I don’t know about you but I am getting very tired of the doom and gloom scenarios being spruked by our homegrown Australian airlines, with Qantas now nothing like our proud national carrier, slashing jobs, the QF CEO announcing no international flights until mid 2021 and now getting the states to compete for the location of their HQ – where has Qantas’ pride gone?  And Virgin originally saying there would be no or minimal job cuts, now owned by a solely investor focussed profit making machine, also slashing jobs and shrinking to mere shadow of what it was even as Virgin Blue.

The CEOs of both airlines have to win my “Grim Reaper Award of 2020”, and even worse for us, they and all the other airlines international and domestic that we invited to participate in Global Travel Media’s forthcoming webinar, “What Might The Future of Aviation Look Like” declining our invitation! 

Why? 

I have thought long and hard and wondered why and can think of no other reason that the airlines do not want to tell the industry what they are doing and also most certainly they do not want to have to answer any questions! 

Hey, I might be wrong, but every cloud has a silver lining with the really good news being that our “What Might The Future of Aviation Look Like”” panel is now made up of stunning global and regional independent aviation specialist and aviation media and to check them out below, but one thing is for certain, they will tell it the way it is. 

Our Panel

Peter Harbison – Centre for Aviation: Chairman Emeritus of CAPA, providing leadership in aviation knowledge;

Greg Waldron – FlightGlobal: Asia Managing Editor of FlightGlobal, the aviation industry’s most visited and trusted aviation website;

Barry Mayo – House of Travel Australia and Travel Managers:  Chairman and Director of House of Travel Australia and Chairman of Travel Managers with in excess of 50 years in the travel and aviation industries;

Simon Westaway, Australian Tourism Industry Council and RoyceComm:  One of Australia’s most experienced executive business strategy and corporate affairs leaders and aviation specialists;

Joanna Lu – Ascend by Cirium: Head of Consultancy Asia for Ascend by Cirium, which provides the most extensive aviation insights the market has to offer to airlines;

Andrew Curran – SimpleFlying: Melbourne-based aviation writer at SimpleFlying.com, the world’s largest aviation news website and one-stop hub for aviation news and insights;

Phil Hoffman AM – Phil Hoffman Travel: Undoubtedly a doyen of the travel industry, awarded an Order of Australia in 2012 for his contribution to the Travel and Tourism Industries;

Joe Cusmano – Industry Expert Joe Cusmano an airline industry veteran having recently retired after 29 years in aviation industry in senior executive positions with 5 different airlines; and

Moderator: John Alwyn-Jones: one of Australia and the region’s most recognised, well-known, highly experienced and leading travel industry personalities and also travel journalists and presenters and an aviation specialist.

So come on, you have to join our reality focussed “No Sales Pitches”, “No Spin”, “Just Facts” …And “No Airlines”, Aviation Webinar – “What Might The Future Of Aviation Look Like”…Not To Be Missed…Thursday 24 September @ 1.00pm AEST on Zoom by clicking below:-

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