AviaDev Insight Europe
131 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -AviaDev Insight Europe is the only podcast dedicated to the regional European aviation industry.
We bring prominent industry voices to the table to gain an insight into the inner working of all parts of the industry.
The podcast is hosted by Juraj Toth, Managing Director at AviaDev Europe.
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Episode 80. Staying resilient in a permanent crisis with Claus Raasted
August 27, 2020 14:20 - 43 minutes - 31.5 MBThis is a very special episode as my guest Claus Raasted doesn´t have an aviation background. However, he is an exceptionally interesting guy and he will be also speaking at AviaDev Europe 2020 online event. Claus is a director at the College of Extraordinary Experiences. Today we´re not going to talk directly about our industry. However, everything we´ll be discussing is affecting also us working in aviation and we can certainly find inspiration in Claus´ words about how to stay resilient, ...
Episode 79. Testing, testing, testing! Dirk Singer explains how testing can save the aviation industry
August 07, 2020 13:54 - 37 minutes - 31.9 MBMy guest today is Dirk Singer, Communications Director, Managing Editor at Airline Marketing Monthly at SimpliFlying. Dirk was on our show earlier this year but we talked about something completely different. Today we focus on testing against covid and why Dirk believes it is the number one thing that can potentially bring back to confidence in air travel. We discussed when we can expect to have widely available fast, reliable and affordable tests, if testing shall be mandatory and how vacci...
Episode 78. Why regional airports need to reconsider their business models with Max Schintlmeister
July 23, 2020 08:30 - 45 minutes - 38.5 MBMy guest today is Max Schintlmeister, an experienced airport manager who is now supporting regional airports as a consultant. Max shared his views on the future of regional airports in the “post-apocalyptic” aviation world significantly damaged by the pandemic. He explained why the airports need to reconsider their major roles within their regions and how they can develop new business ideas. Also, Max made an interesting statement about what makes him feel optimistic about the future of our ...
Episode 77. The story of Simple Flying, the world´s largest aviation news website by its CEO & founder Arran Rice
July 15, 2020 10:07 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBMy guest today is Arran Rice, the CEO & Founder of SimpleFlying.com, the world´s largest aviation news website and a proud media partner of AviaDev. Their goal is to provide a one-stop hub for all the key stories on commercial aviation, sharing the news in a simple, accessible way. On the show Arran shared with me what led him to launching SimpleFlying, how the early days of the business looked like, what is the most successful story on their website and much more. Arran also offers his advi...
Episode 76. The future of the low cost business model in Europe (recording of the 6th AviaDev Europe Webinar)
July 07, 2020 14:23 - 1 hour - 54 MBThis is a recording of our 6th webinar which we did on the 30th June 2020. With John Grant from MIDAS Aviation and AviaDev Consult, Jeremy Robinson from Watson, Farley and Williams and Ged Brown from Low Season Traveller we discussed the future of the low cost business model in Europe in the light of new legislation announced in Austria which would technically set the minimum air fares to 40 EUR. Is it a good idea, is it a bad idea, is it sustainable to fly across the continent for a price o...
Episode 75. The Story of Qazaq Air - How a Regional Airline in Kazakhstan Takes Advantage of the Dash 8-400
July 02, 2020 09:23 - 43 minutes - 55.4 MBManaging Director of AviaDev Europe Juraj Toth interviews Plamen Atanasov, the CEO of Qazaq Air - a regional airline that operates domestic services in Kazakhstan using a fleet consisting purely of DeHavilland Canada Dash 8-400. During the interview, Plamen shared the story of Qazaq Air, how they maximised the time during lockdown to come back stronger, the three lesson the airline has learnt in the last 5 years and the 3 main ingredients for a successful regional airline. This interview wa...
