Aviation Festival Asia 2027

Aviation Festival Asia 2027 takes place on 16–17 March 2027 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC), Bangkok. B2DB lists 68 speakers and 41 sessions announced so far.

Aviation Festival Asia is a conference and exhibition for the leaders of Asia's airlines and airports and their senior executives in charge of software, services, marketing and distribution. Held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, it combines a two-day conference programme with an exhibition and a start-up village.

Key facts

Keynote speakers

• Andre Viljoen Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Air Mauritius Ltd
• Hong Wong Director General, Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
• Naoki Fujii CEO, Narita International Airport Corporation
• Tero Taskila Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, BeOnd
• Captain Nasaruddin A. Bakar President and Group CEO, Malaysia Aviation Group
• Megat Ardian CEO, AirBorneo Airways
• Surain Adyanthaya President, PROS
• Tony Douglas Chief Executive Officer, Riyadh Air
• Vipul Misra Acting Chief Executive Officer, SriLankan Airlines
• Vissoth Nam Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Cambodia

Speakers (68)

Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.

• Andre Viljoen Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Air Mauritius Ltd
• Hong Wong Director General, Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
• Naoki Fujii CEO, Narita International Airport Corporation
• Tero Taskila Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, BeOnd
• Captain Nasaruddin A. Bakar President and Group CEO, Malaysia Aviation Group
• Megat Ardian CEO, AirBorneo Airways
• Surain Adyanthaya President, PROS
• Tony Douglas Chief Executive Officer, Riyadh Air
• Vipul Misra Acting Chief Executive Officer, SriLankan Airlines
• Vissoth Nam Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Cambodia
• David Peller General Partner & Founder, If Not You Capital
• Peter Smith Senior Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Cover Genius
• Jason Cooper Co-founder & CEO, Gyoza Flights
• Marjorie Almadin AVP - RM Systems and Distribution, Philippine Airlines
• Ahmed Naeemi Chief Information Officer, Gulf Air Group
• Athar Khan Director, Asia Pacific Sales, Delta Air Lines
• Etienne Kettenmeyer CFO, AirAsia Cambodia
• Ichwan Agus CEO, Gapura Angkasa
• Isuru Dissanayake Digital Experience Manager, SriLankan Airlines
• Karim Makhlouf CCO, Royal Jordanian Airlines
• Tatsuya Izumi Deputy General Manager, Narita International Airport Corporation
• Vusala Isayeva Director, CRM and Data Management, Azerbaijan Airlines
• Yanendra Weerakkody Digital Solutions & Support Manager, SriLankan Airlines
• Abdulelah Alhamdan Head of AlFursan Retail, Saudia
• Al Tredinnick Head of Business Development, 15below
• Alexander Gali General Manager Sales Strategy, Saudia airlines
• Apple Ignacio Director of Ancillaries, Cebu Pacific Air
• Arif Ghouse Chief Operating Officer, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
• Ashish Vikram Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, SpiceJet
• Bimali Malalasekara Manager Digital Commerce, SriLankan Airlines Ltd
• Chris Engle Chief Customer Officer, Plusgrade Inc.
• Daisuke Nishiyama CIO, VP of IT Strategy and Development, ZIPAIR Tokyo
• David Glantz Director Business Development & Consulting​, Loyalty Partner Solutions GmbH
• Erfan Ismeer CIO & Head of Distribution and Strategic Alliances, FitsAir
• Ernest Hui Head Of Design, Cathay Pacific
• Firdaus Abhar Ali Engineering Manager / Architect - CX, AI & Community, AirAsia
• Hemant Mediratta President, Rezolv Hospitality
• Javid Jaffer Sr. Analytics Product Manager, Emirates Airlines
• Liyan Huang Director, Inflight Systems, ZIPAIR Tokyo
• Mike Nakornkhet Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco International Airport
• Mir Amer Hussain Head – Onboard Experience (Inflight Product & IFEC), Transformation, Air India
• Musdalifa Abdullah Chief Executive Officer, Ground Team Red
• Nandika Suri VP, Rapid Rewards, Southwest Airlines
• Paweena Jariyathitipong President, Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT)
• Ping Na Thalang Advisor, Bangkok Airways
• Ranil Nathanielsz Manager Airport Service Delivery, SriLankan Airlines
• Ricia Vinelli Montejo General Manager, Aboitiz InfraCapital Cebu Airport Corporation
• Sama Al-Obaidy Head of Product Management, Flex Travel Solutions
• Sarun Benjanirat Deputy Director General for Aviation Economic Development, CAAT
• Shu Hui Bian Regional Manager, Operations, Safety and Security (Customer Experience and Facilitation), Asia-Pacif, IATA
• Srikanth Ranganathan Senior Vice President, PROS
• Takuya MATSUO Executive officer/CMO, Strategy Lead, ZIPAIR Tokyo
• Tauseef Khan Manager of Data & AI, Air Canada
• Turbold Tserenkhuu CCO, Hunnu Air
• Tze Min Koh General Manager Revenue Management, Virgin Australia
• Vivian Dsouza VP of Business Development - APAC, Accommodations Plus International
• Nakul Kothari Head of APAC & Middle East, Juspay
• Abdullah Alahmadi Senior Ancillary & Loyalty Manager, flyadeal
• Alastair Crossley Head of Travel Solutions, AXA Partners Holding
• Azim Barodawala Co-Founder & CEO, Volantio Inc.
• Bobban Philip Jose Chief Operating Officer, Ground Team Red
• Felipe Bonifatti Vice President Asia Pacific & Joint Ventures East, Lufthansa Group
• Ihsan Bari Head of Contracts & Performance, Etihad Airways
• Jose Platero Director, Product, Design and martech, Air Canada
• Nishanth Kumar Pathi Director of Cyber Security & Governance, Gulf Air
• Sachin Goel Founder & CEO, Optiontown
• Shinji Nishio COO, Zipair
• Tara Spielhagen Co-Founder & CEO, Swiipr Technologies Ltd

