Webcast Archive

Improving Runway Safety: Reducing Risk

Date: Wednesday June 25, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
Honeywell

Speakers include:

George Trampus
Lead Engineer for the Flight Deck Crew Operations, Avionics Group, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company
Earl Weener
Foundation Fellow, Flight Safety Foundation
C. Don Bateman
Fellow and Chief Engineer-Technologist for Flight Safety Systems and Technology, Honeywell International

Runway incursions are one of the most stubborn safety challenges facing the airline industry. In fact, an average of one runway incursion takes place worldwide every day.

During this webcast, industry experts will discuss:

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Digital Traveler - What's hype and what's reality?

Date: Thursday June 12, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
SITA

Speakers include:

Norm Rose
President, Travel Tech Consulting, Inc.
Jim Peters
Chief Technology Officer, SITA
Dominique El Bez
Director Portfolio Marketing, SITA
Aaron Karp
Senior Editor, Air Transport World

There are strong expectations that mobile device based services and applications will eventually become mainstream within air transport. However, recognizing this vision and reaching it are two different things.

During this webcast, industry experts will discuss:

While there's inevitable hype about any new technology, there are clear signs that mobile has something to offer the air transport industry. Surveys consistently reveal that 90%* or more of airline passengers carry a mobile device with them when they travel. Increasingly, people are "digital travellers".

** Source: Surveys carried out for SITA and OnAir during 2005 and 2006..

Join us to gain and share insight on this topic.


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How Important is a Motion Based Simulator When Training Pilots?

Date: Wednesday June 4, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
Mechtronix

Speakers include:

Xavier Herve
President, Mechtronix Systems
John Lenaghan
Crew Training Manager, Mount Cook Airlines
Dr. Judith Burki -Cohen
Principal Investigator, FAA/Volpe Flight Simulator Human Factors Program, USDOT-RITA-Volpe Center, USDOT-RITA-Volpe Center

Myths and Realities of Motion's Impact on Pilots, Motion Cueing and its Real World Deployment

Discover:

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Fares Distribution and Management - time to reduce your distribution costs.

Date: Thursday May 29, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
SITA

Speakers include:

Michele McDonald
Editor & Publisher, Travel Technology Update
Fergal Kelly
Product Manager Airfare Price & Airfare Shop, SITA
Dr. John F. O'Connell
, Cranfield University, UK

As distribution is commonly reported as being the third largest cost for an airline - after fuel and labor - it is not surprising that the subject of Fares Distribution and Management should be put under the microscope once again.

At the webinar on May 29th, SITA will be joined by Dr. John F. O'Connell of Cranfield University, UK. Dr. O'Connell researches and provides practical input and consultation to airlines worldwide on the challenges and opportunities in Distribution and Fares Management. He is an IATA instructor on distribution issues as well as an AACO (Arab Air Carriers Organization) appointed advisor to airlines in the Middle East. Currently tenured with the Air Transport Department of Cranfield University, Dr. O'Connell will identify the issues and opportunities for cost reduction within an airline, focusing on distribution as the area of greatest potential to increase the bottom line. He will be joined by Fergal Kelly, Product Manager Airfare Price & Airfare Shop, from SITA who will present a view of an end-to-end fares management solution which could address this key cost reduction opportunity for airlines.

For any airline interested in adding dollars to the bottom line, this is an occasion not be missed.

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Eco-Aviation: Meeting the Industry's Biggest Challenge

Date: Tuesday May 20, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
CFM

Speakers include:

Geoffrey Thomas
Senior Editor, Asia-Pacific, ATW
Dr. Timothy J. Held
Manager, Commercial Aviation Combustor Aero Design & Advanced Fuels, CFM INT'L

Eco-Aviation: Understanding the challenges, finding the solutions

Airlines are under attack in Europe today for their role in contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and could face new environmental regulations in the US tomorrow.

Please Join us on May 20th for an exclusive ATW Webinar addressing commercial aviations biggest hurdle: Harmonizing continued growth in air travel with the challenges presented by rising greenhouse gas emissions.

Our panelists will take a close look at aviations record on the environment, its role in GHG emissions and whether new technologies may enable it to achieve a carbon neutral future.

