PRESENTATIONS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Session I

Antonis Simigdalas, COO, Aegean Airlines & President, ERA Board Report Click here to view the presentation

Mike Ambrose, Director General, ERA Directorate Report Click here to view the presentation

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Session II The round table discussion in this session focussed on the current crisis relating to the overall impact on the structure and viability of our industry in terms of future fuel costs, carbon prices and fuel availability. How will future availability and the cost of fuel affect aviation and what are the measures we can take as an industry to improve our future success and continue to reduce our environmental impact? Contributions and a topical debate was provided by the following session chairman and guest panellists. Session Chairman: Todd Freeman, Senior Vice President and Manager - Regional Aviation, GE Commercial Aviation Services Click here to view the session slides - Presentation 1 Click here to view the session slides - Presentation 2   Guest Panellists:

Jean-Paul Ebanga, President, PowerJet

Abyd Karmali, Managing Director, Global Head of Carbon Emissions, Merrill Lynch

Torgrim Kjølberg, Vice President Aviation, Statoil

Judith Patterson, Associate Professor, Concordia University

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Session III Under the present conditions of escalating and volatile fuel prices, an increasingly costly regulatory regime, and with many European states facing a poor economic outlook, this session reviewed the demand forecasts for aircraft of 20-120 seats.  The session was chaired by Peter Koch, Managing Director, Swiss European Air Lines and included presentations from three of ERA's aircraft manufacturers:

Olivier Kobisch, Manager Market Analysis, ATR  Click here to view the presentation

Philippe Poutissou, Vice-President, Marketing, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft Click here to view the presentation

João Alfredo de Carvalho Paiva, Market Strategy Senior Manager, Embraer  Click here to view the presentation