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daa is an airport management company that manages the operation of Dublin and Cork airports in Ireland. In 2013, daa welcomed 22.4 million passengers, which accounted for 90% of passengers arriving into the Republic of Ireland, and 71% of all passengers to and from the island of Ireland.

daa offers a wide range of incentive schemes for airline customers operating new routes or growing existing business. Our long and short haul new route schemes offer a 100% discount on all aeronautical airport charges in year one and decrement over a five and three year period respectively. In addition to these schemes daa also have a range of additional incentives for transfer business and growth year on year. The market in Ireland is recovering and is a place to visit and do business. Passenger traffic at Dublin, for example, is growing by almost 7% for the first eight months of 2014.

In addition to managing these two successful airports daa also has two subsidiary companies establishing a growing presence in the global aviation market.

daa International

daa International provides the airport operational expertise and knowledge of daa Group to parties participating in airport transactions.  It also provides strategic specialist advice to airports and long term concessionaires on key operational and revenue enhancing activities.

Service specialties include: airport management contracting; airport operation set up and restructures; operational readiness and airport transition (ORAT); provision of key experienced international operation specialists; operating model design and efficiency improvement and capital pipeline prioritisation.

daa International also has a specialised business unit – Dublin International Aviation Training Academy (DIATA) – that is focused on providing airport professionals with training and upskilling through a range of fully accredited training programmes. DIATA is accredited by ICAO, IATA and ACI and also has academic partnerships with a number of university level institutions in Ireland.

Aer Rianta International

ARI is a global duty free operator with an annual managed turnover of circa $1.2 billion with operations in 10 countries. ARI pioneered travel retail in Russia and the Middle East from the late 1980s and expanded to North America and Asia in subsequent years.  ARI fully understands the importance of a compelling retail experience within the overall airport journey and how this experience is best incorporated and maximised with reference to the airport landlord’s operational requirements and commercial objectives.

ARI offers a flexible range of operational models including concessionaire, joint venture partner and retail consultancy, which has helped ARI to forge successful partnerships with airports and airlines across the world.

ARI adopts its product range, both in terms of premium brands and local specialities, to the specific markets where it operates, but has global expertise in the perfume and cosmetics and spirits categories. The company also uses its own award-winning team to design, build and fit-out its outlets to the highest contemporary standards. It also invests heavily in staff training, customer research and retail innovations to enhance the customer experience across all of our airport retail outlets.

ARI is proud of its unique heritage and today the company remains keenly focused on its customers and the business and partnership opportunities that lie ahead.

Amadeus provides the technology which keeps the travel sector moving - from initial search to making a booking, from pricing to ticketing, from managing reservations to check-in and departure processes. 

Our solutions help to improve the business performance of our customers; travel providers (e.g. airlines, hotels, rail and ferry operators, airports, ground handlers, etc...), travel intermediaries (travel agencies, meta searches and websites), and travel buyers (corporations and travel management companies). 

At the heart of our approach is innovation. Amadeus invested €489 million in R&D in 2013. We have been ranked 1st for R&D investment in the travel and tourism sector by the European Commission in their 2013 'EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard'. 

The Amadeus group employs around 10,000 people worldwide, across central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters), Nice (development) and Erding (operations), as well as 71 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations. 

For more information please visit: www.amadeus.com e-mail: amadeus@amadeus.com

Navtech, Inc. is an international, leading global provider of flight operations solutions, serving more than 400 airlines and aviation services customers.  Navtech's product suite includes aeronautical charts (paper and electronic), navigation data solutions, flight planning, aircraft performance software, and crew planning solutions.  

These products directly support millions of flights each year and maximize efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure compliance with complex national and international safety regulations for customers.  Navtech’s corporate office is located in Canada’s technology center, Waterloo, ON, with offices in London and Ahmadabad along with additional satellite offices around the world.  

Established in 2004, CarTrawler is a leading technology company providing fully managed online car rental solutions to travel partners in 174 countries. Working across all travel industry segments and geographic markets, CarTrawler enables online travel retailers to add car rental to their portfolio of products and services, creating an additional revenue stream that requires no investment on their part. The business is led by CEO Mike McGearty and a highly experienced Executive Team headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. 

The CarTrawler technology platform enables partners to offer self-branded car rental to their own customers from 1,200 leading and independent car rental agents at over 30,000 city and airport locations worldwide. That’s more cars in more cities than anybody else.

CarTrawler’s portfolio of partners includes more than 50 international airlines offering a combined total of over 300 million airline passengers car rental powered by CarTrawler. 

CarTrawler also provides car rental to online lodgings (hotels, rented accommodation and hostels), online travel agents, information websites (media, tourist authorities and airports) travel and transportation (car rental, rail and ferry websites) and retail travel agents. The company works with travel software providers Datalex and SITA who resell CarTrawler technology to airlines. 