Episode 74: Juraj Toth invites you to AviaDev Europe 2020
June 16, 2020 13:48 - 28 minutes - 35 MBIn this very special episode, Tony Hallwood (Aviation Development Director at AviaDev Europe) is interviewing Juraj Toth (MD at AviaDev Europe) about the upcoming 2020 event, which will take place on the 16-17 September online. Juraj shares some background information about why the event is moving online this year, what can delegates of the event expect, how the 1-2-1 meetings will be organized, what are AviaDev´s plans in Europe in 2021 and much more. Registration is open at www.aviadeve...
Episode 73: Updates on Austrian Aviation Market with Martin Dichler
May 28, 2020 07:46 - 41 minutes - 53.9 MBMy guest today is Martin Dichler, a freelance aviation journalist and a passionate avgeek. For the 19 years Martin was chairing a club called Friends of Vienna Airport (Flughafenfreunde Wien). Naturally with Martin we discussed all things Austrian aviation, recent developments on this very interesting market, situation about Lauda and its future, rapid Covid19 tests at Vienna Airport and we also touched the future of Austrian Airlines. Very lively and juicy conversation, enjoy!
Episode 72: The Rise of Sanitized Air Travel with Shashank Nigam
May 13, 2020 08:25 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBMy guest today is Shashank Nigam, a person with jet fuel in his veins. Shashank is the founder and CEO of SimpliFlying, one of the world´s largest aviation marketing firms and author of SOAR, a bestseller on airline marketing. Together with his team at SimpliFlying they have created a material titled The Rise of Sanitized Travel which details over 70 different areas in the passenger journey that are expected to either change or to be introduced from scratch, to restore confidence in flying a...
Episode 71: How data can help to recover from the crisis (recording of the 5th AviaDev Europe Webinar)
April 29, 2020 13:32 - 53 minutes - 47.5 MBThis is a recording of our fifth webinar which we did on the 28th April 2020. For this webinar we partnered with Kiwi.com as guys at kiwi.com have developed a new interesting tool called Travel Market Radar and on the webinar they wanted to share more about how this tool can help the airports and destinations to prepare for the recovery. Our guests on the webinar were: Patrick Zeuner, head of airport partnerships at kiwi.com Wouer Veenstra, data products manager at Kiwi.com and Mate R...
Episode 70: A new era for aviation industry in Europe with Massimo Di Perna
April 24, 2020 08:38 - 33 minutes - 43.4 MBMassimo di Perna is a passionate aviation professional from Italy, with rich experience from different positions within the industry. Massimo recently wrote a very interesting article with his opinions and ideas on how the aviation industry in Europe should move forward in the post covid19 world. So we discussed his approach and I also asked for his opinion on blocking off the middle seat, rapid covid tests at the airports and when he expects passengers aircraft back in the air.
Episode 69: How tourism and aviation can rise from the ashes hand in hand (recording of the 4th AviaDev Europe Webinar)
April 23, 2020 07:47 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBThis is a recording of our fourth webinar which we did on the 21st April 2020. Our guests on the webinar were Gavin Eccles, management consultant and professor, with over 25 years of experience in both aviation tourism, Rudy Knewitz, Managing Partner at AirPass, the person that knows the agency and operator world in & out and has been active with several roles within the tourism and aviation industry for many years And Miguel Angel Perez, brand manager at Turismo Valencia the man behin...
Episode 68: Focus on the silver lining
April 09, 2020 13:18 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBThis is a recording of our third webinar which we did on the 7th April 2020. With Joanna Bailey editor at SimpleFlying, the world´s largest aviation news website, Chloe Greenbank, editor at Regional Gateway, the only media portfolio dedicated exclusively to regional, business and secondary airports, Dirk Singer – Head of Sustainability at SimpliFlying the world´s leading airline marketing strategy firm, Max Oldorf, Chief Commercial Officer at Ch-aviation, an influential airline intel...
Episode 67: The Way out of the crisis - The perspective for European regional airports
April 01, 2020 14:01 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBThis is a recording of our second webinar which we did on the 31st March 2020. With Enzo Zangrilli (senior aviaton consultant and and owner at 1aviation consulting) and Aurimas Stikliunas (Head of Aviation Services at Lithuanian Airports) we discussed the situation from the airports perspective as they suffer a lot, too. We tried to look on the days after, how airports can prepare for the world after the lockdowns and what will be crucial for the recovery of air traffic. The recording is a...
