successful business models is encouraging other carriers to keep up their pace with the competition.

Elvis Onyango, Country Manager of Kenya Airways shares that "Repeat business driven by incentives is not loyalty. Most of repeat business in the airline industry is driven by considerations other than loyalty. Loyalty is earned, not purchased or incentivised."

World Class Airlines will feature Platinum Sponsors Sabre Airline Solutions and Tata Consultancy Services. Gold Sponsors are PROS Holdings, Pratt & Whitney and NIIT Technologies. Silver Sponsor Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, Co-Exhibitor Sponsor Infare Knowledge and Exhibitor Sponsor Hahn Air.

This conference is proudly supported by the Dubai Convention Bureau, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, International Air Transport Association (IATA), CNBC Arabiya, Hong Kong Aviation Industry Association, Aviation Today, Airports International, Air Traffic Management, Air Safety Week, Airport Cities, Cargo Village News, Aircraft Value New, Blue Skies magazine, www.aviationmiddleeast.com, www.airport-suppliers.com, Airline News Resource, Gulf Business, Middle East MICE & Events, Trade Arabia, Gulf Industry and The Gulf.

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