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Asia Aviation Summit Event Sponsors


Cornerstone Partner

Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $7 trillion global travel and tourism industry.  With a presence in over 170 countries, approximately 3,400 employees and 2013 net revenue of $2.1 billion, Travelport is comprised of: 

- A Travel Commerce Platform through which it facilitates travel commerce by connecting the world’s leading travel providers with online and offline travel buyers in a proprietary business to business (“B2B”) travel marketplace.  In addition, Travelport has leveraged its domain expertise in the travel industry to design a pioneering B2B payment solution that addresses the needs of travel intermediaries to efficiently and securely settle travel transactions. 

- Technology Services through which it provides critical IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure control and other solutions, enabling them to focus on their core business competencies and reduce costs.   

Travelport is headquartered in Langley, UK. The company recently completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol “TVPT”.



Global Destination Partner
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.


Global Destination Partner
Finavia – for smooth travelling

Finavia provides and develops airport services in Finland with focus on customer orientation, cost efficiency and safety. Finavia has a comprehensive network of 24 airports. This is why we can say: trust us and you are already there.

Helsinki Airport is the leading long haul airport in Northern Europe with 16 million passengers a year. Thanks to its geographical location, Helsinki Airport provides the shortest routes between Asia and Europe, and with its 15 direct destinations, it’s the premium gateway between the two continents. The airport is designed for smooth travelling, offering a pleasant atmosphere, great services and easy transfers.

Finavia’s northernmost airports are year-round open and tourism-friendly access points to one of Europe’s most unique destinations at the Arctic Circle – Lapland. With Lapland Airports unified, dense network we can promise: The North is near.


Airport Host
Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd (CAG) (www.changiairportgroup.com) was formed on 16 June 2009 and the corporatisation of Singapore Changi Airport (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSSS) followed on 1 July 2009. As the company managing Changi Airport, CAG undertakes key functions focusing on airport operations and management, air hub development, commercial activities and airport emergency services. CAG also manages Seletar Airport (IATA: XSP, ICAO: WSSL) and through its subsidiary Changi Airports International, invests in and manages foreign airports.

Changi Airport is the world's sixth busiest airport for international traffic. It served a record 54.1 million passengers from around the globe in 2014. More than 350 retail stores and 160 F&B outlets are situated across three terminals to cater to passengers and visitors. With over 100 airlines providing connectivity to 300 cities worldwide, Changi Airport handles about 6,600 flights every week, or about one every 90 seconds.


Foundation Partner
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 two joint ventures providing services to the air transport community: Aviareto for aircraft asset management and CertiPath for secure electronic identity management.

SITA is one of the world's most international companies. Its global reach is based on local presence, with services for around 500 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$1.517 billion (€1.09 billion) in 2011.

For further information go to www.sita.aero.


Platinum Partner
Sabre’s Airline Solutions business offers a broad range of software and data solutions to help airlines market themselves, sell products, serve customers and operate more efficiently. It provides both airline reservations systems, and a full suite of marketing and commercial planning software and enterprise operations solutions. Its data-rich software helps airlines make smarter operational decisions, personalize and retail their products to travelers. Airline Solutions services approximately 225 airlines including network carriers, hybrids and low cost carriers, primarily through Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and hosted models, providing lower cost of ownership, flexibility, and scalability as airlines grow. The company also serves approximately 700 other customers including airports, cargo and charter airlines, corporate fleets, governments and tourism boards.

For more information please visit: www.sabreairlinesolutions.com

Platinum Partner
Navitaire delivers industry-leading technology services that help enable growth, profitability and innovation for over 55 airlines worldwide, including many of the world’s most successful hybrid and low-cost airlines. Navitaire offers a full suite of award-winning, integrated solutions for reservations, ancillary sales, revenue management, loyalty, revenue accounting and more to help airlines capitalize on new revenue opportunities and enhance customer service.