Episode 66: Aviation sector needs help. How will Europe respond?
March 26, 2020 14:57 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBThis is a recording of our first webinar which we did on the 24th March with John Grant, aviation consultant and partner at Midas Aviation and Jeremy Robinson, partner at Watson Farley and Williams, specialist on EU & competition law and aviation law. Airlines all over the world are in extremely difficult position following the covid19 outbreak and extraordinary capacity reduction all over the world and they are in need for massive support. On the webinar we discussed how, when and to what ...
Episode 65: Max Oldorf injecting some positivity into to the aviation world devastated by Covid19
March 25, 2020 12:18 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBThis is our episode 65 and today we´d like to promote our 2nd podcast which is called AviaDev Weekly News. We started with this in November 2019 and each week we invite industry experts to comment on the hot news from the world of aviation from the respective week. Our regular guests include aviation enthusiast working for the airlines, like Mateusz Klimek from Iberia or Antonio Pascale from Easyjet, aviation consultants John Grant, Deirdre Fulton or Hans Joerg Elnaes, aviation journalists J...
Episode 64: AviaDev ambassador Stefan Suiugan on Romanian market and his aviation dreams
March 12, 2020 14:57 - 23 minutes - 30.3 MBStefan is passionate aviation enthusiast and he was chosen to join us in Valencia as one of our ambassadors at AviaDev Europe 2019. As such he had the opportunity to present his thoughts in front of the industry professionals and Stefan shares with me today how it felt like. We discussed also the challenges and opportunities for the aviation market in Stefan´s home country – Romania and, very important, Stefan is now looking for an internship for upcoming summer, so if there´s anyone listeni...
Episode 63: Way forward for regional airlines in Europe and Flybe update with Becca Rowland
February 26, 2020 22:26 - 16 minutes - 21.4 MBMy guest today is Becca Rowland, AviaDev´s friend from MIDAS Aviation, with whom we created AviaDev Consult. The reason we had Becca on again is that recently she published a very interesting article outlining couple of European regional airlines and their business models in comparison with Flybe, which is obviously still going through a difficult time. Becca also shared with us her thoughts on the future of regional airlines in Europe and what they need to do if they want to be around in 5 ...
Episode 62: From Eastern Slovakia to the big world – journey of NG Aviation with its CEO and Co-founder Simona Franková
February 07, 2020 13:33 - 22 minutes - 32.8 MBI met Simona in Dubai at Global Investment Aviation Summit. What Simona and her company NG Aviation is focused on (by the way, NG stands for Next Generation as I found out) is helping mainly airports and CAAs with carrying their aeronautical data into the digital world. Hear about Simona´s inspiring journey and especially all of you out there who are thinking about launching your own aviation business, there are lots if interesting lessons you can take away from Simona. This is how NG Avia...
Episode no. 11: Antonio Pascale on commercial aspect of coronavirus outbreak, capacity secrets at Gatwick, successful test flights of B777X and Easyjet partnership with Wright Electric on a 186-seater electric plane
February 03, 2020 13:56 - 31 minutes - 38 MBWelcome back everyone to AviaDev weekly news podcast. This is our 11th episode and my guest today is My guest today is Antonio Pascale, distribution manager at Easyjet and passionate aviation enthusiast. Topics we touched today are: 10,000 flights cancelled in 6 days – commercial aspect of the coronavirus outbreak, how the heck it is possible to add flights to busiest single runway airport at London Gatwick, like Wizz Air did last week, successful test flights of B777X and can the new plane ...
Episode 61: RDC Aviation supporting route development with Chris Haynes
January 30, 2020 13:31 - 29 minutes - 38.2 MBRDC Aviation was our sponsor at AviaDev Europe 2019 in Valencia so we had a quick chat about that with Chris but most of all we were talking about how RDC Aviation can support route development activities from both airports and airlines perspective through Airport Charges product. Chris also shared with us some really interesting figures which confirmed the general perception of regional and secondary airports being more competitive with their charges than the major airports and big hubs. Al...