Featuring: Geoffrey Thomas, ATW Senior Editor and co-author of the upcoming book on aviation and the environment, Plane Simple Truth, along with Dr. Timothy J. Held, Manager, Commercial Aviation Combustor Aero Design & Advanced Fuels, CFM INT'L and moderated by Perry Flint, Editorial Director, ATW

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Do you absolutely, positively, have to have your back office in order quickly?

Date: Tuesday April 29, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
Satyam/Oracle

Speakers include:

Patrick Grubbs
Industry Director Travel & Transportation, Oracle
Declan Boland
VP, Airlines, Satyam Computer Services
Aaron Karp
Senior Editor, Air Transport World
Hear how Satyam and Oracle explain how airlines can accomplish this more efficiently!
Benefits of Webinar

Airlines, large and small, that seek to streamline your enterprise systems and manage your back office more efficiently will greatly benefit by attending this webinar. Attendees will gain valuable insight into:

  1. Hear what ERP 2.0 means to a modern airline!
  2. How do you gain control of your business in the areas of HR, financials, supply chain and MRO?
  3. How can Oracle and Satyam deploy an ERP system in 90-120 days?
Moderator:
Aaron Karp, Senior Editor, Air Transport World

Speakers:

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Is MPL the Solution for Pilot Provisioning?

Date: Thursday February 7, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
Mechtronix

Speakers include:

Xavier Herve
President, Mechtronix Systems
Per Lilja
Captain and instructor/examiner, Sterling Airlines
Marsha Bell
Vice President Marketing, Alteon Training
Anna Kjaer
Chief Ground Instructor Operations Manager, Center Air Pilot Academy
Reviewing MPL's real world deployment stories:
its myths, merits and realities.

MPL Experts from Alteon, Center Air Pilot Academy and Sterling Airlines Dispel the Myths and Share Their Experiences as Early Adoptors.

To clarify the confusion about MPL, Mechtronix and ATW present four leading experts that not only clarify its myths and realities, but review its history, challenges, technology's role in making it viable and its actual deployment today.

Xavier Herve, President of Mechtronix Systems, a leading flight simulation company discusses the historic roots of the traditional pilot training, how it no longer fits the pilot provisioning needs of today and how simulation technology is making MPL more viable than ever before.

Marsha Bell, Vice President of Marketing at Alteon, the training division arm of Boeing will discuss how airlines are starting to take on MPL graduates, and some are sponsoring MPL training courses. What is the motivation of those airlines which are buying into the new system, and are results measurable yet?

Anna Kjaer, Chief Ground Instructor and Operating Manager for Center Air Pilot Academy in Scandinavia, will discuss how and why it became the first flight training organization to graduate the first MPL certified students in a strategic partnership with Scandinavia's low cost Sterling Airlines.

Per Lilja, Technical Pilot and former Head of Training at Sterling Airlines will discuss MPL and why it was a priority and a practical option for his airline to become the first to embrace MPL this early in the game. As a pilot and training executive, he provides another unique dimension to discussing the myths and realities of MPL.

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ATW Industry Forecast Webinar

Date: Wednesday January 23, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
Bombardier

Speakers include:

Doug Abbey
Industry Consultant,
Chuck Evans
Director, Airline Industry Analysis and Strategy, Bombardier
Aaron Karp
Senior Editor, Air Transport World
Will weakening US credit markets and continued high oil prices take the wind out of the airline recovery this year or can airlines overcome these challenges through pricing and capacity discipline? As the year opens up and businesses try to prepare for the year to come, ATW will produce its first industry forecast webinar. ATW will review the outlook for the global airline industry including a special focus on the regional airline segment.