Navitaire’s clients include market-maker airlines based in 30+ countries that rely on advanced, open systems to help boost revenues through ancillary services, codeshare and interline partnerships; to reduce costs by deploying convenient customer self-service tools, allocating distribution costs directly to each channel, maximizing direct sales channels, where desired; and to make better business decisions through real-time access to comprehensive information via on-demand reporting and rich data store. With our innovative, flexible technology, Navitaire can help your airline become a high-performance business. www.navitaire.com


Corporate Travel Day Gold Partner
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) delivers efficient and innovative solutions for business travel and meetings and events management, by leveraging global reach with the best people and superior service. CWT also provides best-in-class service and assistance to travelers.

In collaboration with the CWT Travel Management Institute and the consulting teams of CWT Solutions Group, CWT provides a continual flow of business intelligence and research on effective travel management to help companies derive the greatest value from their travel programs.


Silver Partner
Named as the world's top aviation law firm for the past ten years in a row, Clyde & Co has 40 offices and 4,000 staff around the world. Offering first class service and deep specialist insight, Clyde & Co's dedicated global aviation finance practice has acted for airlines, lessors, financial institutions and investors on hundreds of commercial aircraft finance, leasing and purchase/sale transactions involving dozens of countries around the world. Clyde & Co is recognized for its in-depth legal expertise and commercial awareness, and known for its high-quality, partner-driven and cost-effective service.

Clyde & Co's aviation clients include the top established names and new emerging market entrants. The firm's extensive experience includes acting on numerous multi-billion dollar new aircraft orders, hundreds of aircraft and engine operating lease and leveraged operating lease finance transactions, and advising on commercial dispute, enforcement and workout situations.

As a firm, Clyde & Co's immersion in the aviation industry pre-dates the jet age. The firm is widely recognized as the leading aviation law firm in the world, and its aviation finance practice and its members also have a long history of industry involvement and recognition as leaders in the aviation finance market. With full-time aviation finance professionals throughout its network, it also has one of the largest and most international dedicated teams of aviation finance lawyers of any global law firm.

Global Data Partner
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


Global Payments Partner

UATP is the airline owned payment solution accepted globally by merchants for air, rail and travel agency payments. UATP provides a true low-cost alternative to the expensive cost of accepting credit card payments while still allowing airlines to keep and build their customers' loyalty. UATP has sales in excess of USD 14 billion worldwide, which produces millions of dollars in both savings and revenue for its owners. UATP offers state-of-the-art data tools, DataStreamSM and DataMineSM, which provide comprehensive account details to Issuers and Corporate Subscribers for accurate travel management. This helps make UATP the preferred form of payment for corporate travel throughout the world. UATP also markets Insider’s Club, annual travel insurance offered exclusively to travel industry employees.
UATP.COM


Exhibitor

Rentalcars Connect is a B2B end-to-end car rental solution that is powered by the world’s largest car rental booking platform - Rentalcars.com. They are that not just another technology provider; they are the true car rental experts who put the customer at the heart of everything they do. For over 10 years, Rentalcars.com has built a global platform that has revolutionised the car rental market. With over 43,000 locations, in over 167 countries and support in over 40 languages, they guarantee their partners the best conversion rates, margins per booking and customer loyalty levels.


Exhibitor
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade association for the world’s airlines, representing some 250 airlines or 84% of total air traffic. We support many areas of aviation activity and help formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues. Founded in Havana, Cuba in April 1945, IATA currently has 54 offices in 54 countries. Our vision is to be the force for value creation and innovation driving a safe, secure and profitable air transport industry that sustainably connects and enriches our world. Our mission is to represent, lead and serve the airline industry by improving understanding of the air transport industry among decision makers and increasing awareness of the benefits that aviation brings to national and global economies. Advocating for the interests of airlines across the globe, we challenge unreasonable rules and charges, hold regulators and governments to account, and strive for sensible regulation. For nearly 70 years, we have developed global commercial standards upon which the air transport industry is built. Our aim is to assist airlines by simplifying processes and increasing passenger convenience while reducing costs and improving efficiency. We help airlines to operate safely, securely, efficiently, and economically under clearly defined rules. Professional support is provided to all industry stakeholders with a wide range of products and expert services.

Become a Sponsor

An exhibition space will be available adjacent to the conference room, while a range of sponsorship and promotional opportunities are also available for the conference.

Contact Derek Sadubin for full details: ph: +612 9241 3200 or email: ds@centreforaviation.com