Episode 60: Flight shame and sustainability of aviation with Dirk Singer, creative director at SimpliFlying
January 22, 2020 16:17 - 36 minutes - 45.1 MBGlobal population is becoming more and more aware about the climate change, many people say we are the last generation that can do something in order to prevent irreversible changes in the climate. And aviation found itself in the centre of this debate, even though it produces just around 2,5% of global CO2 emissions. We´ll take a close look into this topic with Dirk Singer, who´s author of Airline Marketing Monthly Magazine and its December issue was titled the Flight Shaming Special. You c...
Episode 59: FlyBe saved for now. The big picture and lessons to be learned, commented by John Grant
January 15, 2020 15:53 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBIt´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 cl...
Episode 58: Special Christmas episode with AviaDev´s special advisor John Barcroft
December 19, 2019 14:13 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MBWe 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.
Episode 57: Jonas van Dorp: The story of Groningen Airport
December 13, 2019 13:12 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn 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.
Episode 56: Maija Eklöf, Programme Director and Head of Campus at Haaga Helia University: Leading the future generation of aviation professionals.
November 29, 2019 12:11 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBMaija 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.
Episode 55: Enzo Zangrilli, Commercial Director Aviation and Non Aviation Development at Trieste Airport: Turning challenges into opportunities at Trieste Airport.
November 15, 2019 12:06 - 18 minutes - 16.4 MBIt 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/.
Episode 54: Nikolett Huszák, Senior Retail Marketing Manager at Budapest Airport: How coaching can help you to be the better version of yourself
November 08, 2019 10:59 - 28 minutes - 27.9 MBThis 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
Episode 53: Max Oldorf – CCO of CH Aviation. What resonates in European aviation, the October edition.
October 21, 2019 21:31 - 27 minutes - 29.1 MBWithin 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.
Episode 52. Sameer Adam, Regional Vice President Sales, DeHavilland. The presence and opportunities of the Dash 8-400 in Europe
October 18, 2019 09:28 - 12 minutes - 18.1 MBJon 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
Episode 51: Becca Rowland, partner at MIDAS Aviation – Does Europe need more smaller aircraft?
October 17, 2019 06:48 - 22 minutes - 23.7 MBMIDAS 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 ...
Episode 50: Tore Jenner, CEO at Industrial Optimizers – 30 years on the journey of delivering profitability through optimization
October 10, 2019 12:17 - 17 minutes - 17.1 MBTore 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.
Episode 49: Daniel Shemi, Regional Head of Sales at IATA – How IATA has been supporting the aviation industry
October 02, 2019 12:42 - 27 minutes - 27.2 MBFor us at AviaDev Europe it´s great to have IATA as a partner. Ahead of AviaDev Europe 2019, IATA provided us with a very interesting infographic which you can already check out on our Linkedin showcase page. So with Daniel we discussed facts and figures highlighted in this infographic but also other interesting topics like European single sky, IATA´s initiatives towards decreasing the impact of aviation on climate change and also how IATA – as an airline association can support airports, too.
Episode 48: Deirdre Fulton, partner at MIDAS Aviation – Why the iconic Thomas Cook had to fall
September 25, 2019 08:06 - 35 minutes - 35 MBMIDAS Aviation has been a great supporter of AviaDev and earlier this year we formed AviaDev Consult together, so it´s been a true pleasure to have Deirdre on the podcast. However, the topic we discussed was not that pleasant. We took a close look on the sad news from the beginning of this week: Thomas Cook going into liquidation. Deirdre analysed how big Thomas Cook actually was, which decisions and market circumstances brought them to collapse, which airports will suffer the most and what ...
