Former AMR CEO Robert Crandall, who lead the call for re-regulation, will outline his prescription for aviation at the 2008 Airline Strategy Summit in London November 17. More than a dozen other airline CEOs and executives will speak at the conference, which will focus on "new approaches for a fast-changing global industry." Other participating airlines include Air France/KLM, by some measures the largest airline in the world; Brazil's TAM Airlines, the largest airline in South America; highly profitable and fast-growing LAN Airlines of Chile; Virgin Atlantic; South African Airways; Gulf Air of the rapidly growing Arabian Gulf Region; S7 Airlines, Russia's largest domestic airline, now pursuing its international expansion; Austrian Airlines; low-cost carriers from GOL, Latin America's largest, to SkyEurope and Clickair; and under-the- radar profitable carriers Flybe of Europe and Porter Airlines of Canada, which will discuss how creative aircraft and product decisions have helped them thrive while other airlines have struggled.
Topics include: Low-Cost Carriers in a High-Cost World; Are Airlines and the Environment Compatible?; "Engine"-eering a More Efficient Industry; and Where the Growth Is -- Middle East, Latin America, Russia, Africa and Asia.