Most represented companies

• SriLankan Airlines — 4 speakers
• ZIPAIR Tokyo — 3 speakers
• Air Canada — 2 speakers
• AirAsia Cambodia — 2 speakers
• Ground Team Red — 2 speakers
• Narita International Airport Corporation — 2 speakers
• PROS — 2 speakers

Agenda (41 sessions)

Day 1 — Tuesday 16 March 2027

• Official Airport Partner: Welcome Address 09:30 · Keynotes — Paweena Jariyathitipong
• CAAT: Welcome Address 09:40 · Keynotes — Sarun Benjanirat
• Keynote Panel: How will airline leaders redraw the global aviation map and capture the next wave of global demand? 10:45 · Keynotes — Captain Nasaruddin A. Bakar, Tony Douglas
• Aviation Connect: Sprint 1 12:00 · Networking
• Presentation: Modernising disruption management and airport experience with SriLankan Airlines 12:30 · Collaboration — Isuru Dissanayake, Yanendra Weerakkody
• Presentation: From Booking to Boarding – Redefining access to Delta’s global network 13:00 · Digital & IT — Athar Khan
• Presentation: Scaling digital identity for seamless travel – The industry is ready, are you? 13:00 · Collaboration — Shu Hui Bian
• Keynote Interview: Asia’s Aviation Future – Navigating growth, disruption and a changing global landscape 13:00 · Keynotes — Hong Wong
• Keynote Interview: Building a Global Premium Travel Model: Rethinking technology, loyalty and luxury 13:15 · Keynotes — Tero Taskila
• Panel: From Data to Feeling: How can technology trigger an emotional response? 13:30 · Engagement — Vusala Isayeva, Takuya MATSUO
• Panel: Are IROPs the new normal? Leveraging technology to provide seamless experiences in a new operational environment 13:30 · Air Experience — Al Tredinnick, Ranil Nathanielsz
• Panel: How can airlines leverage modern airline retailing into revenue, loyalty and better experiences? 13:30 · Digital & IT — Marjorie Almadin, Athar Khan, Erfan Ismeer
• Keynote Interview: Leading an airline through change: Building leadership capability and better decision-making 13:30 · Keynotes — Andre Viljoen
• Keynote Panel: From Operations to Loyalty – Building the airline customers still choose by 2040 13:30 · Keynotes — Andre Viljoen, Hong Wong, Tero Taskila, Surain Adyanthaya +1 more
• Panel: Tokenisation and Touchpoints: Scaling interoperable biometrics and digital travel credentials across Asia’s airports and carriers 13:30 · Collaboration — Ahmed Naeemi, Tatsuya Izumi
• Presentation: Pricing for Growth - Maximising revenue across the AirAsia Cambodia network 15:00 · Digital & IT — Marjorie Almadin, Etienne Kettenmeyer
• Aviation Connect: Sprint 2 15:00 · Networking
• Presentation: Creating a centralised customer database for long-term success across CX, loyalty and commercial 16:00 · Air Experience — Vusala Isayeva
• Presentation: Projecting and predicting what investments in AI will look like across airline eCommerce 16:00 · Payments
• Presentation: How exploRJordan will change the game for the airline’s distribution and destination growth 16:00 · Keynotes — Karim Makhlouf
• Presentation: Electrifying ground operations and the road to sustainable logistics at Gapura Angkasa 16:00 · Collaboration — Ichwan Agus
• Panel: Building the Connected Airport – How airlines & airports can transform operations together 16:15 · Collaboration — Ichwan Agus, Arif Ghouse, Ricia Vinelli Montejo
• Presentation: Agentic AI in Airline Distribution: How FTS and Saudia are building an agentic automation layer that changes how commercial teams operate 16:15 · Digital & IT — Alexander Gali, Sama Al-Obaidy
• Panel: How are airlines removing tedious touchpoints and cognitive load for passengers? 16:15 · Air Experience — Peter Smith, Ernest Hui, Firdaus Abhar Ali, Vivian Dsouza
• Presentation: From Transaction to Trust – what actually drives airline customer behaviour today 16:15 · Keynotes — Peter Smith
• Panel: Digital Commerce – From click to conversion 16:15 · Payments — Bimali Malalasekara
• Panel: Architecting the modern airline – data, disruption, and long-term IT agility 16:30 · Digital & IT — David Peller, Ahmed Naeemi, Daisuke Nishiyama, Srikanth Ranganathan
• Commercial Leaders Panel: Breaking barriers and unlocking new growth across Asia 16:30 · Keynotes — Karim Makhlouf, Turbold Tserenkhuu
• Panel: Turning airline loyalty into an everyday lifestyle engagement platform 16:30 · Engagement — Jason Cooper, Abdulelah Alhamdan, David Glantz, Nandika Suri