Episode 47: Tony Barker, CEO of Paxport – What airlines (and airports too) can learn from petrol stations
September 20, 2019 07:55 - 39 minutes - 38.5 MBTony Barker is the CEO and owner of Paxport – travel solution company based in Sweden and UK. The team of Paxport will join us in Valencia at AviaDev Europe 2019 and in the interview Tony explained how their business model works, what would be his number one advice for the airlines, what airports can take away from what Paxport delivers to the airlines, and if Paxport is concerned about Brexit. Also, Tony describes what he loves about the analogy of petrol stations vs. airlines/airports.
Episode 46: Patrick Zeuner – Head of Airport Partnerships at Kiwi.com. Changing the travel industry from a remote office
September 12, 2019 13:34 - 30 minutes - 29.7 MBThis time I had a guest with whom I´ve done my first ever podcast interview – Patrick Zeuner, head of airport partnerships at kiwi.com is back on the podcast after more than a year. Kiwi.com is massive supporter of AviaDev and they will be with us in Valencia this October, too. With Patrick we discussed how´s the last year been for kiwi.com, what´s their main focus right now and Patrick also shared with me some new exciting projects they are working on. Last but not least, we both work remot...
Episode 45: Max Oldorf – CCO of CH Aviation. Hot news from European aviation, the September edition.
September 05, 2019 07:44 - 39 minutes - 40.2 MBWithin 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 third joint episode and this time, we feature planned changes in Icelandair´s fleet, future of Thomas Cook Group, airlines with the youngest fleet and a battle that recently started at London Southend Airport.
Episode 44: Balazs Bogats – Hot news from Budapest Airport
September 02, 2019 11:47 - 17 minutes - 26.5 MBThis is a very special episode recorded on site in the old Terminal 1 at Budapest Airport during a great event Budpaest Airport has organized together with anna.aero for the 7th time – the Budapest Runway Run. After the run we talked to Balazs Bogats, head of airline development here at Budapest Airport about hot aviation news for the Hungarian main gateway.
Episode 43: Mike Robinson – Impressive aviation journey continues at AviaDev Europe
August 28, 2019 12:14 - 37 minutes - 36.8 MBIn this episode we´re talking to Mike Robinson, Aviation Development Director at AviaDev Europe. Mike joined our team earlier this year after spending more than 3 decades in the aviation industry. Mike shares with us his exciting aviation journey and explaining why regional airports are close to his heart. Also, Mike spent 15 days of this summer doing something truly extraordinary which he shares with us too – 179 miles long walk from Exeter to London, in Roman legionary armour and equipment...
Episode 42: Phil Forster; The massive opportunity of Teesside
August 21, 2019 07:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBPhil Forster is responsible for returning the recently rebranded Teesside International Airport, back to it's former glories. In this episode Phil talks to us about the massive opportunities his airport has to position itself as the gateway for an entire region which includes the Tees Valley, Yorkshire Dales and North Yorkshire.
Episode 41: Jordi Ruiz – The story of Castellon Airport
August 14, 2019 14:40 - 9 minutes - 9.48 MBIn this episode we´re talking to Jordi Ruiz, Communications Manager at Castellon Airport. Castellon Airport is one of the host sponsors of AviaDev Europe 2019 so Jordi will share with us the story of this airport, its recent successes and also, he will outline what kind of experience delegates can expect this October in Castellon as the gala evening will take place in the wonderful Sala Opal at the Port of Castellon.
Episode 40: Stanislav Bujnovský – CCO at Ostrava Airport. Bright future ahead of the Czech regional airport
August 09, 2019 08:20 - 27 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this episode we´re talking to Stanislav Bujnovský, who is now in charge of commercial activities at Ostrava Airport in Czech republic. Stanislav shares with us the story of Ostrava Airport, the challenges they face but also a huge success which they accomplished recently by acquiring a scheduled long haul cargo route. In addition, they are just launching a PSO tender to get the hub connectivity, so there is a lot happening in Ostrava right now.