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Smart Sourcing--Innovatively managing your IT environment

Date: Thursday December 6, 2007
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
NIIT Technologies

Speakers include:

Mahesh Shastry
Global Head, Travel, Transportation and Logistics, NIIT Technologies
Deborah Ochoa
Director Global Sourcing and Vendor Management, Sabre Holdings
It is no secret that organizations are continuously combating operational pressures of managing rapidly changing IT environment. Resultantly smart sourcing has been a growing trend in the travel and transportation industry. While the benefits of smart sourcing are apparent, businesses have burnt their hands trying to maximize it. In this free webcast, we will address why travel and transportation companies need to smart source and discuss challenges faced in the process. We will also identify what to source and also how to optimize the ROI based on available industry proven frameworks. What are the different sourcing models? What should the criteria be for a successful partner selection? This webcast will focus on key factors that contribute to making your global sourcing projects provide enhanced results.

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The New Flight Simulation Training Technology - Its impact, issues and benefits.

Date: Thursday November 29, 2007
Time: 10:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
Mechtronix

Speakers include:

Xavier Herve
President, Mechtronix Systems
Garrick KC Ngai
Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan Aerospace and Defense Group
Captain Larry R. Ganse
Senior Vice President Operations and Chief Operating Officer, Copa Airlines
Challenged by crew coverage concerns, pilot shortages and the bottom line?

Discover how the newest flight training technology is helping organizations like Copa Airlines solve today's most critical issues.

The New Flight Simulation Training Technology - Its impact, issues and benefits.

Listen to three industry experts from Mechtronix, Copa Airlines and Frost & Sullivan provide their perspective on how the latest technology is meeting these challenges.

Xavier Herve, President of Mechtronix Systems, a leading flight simulation company discusses how the latest full flight simulators are reducing costs for airlines, increasing pilot yields and alleviating the pilot shortage.

Captain Larry R. Ganse, Senior Vice President Operations and Chief Operating Officer of Copa Airlines will give his take on the key impact that this technology is having on his airline in regards to pilot productivity and how it has helped his company's bottom line become profitable.

Garrick KC Ngai, Industry Analyst with the Frost & Sullivan Aerospace and Defense Group offers his latest analysis on flight simulation technology, the pilot shortage along with a review of the business dynamics that are driving today's pilots and airlines.

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Not Your Father's Radar - How current technology is reducing training costs

Date: Wednesday November 14, 2007
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
Honeywell

Speakers include:

Perry Flint
Editorial Director, ATW
Honeywell Weather Radar Expert Panel
including engineering and product experts, Honeywell
Dr. Ratan Khatwa
Flight Deck and Flight Safety Human Factors, Honeywell
Captain Dave Carbaugh
Chief Pilot - Flight Operations Safety, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Captain Brian Harkness
Check Pilot, Air Canada

Weather--it is a global problem. Detection and analysis is complicated, weather radar training for pilots is time-consuming and expensive, and injuries can be costly. What advances in weather detection are most beneficial to airlines? How can weather radar systems reduce costs for airlines?

In this free webcast, industry experts will discuss the challenges of current weather radar systems and how weather impacts airlines on a daily basis. The webcast will focus on challenges in weather hazard detection - including turbulence and windshear - and highlight the human factor studies that have led to technology advances for automating weather detection and reducing pilot workload. Learn how training time and costs can be drastically reduced through new radar systems.

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Self-Service Travel: The New Reality

Date: Thursday October 25, 2007
Time: 9:00 AM ET
Sponsored by:
SITA

Speakers include:

Thomas Marten
Vice President Government & Security Solutions, SITA
Dominique El Bez
Director Portfolio Marketing, SITA
Brad Moore
Group General Manager Airports, Qantas
Aaron Karp
Senior Editor, Air Transport World

As self-service becomes the primary channel for passenger processing, it presents the industry with a series of complex challenges.

In this free webcast, we will share the findings of the 2007 Passenger Self-Service Survey conducted by SITA, as well as highlights on self-service adoption from the Airline Business and SITA 2007 Airline IT Trends Survey.

What needs to be done to increase passenger adoption while delivering the expected return-on-investment for airlines and airports? As self-service options are increasingly becoming mainstream, what are the main challenges and priorities facing the Air Transport Industry? How can the industry manage diverse security requirements for domestic and international travel using the self-service model?

The webcast will also offer a leading airline's experience in implementing self-service projects on- and off- airport. Australian national carrier, Qantas, will share the challenges and benefits of implementing some of the latest self-service technologies.

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