Day 2 — Wednesday 17 March 2027

• Keynote Interview: Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports 10:00 · Keynotes
• Panel: IFEC – Powering the connected experience journey 10:30 · Air Experience — Liyan Huang, Mir Amer Hussain
• Keynote Interview: Naoki Fujii, President and CEO of Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA) 10:30 · Keynotes — Naoki Fujii
• Panel: Asia’s New Airport Landscape – The hubs shaping tomorrow 10:45 · Keynotes — Naoki Fujii, Mike Nakornkhet
• Fireside Chat: AI & Aviation Safety – Navigating the risks and rewards of intelligent technology 12:30 · AI — Ping Na Thalang
• From Reporting to Decision Enablement: Building a Modern BI Operating Model in Aviation 12:45 · AI — Tauseef Khan
• Panel: How can the travel ecosystem work together to deliver a better passenger experience during disruption? 12:45 · Collaboration — Isuru Dissanayake, Hemant Mediratta
• Keynote Panel: The Regional Advantage – Building the next generation of Asian connectivity 13:00 · Keynotes — Megat Ardian, Vissoth Nam
• Panel: Why 2027 will be the year of airline retailing in Asia 13:00 · Ancillaries — Apple Ignacio, Ashish Vikram, Chris Engle
• Presentation: How can better data and shared emissions reporting create greater accountability across the aviation ecosystem? 14:30 · Collaboration — Musdalifa Abdullah
• Panel: Getting AI innovation out of the meeting room 15:00 · AI — Tatsuya Izumi, Yanendra Weerakkody, Javid Jaffer
• Panel: How can airlines navigate revenue growth in a changing Asian market? 15:00 · Digital & IT — Marjorie Almadin, Etienne Kettenmeyer, Tze Min Koh

Organisers, sponsors and partners

Sponsors (4)

Airalo · TRIDENT · Wiremind · Plusgrade Inc.

Media Partners (3)

Airline Suppliers · Onboard Hospitality · Airport Suppliers

Exhibitors (3)

Blue Ribbon Bags · Moment · TARMAC TECHNOLOGIES

Strategic Partner (1)

Pros

Source: the published agenda. See how B2DB compiles its records.