Episode 39: Max Oldorf – CCO of CH Aviation. Hot news from European aviation, the July edition. Including a short introduction to the world of meditation
July 31, 2019 13:25 - 40 minutes - 40.8 MBFor the upcoming AviaDev Europe 2019 we partnered with ch-aviation, the World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998. 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 second joint episode and this time, we feature planned changes in Austrian Airlines´ fleet, Adria Airways in talks with US investor and Wizz Air´s new Russian adventure. ...
Episode 38: Miguel Angel Perez, Brand Manager Turismo Valencia: Fresh updates from Valencia where the tourism organization leads the path of route development
July 18, 2019 11:34 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBJust a year after we started the podcast we have our very first guest back again. Miguel Angel Perez explains the journey Valencia as a destination has been through over the last year and invites the European aviation community to enjoy AviaDev Europe this October in Valencia again. Miguel also shares some tips where in Europe to get the best hair transplants 😊
Episode 37: John Grant, partner at Midas aviation – Europe´s Grim Reaper Creates Opportunity
June 28, 2019 10:31 - 18 minutes - 18.9 MBAhead of the upcoming AviaDev Europe 2019 our friends at MIDAS Aviation will prepare a couple of interesting reports where they will be analysing various trends affecting the regional aviation in Europe. The first report, mysteriously titled as “Europe´s Grim Reaper Creates Opportunity” is available for download at https://aviationdevelop.com/europe/midas-report We discussed it with John Grant, partner at MIDAS Aviation who is a very well known and respected character within the industry.
Episode 36: Max Oldorf – CCO of ch-aviation. Hot news from European aviation, the June edition
June 21, 2019 12:06 - 34 minutes - 33.9 MBFor the upcoming AviaDev Europe 2019 we partnered with ch-aviation, the World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998. Today ch-aviation welcomes more than 1.8 million users each year and is proud to count hundreds of companies in the airline industry as its customers. Within our partnership, from now on until October we will bring a special episode with Max Odlorf, CCO of ch-aviation every month. We will be discussing interesting stories from the world of European aviation. In th...
Episode 35: Tatevik Revazian, Chair of Armenia Civil Aviation Committee. The challenges and opportunities of opening Armenia to the World.
June 14, 2019 09:19 - 32 minutes - 43.7 MBIn this episode we speak with Tatevik Revazian of Armenia's Civil Aviation Committee as she talks to us about her career story and her passion for making a real difference in Armenian Aviation. We also learn a little about Armenia’s peaceful Revolution (featuring Barbecues and street parties!), the challenges of governmental bureaucracy and how to get a meeting with a top Silicon Valley player. Young, tenacious, determined, resourceful and utterly charming, Tatevik Revazian has all of t...
Episode 34: Detlef Döberthin – Aviation Marketing Manager at Münster Osnabrück Airport: Healthy mix of passengers at a regional airport between three cities
June 04, 2019 22:07 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode we were talking to Detlef Döberthin from Münster Osnabrück, regional airport in Germany. Detlef mentioned their success stories and also big challenges they had to face just a couple of months ago. He also shared a very interesting lesson that other regional airports can learn from.
Episode 33: Rafal Milczarski – CEO of LOT POLISH AIRLINES outlining future growth plans of Polish national carrier
May 24, 2019 08:08 - 38 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this very special episode we bring you full interview with Rafal Milczarski, CEO & President of the management board of LOT Polish Airlines. He was interviewed by Aviation Development Director of AviaDev Europe Tony Hallwood, live on stage in Krakow at the ACI Europe Regional Conference and Exhibition 2019. Rafal shared his view on several different topics, including LOT´s attitude towards regional airports, their future growth plans and, of course, the prospects of Poland´s mega hub proj...
Episode 32: Laura Audarina on developing the Hub of the Baltics.
May 15, 2019 05:00 - 10 minutes - 20 MBAs the Route Development Manager for Riga Airport, Laura Audarina has enjoyed some incredible successes recently. In 2018 Riga welcomed it's 7 millionth passenger which was an above average +16% on 2017. With 15 new routes in 2018, an expected 9 extra routes in 2019, an increasing catchment of 6.1m and a new high speed rail link coming online soon, these really are halcyon days for Riga Airport.