What’s Up At The Aviation Festival?

Learn about the free-to-attend Aviation Festival in London this 5-7 September, including details of our co-hosted Women In Aviation Mixer event.

We asked Aviation Festival’s Marketing Director Roos Spitteler about some of the highlights from the show.

👉 Secure your free ticket to attend – register today.

What is the Aviation Festival?

The Aviation Festival is the world’s leading aviation business & technology conference and exhibition.

This year, the festival takes place during September 5 – 7 at the Business Design Centre in London.

Our agenda focuses on the digitization of the aviation industry. It covers all the important issues across 10 streams:

World Low Coast Airlines: Business Models & Revenue Management
AirXperience: Next Gen Connectivity & Digital Engagement
IFEC: In-Flight Entertainment & Communications
Air Retail Show: Retail Strategy & Innovation
Aviation IT Show: Digital Transformation, Data & Infrastructure
Airport T.EX: Technology & Experience for Airports
Aviation Loyalty: Loyalty, Revenue & Retention
Aviation Marketing: Digital & Social Media Strategies
AIviation: AI & Data Driven Technology
IAR China Aviation Summit

How big is the Aviation Festival?

We bring together over 3,000 attendees from across the entire value chain.

The agenda features 300 speakers from all the big airlines such as Emirates, United Airlines, Lufthansa Group, and Air New Zealand as well as leading airports including Dubai Airports, Schiphol and Heathrow Airports.

We have around 150 airlines and 50 airports that have confirmed their attendance and with 10 streams, there is something for everyone.

Plus, the exhibition offers a wealth of free content with three seminar theaters featuring 80 speakers, an innovation zone with 30+ start-ups attending, an AR/VR zone showcasing the latest developments, the Women In Travel mixer, an interview zone with Tnooz, and more.

Who is exhibiting at The Aviation Festival?

There are 150+ exhibitors covering many different sectors including:

Airports and Airport Tech
Ancillary Revenue
Connectivity
Digital Technology
Distribution
Loyalty
Marketing and Social Media
Passenger Experience
Revenue Management
Start Ups

This is a great opportunity for any travel and tourism business that works in aviation or would like to partner with aviation companies to make meaningful connections and network with the best in the industry.

Join the Women in Aviation Mixer

🥂 Join the Women in Aviation and Travel Mixer, which we host together with Travel Massive on 6 September.

We are excited for the opportunity to leverage the size of our platform to focus on more diversity in the industry.

Special guests Bonny Simi (President of Jetblue Ventures) and Chris Browne (COO, EasyJet) will be giving an inspiring welcome speech to the mixer.

Afterwards, women from any sector of travel as well as those looking to join the industry from university will have the opportunity to meet others who are facing similar challenges and share experiences, advice and connections. It’s not to be missed!

What else makes the event different?

The Aviation Festival is very forward looking and helps the industry to embrace the digital revolution with sessions on subject like:

Start-up engagement and investment
AI, Blockchain, Cloud
Adapting to rapidly changing passenger behaviours
The convergence of man and machine
Using customer data to personalise experiences
Digital leadership
Intelligent retailing

The agenda features game-changers in the industry such as Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, United Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, Emirates, KLM, Wired Magazine, Finavia Corporation and Alibaba.

Another aspect that makes the Aviation Festival different is the focus on diversity. In our HR & Leadership theatre we host panels on Diversity, LGBTQ and Talent Acquisition. These seminar sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about empowering employees, and how the industry can improve gender equality and minorities representation at all levels.