Centre for Aviation (CAPA), the world’s most trusted source of aviation market intelligence and a part of the Aviation Week Network, announces its calendar of aviation summits for 2024.
Featuring a global line-up of six events, the 2024 programme of aviation and travel events will touch six countries across five continents. Combining CAPA’s deep market knowledge with local and international expertise and engaging agendas, these are benchmark aviation events that are not to be missed in 2024.
With global aviation having turned a corner from the pandemic, the roster of 2024 CAPA summits will offer high-level content on the outlook for aviation. The events will offer deep strategic insights from industry decision makers, business information and outlooks from aviation executives, and high level thinking about global and regional trends from aviation experts.
The 2024 calendar of events includes a range of new features designed to engage, educate and enthral audiences, including:
- Dedicated air finance and leasing sessions or breakout streams focused on the air finance and leasing markets, designed to broaden the scope of content available to attendees and delegates.
- CAPA Corner – a sideline deep dive into the discussions in our presentations and panels, highlighting what the trends and insights discussed at this summit mean to you and your business.
- CAPA Unconference Sessions: designed to let participants and audience members suggest and lead discussions on topics they are passionate about, encouraging dynamic and spontaneous exchanges.
Alongside this are CAPA’s Sustainability Awards for Excellence and World Aviation Awards.
To be held at gala-dinner events, these prestigious awards recognise aviation industry leaders for their leadership, innovation, strategic excellence, and drive towards aviation sustainability.
CAPA – Centre for Aviation, Commercial Director, Claudia Kunz said:
“We are extremely excited to expand our Airline Leader Summits across the globe in 2024. CAPA events attracts the most influential and important members of the aviation industry to explore the future of aviation.
With innovations and an improved conference format, we are taking our events to the next level in 2024, making CAPA Summits a not-to-be-missed experience.”
CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Airlines in Transition 2024
The event is the lead in CAPA’s series of global summits for 2024, which encompasses events to be held across the Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe. The agenda offers comprehensive coverage of the air travel industry and the vital issues that are shaping the sector at the regional level and beyond.
The 2024 edition of the CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Airlines in Transition is set to explore the ever-changing business models of airlines around the world, with deep dives into best practices for a sustainable future.
With rapidly shifting passenger preferences, the ongoing rise of global awareness around environmental sustainability and instability in global economies and financial markets, the airline business models are rapidly pivoting to adapt to ever changing circumstances. Beyond this, the entire travel ecosystem is also looking to build their long-term strategies for the world of post-pandemic travel as the recovery transitions into a more stable situation.
In a CAPA first, the 2024 edition of the Airline Leader Summit will also include a breakout stream focused on the air finance and leasing markets designed to broaden the scope of content available to attendees and delegates.
As CAPA’s marquee event, previous CAPA Airline Leader Summits have gathered hundreds of CEOs and other high-level executives from hundreds of airlines, airports, and travel industry suppliers from across the globe. The two-day Summit provides a unique and valuable networking opportunity, with access to thought leaders, decision makers and trend shapers.
The 2024 CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Airlines in Transition provides an unparalleled opportunity to gain high level strategic insight and in-depth understanding of the forces that are changing the face of global aviation.
CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Americas 2024
Aviation in North America bounced back in 2023 bigger and better than ever – with more travellers, more profit and a renewed focus on innovation.
The CAPA Airline Leader Summit-Americas summit will provide unparalleled insight into the strategic landscape of the North America region.
With an agenda loaded with key regional aviation leaders and international aviation experts, the summit will examine major air travel trends.
Topics to be covered include the regulatory environment and consolidation, international market outlooks, progress towards sustainability, and the changing roles of lessors and financers.
The summit is to be held in Calgary (Canada) over 9-10 May 2024.
Previous editions have been attended by a deep roster of C-level aviation executives and key industry decision makers, along with hundreds of travel buyers and suppliers, providing unique networking opportunities.
CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Latin America 2024
A cornerstone event in CAPA’s series of regional aviation summits, the CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Latin America has bounced back in a way that few other regions can replicate, and the summit will explore the dynamics and outlook of one of the most promising markets in global aviation.
The exciting agenda for the Airline Leader Summit – Latin America will examine major issues shaping the regional air travel market.
Speakers and panellists will explore topics that include the outlook for airline restructuring and financing; mergers & consolidation, market exits and start-ups; regional airport infrastructure; domestic and international tourism; regional efforts towards aviation sustainability.
With content featuring key aviation and travel leaders at both the local and international level, along with CAPA’s own perspectives and valuable independent market intelligence, there is no better place to gain insight into this exciting aviation market.
CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Australia Pacific 2024
CAPA’s home event, the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Australia Pacific 2024, will gather hundreds of industry leaders and decision makers from across the Asia Pacific to consider the most significant trends and opportunities for the region.
Featuring a blend of engaging presentations, interviews, panel discussions and audience-led Q&A sessions – not to mention CAPA’s renowned industry knowledge and market analysis – this is a major regional aviation event.
Previous events have featured strong C-level representation from airlines, airports, and throughout the travel supply chain.
The 2024 edition is to be held in Brisbane, Australia, across 12-13 Sep 2024.
CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Asia & Sustainability Awards 2024
The CAPA Airline Leader Summit-Asia & Sustainability Awards 2024 is a unique, two-day event merging CAPA’s industry-leading regional aviation summits with an agenda covering the important topic of aviation sustainability.
The event will review the key forces shaping aviation’s drive to a low carbon future, as well as the most important trends for regional aviation in Asia.
Held in Hong Kong over 6-7 November 2024, on the sidelines of the Super Terminal Expo, it will showcase the latest products and services that are changing the nature of multi-modal cargo and passenger terminal operations.
The event also includes CAPA’s globally-recognized Sustainability Awards for 2024. Featuring a gala-dinner event, the awards acknowledge leading contributions in the sector towards sustainability performance and innovation.
CAPA Airline Leader Summit – World & Awards for Excellence 2024
The crowning event of CAPA’s 2024 summit series – the CAPA Airline Leader Summit World & Awards for Excellence – will combine analysis of key trends from 2024 with thought leadership from dozens of speakers about the future of the aviation sector for 2025 and beyond.
The event also includes CAPA’s Awards for Excellence. Hosted at a gala dinner, the awards recognise those leaders and innovators who have made the greatest contribution to the air travel sector in 2024.
It will be held in Belgrade (Serbia), across 21-22 Nov 2024.
There is no better way to cap off the year and look forward to 2025 with a better understanding of the dynamics of the aviation market and where it is headed.
