2021 | 12th Edition 

Air transport : The road to recovery

The aviation industry today is faced with a severe challenge. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the entire aviation industry is under an unprecedented situation. The APG World Connect will be a meaningful channel to exchange on the future of the industry, to discuss solutions to restore passenger confidence in air travel  and to demonstrate how important it is, as an industry, to meet face to face.

Every year, APG holds the APG World Connect airline distribution conference, attended by almost 500 senior representatives from the airline industry including around 100 senior airline managers, representatives of global travel groups as well as many other senior representatives from different sectors of the aviation industry. In October 2019, we celebrated the 11th anniversary of the event's launch. For 2021 we are back in Monaco.

Participants

​Airlines

Sponsors

​APG Members

SPEAKERS

Yannick ASSOUAD
CEO - THALES AVIONICS

Paul BOBSON
Director Business Development & Marketing - OMNI AIR INTERNATIONAL

Didier BRECHEMIER
Global Head - ROLAND BERGER

Nick CALIO
President & CEO - A4A

Sir Tim CLARK
​President - EMIRATES AIRLINE

Sergio COLELLA
President - SITA EUROPE

Alex CRUZ
Former CEO - BRITISH AIRWAYS

David CURMI
Executive Chairman - AIR MALTA

Luis FELIPE de OLIVEIRA
​Director General - ACI WORLD

Franck GOLDNADEL
Chairman of the Board 
​NICE AIRPORTS

Zoran JELKIC
SVP International Sales 
AIR FRANCE/KLM

Iako KHOMERIKI
​EPD - APG CARGO

Patrick KY
​CEO - EASA

Thorsten LANGE
EVP - NESTE

John MELCHIOR
​​CEO - TRAVEL GROUP CONSULTING

Henri de PEYRELONGUE​
EVP Commercial Sales 
​AIR FRANCE / KLM

Mark PILLING
​Aviation Journalist

Yves RENARD
Head of Market Intelligence - AIRBUS

Marc ROCHET
​​CEO - FRENCHBEE

Eric SCHULZ
​President - SHZ CONSULTING

Ian TUNNACLIFFE
Founder - IFT CONSULTING

Pierre VELLAY
CEO -  NEW & NEXT CONSULTING

Lionel van der WALT
Global CCO - PAYCARGO

Who is attending in 2021

​2021 Sponsors & Partners

Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort - MONACO

Testimonials following the 2018 Edition

Ameen Allibhoy
Manager, Global Distribution Systems
​Emirates

"We found the APG WorldConnect very interesting and I walked away with some great ideas to explore with my company"

Huo Junxi
Manager, International Sales Channels
​Hainan Airlines

"I think WorldConnect is really wonderful, it's well organized and a good opportunity for us as a lot of people come from different countries to discuss business and share information"