For more information, visit www.cartrawler.com or email hello@cartrawler.com

SITA is the world's leading specialist in air transport communications and IT solutions. SITA delivers and manages business solutions for airlines, airports, GDSs, governments and other customers over the world’s most extensive network, which forms the communications backbone of the global air transport industry. 

SITA’s portfolio includes managed global communications, infrastructure and outsourcing services, as well as services for airline commercial management and passenger operations, flight operations, aircraft operations and air-to-ground communications, airport management and operations, baggage operations, transportation security and border management, cargo operations and more. 

With a customer service team of over 2,000 staff around the world, SITA invests significantly in achieving best-in-class customer service, providing integrated local and global support for both its communications and IT application services. 

SITA has two main subsidiaries: OnAir, which is the leading provider of in-flight connectivity, and CHAMP Cargosystems, the world's only IT company dedicated solely to air cargo. SITA also operates a joint venture, Aviareto, which provides aircraft asset management to the air transport community. 

SITA is one of the world's most international companies. Its global reach is based on local presence, with services for around 450 air transport industry members and 2,800 customers in over 200 countries and territories. Set up in 1949 with 11 member airlines, SITA today employs people of more than 140 nationalities, speaking over 70 different languages. SITA had consolidated revenues of US$1.63 billion in 2013. 

For further information go to www.sita.aero.

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training.

Boeing has a long tradition of aerospace leadership and innovation. The company continues to expand its product line and services to meet emerging customer needs. Its broad range of capabilities includes creating new, more efficient members of its commercial airplane family; integrating military platforms, defense systems and the warfighter through network-enabled solutions; creating advanced technology solutions; and arranging innovative customer-financing options.

With corporate offices in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 169,000 people across the United States and in more than 65 countries. This represents one of the most diverse, talented and innovative workforces anywhere. Our enterprise also leverages the talents of hundreds of thousands more skilled people working for Boeing suppliers worldwide.

Boeing is organized into two business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Supporting these units are Boeing Capital Corporation, a global provider of financing solutions; Shared Services Group, which provides a broad range of services to Boeing worldwide; and Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology, which helps develop, acquire, apply and protect innovative technologies and processes. 

The world leader in aviation intelligence, OAG is relied upon globally for essential information and insight. Only OAG has the capability to deliver accurate, comprehensive and up-to-the-minute aviation data – and the expertise to convert this information into market-leading intelligence and innovative travel solutions. 

Unique trusted and respected within the industry for over 80 years, OAG is best known for its airline schedules and flight status databases, which holds future and historical flight details for over 900 airlines and more than 4,000 airports. OAG has been at the heart of the air transport industry since the start of commercial flights. Our data and products, unrivalled in their comprehensiveness and accuracy, have become the trusted source for the world's global distribution systems and now drives the internal systems of many travel portals, airlines, airports, air traffic control systems, aircraft manufacturers, and government agencies worldwide. 

OAG’s market leading global airline distribution and aviation analytics services are perfectly complimented by our advanced suite of multi-media products designed for airlines, airports and travel related businesses helping aviation analysts, route development teams, software developers, business travellers and travel arrangers make better business decisions.

oag.com

Bravo Passenger Solutions – A Fresh Approach 

Bravo Passenger Solutions is a Singapore-based provider of services to airlines.  Bravo is taking a fresh approach to the business of PSS (Passenger Service System). We believe that airline systems should be reliable, cost-effective, easy to use, scalable, and service oriented. Our unique Avantik PSS product, together with our team of highly-experienced airline and software professionals helps our customers take their business to new levels of success. The Avantik system has unique language capabilities to enable our customers to have access to extensive multi-byte language functionality.

Bravo’s Avantik system provides the airline industry, in particular low-cost and regional carriers, with one of the most innovative and dynamic reservations systems on the market today with powerful inventory control and ancillary revenue functions all at very affordable rates.

British Airways is the UK’s largest international scheduled airline, flying to over 550 destinations at convenient times and to the best-located airports. From the very start British Airways has been at the forefront of innovation and progression, from the world’s first daily scheduled flights to the first fully flat bed.

British Airways offers its customers a wealth of choice, from the cabin they fly in to their desired destination, through to how they book their ticket and check in. Customers can select from Online Check-in, Mobile Check-in and Check-in kiosks at the airport. And whichever journey customers choose, they can be assured of receiving the highest levels of service and customer care from British Airways’ highly trained crew.

Travel with British Airways is a most rewarding experience. Apart from being able to earn individual frequent flyer points for chosen oneworld Frequent Flyer programmes when flying British Airways. British Airways On Business loyalty programme, which is free to join, enables companies to earn valuable On Business Points for employer and employees travel that can be redeemed for upgrades, reward flights and hotel accommodation – making the company travel budget stretch even further. To find out more visit ba.com/onbusiness to view the full terms and conditions and join.