Meet our sponsors...
Gala Dinner Sponsor
A world-leading technology and distribution solutions provider, Amadeus delivers unparalleled expertise to the travel and tourism industry, including leading-edge solutions that cover airlines' unique business needs, independent of their size, business model or market reach.
More information about Amadeus' solutions for airlines is available at www.amadeus.com/airlines
Conference Bag Sponsor
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi, as the Capital of the United Arab Emirates is moving from an energy based economy to a broad base that includes industrial, manufacturing, “green” industries, real estate and tourism development. Over USD255 billion is being invested over the next five years.
A continuing strong GDP growth (over 12% in 2006 – excluding oil) ensures
Abu Dhabi can achieve its economic development targets and will drive continued strong passenger growth for airlines.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) owns and operates the two commercial airports of the Emirate. The gateway airport is Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) and is home to Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE. Al Ain International Airport (AAN) serves our eastern region with an efficient cargo hub facility and is ideal for low cost airline needs, being located just a 60 minute drive to both Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
The large-scale AUH development will transform the airport into a world-class facility and by 2011 a new terminal will raise passenger capacity to 20m. In the meantime the current 7m capacity increases to 12m by mid 2008 and a second all weather runway will be in service.
AUH is ideally located in the UAE just a 25 minute drive to Abu Dhabi city centre and 45 minutes to Dubai.
Conference Lanyard Sponsor
SITA is the world's leading service provider of integrated IT business solutions and communication services for the air transport industry. SITA manages complex communication solutions for its air transport, government and GDS customers over the world's most extensive communication network, complemented by consultancy in the design, deployment and integration of communication services. Its broad range of airline and airport IT applications and services includes airport operations and integrated baggage services, common use and desktop services, flight operations and air-to-ground communications and end-to-end airline distribution and fares services.
SITA covers 220 countries and territories and the head office is in Geneva, Switzerland. SITA had consolidated revenues of US$1.481 billion (€ 1.194 billion) in 2006.
Session Sponsor
France-based regional aircraft manufacturer ATR is the world leader in the 50 to 74-seat turboprop market by offering comfortable, reliable, easy-to-maintain, and environment-friendly aircraft. The ATR 42 and ATR 72 family of aircraft feature the lowest fuel consumption per passenger and CO2 emissions of the regional aviation.
Internet kiosk sponsor
ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional headquarters in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
Coffee break sponsor
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR’s assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries. NCR ( www.ncr.com) is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. On October 1, 2007, NCR announced the completion of the strategic separation of its data warehousing business, now Teradata Corporation. That announcement was a significant milestone in NCR’s successful history and evolution, marking a renewed emphasis on top-line growth to complement the continuing emphasis on earnings expansion.
PowerJet is a joint venture of Snecma (SAFRAN group), France and NPO Saturn, Russia. It develops, produces and markets the SaM146, an integrated propulsion system for aircraft carrying 70 to 120 passengers. It also provides customer support and MRO services. The SaM146 first application is the new Sukhoi Superjet 100.
Corporate Sponsor
Civil Aviation Affairs is the government authority responsible for regulating and promotion the aviation sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The Kingdom of Bahrain is strategically located in the northern gulf of the Arabian peninsula with Bahrain International Airport offering excellent access to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Oman. The Kingdom of Bahrain also serves as the link between the Eastern and Western centres of business.
Exhibitor
Navitaire, the profitability improvement specialists for the airline industry, works with over 85 high
-growth airlines, including a majority of the world’s most successful. Navitaire offers a full suite of solutions focused on revenue generation and streamlining costs in the areas of airline planning, distribution, operations, accounting and business intelligence. www.navitaire.com
Flight Focus is a Singapore-based technology and systems engineering company, specialising in design, development and production of high-quality avionics for airborne use. Key features of our mission display system are the complete integration of our system into all aspects of airline business processes, customisable for airline specific requirements, with the lowest lifecycle cost of any comparable solution in the market.
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Samer Majali
Bruce Buchanan
Avelino Zapanta
Stefan Pichler
Eddy Porwanto
Tengku Dato' Azmil Zahruddin bin Raja Abdul Aziz
Riyaz Peermohamed
