8 Content sessions • Day 1
Event guide • 2021 GHI All session times shown are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC -4
Digital Reconnect Americas Programme
Day One: Tuesday 30 March 2021
Time Session
0800-1000 Virtual One-to-One Meetings
Content Sessions Block One- 0945-1200
0945-0955 Chairman’s welcome
Max Gosney, Portfolio Director & Conference Chairman, Ground Handling International
1000-1025
Market analysis: ‘Better, the same or worse still to come?’, the 2021 outlook for aviation in the
Americas
This session will assess likely volume demand paths across the Americas region in 2021 and beyond. Does
the delivery of multiple Covid vaccine build confidence in a rapid V shaped recovery path during the year
ahead? And, which markets in the Americas are most likely to recover first and why? The session will offer
potential traffic scenarios and look at the ground handling adaptions that will be needed to thrive in the
post-Covid landscape.
Peter Cerda, Regional Vice President – The Americas, IATA – International Air Transport Association
1030-1130
The Big Debate: Rising again – how do we rebuild a stronger Americas aviation market after Covid?
The Americas aviation community stands battered but unbroken after seeing 90% or more of volumes
wiped out last year. Several major airlines filed for bankruptcy and hundreds of thousands of frontline
aviation workers lost their jobs. But, with vaccines spurring hope of the first steps towards recovery, how
do we work together to revive our shattered sector?
This session will ask key leaders at airlines, handlers, regulators and suppliers to discuss fundamental
challenges like driving innovation and partnership in a low liquidity climate, government support packages
and avoiding market fragmentation through poorly coordinated Covid travel protocols.
Panellists will also look at immediate opportunities for restoring passenger confidence and benchmark
examples of stakeholder collaboration under the new dawn.
Send us your big questions for the Americas at max@groundhandling.com
Panellists: Jose Ricardo Botelho, Executive Director & CEO, ALTA; Rafael Echevarne, Director General,
ACI LAC; Roger Larreur, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Swissport; Peter Cerda, Regional Vice
President – The Americas, IATA – International Air Transport Association
1130-1140
Market Reconnect: TCR launches its GSE Solutions in the Americas
Today, more than ever, access to proven efficient, rapid and cost-effective GSE Solutions is vital to
guarantee optimal ground operations. This has been TCR’s worldwide mission for two decades. TCR’s
GSE expertise is now available to American ramp operators ensuring GSE availability, flexibility and the
lowest total cost of ownership. TCR’s GSE Full-Service Rental Solutions with R&M, fleet management and
telematics make this possible. When coming out of rental, a large choice of well-maintained GSE becomes
available for sale.
Jan De Leeuw, Managing Director North America, TCR
Sponsored by
Americas
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