Aviation Africa 2019 Post Show Report
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February 27-28 Radisson Blu Hotel 2019 & Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda Post Show Report HOST SPONSORS ORGANISED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH t #avaf19 w aviationafrica.aero Sponsors Sponsors& Partners & partners The organisers would like to acknowledge and thank the official sponsors and partners whose commitment to the future of African aviation has been demonstrated by their support for this event HOST SPONSOR PLATINUM SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS ORGANISED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUPPORTING SPONSORS OFFICIAL AIRLINE DELEGATE BAG SPONSOR SUPPORTING MEDIA t #avaf19 w aviationafrica.aero Sponsors & partners partners & & EventSponsors Sponsors Facts Event Facts: • Dates: 27 & 28 February 2019 • Website: www.aviationafrica.aero • Location: Radisson Blu Hotel & • 100 event sponsors / exhibitors / partners Convention Centre • 860 attendees • Event: Two day summit & exhibition • 47 airlines represented • Edition: 4th year • 111 airline personnel attended Event Summary: AVIATION AFRICA 2019 was the 4th event in the Aviation Africa series, the first was held in May 2015 in Dubai, the 2nd in February 2017 in Kigali and the 3rd in April 2018 in Cairo. “This is the Event during which I have had The event was a two-day summit and exhibition focusing on all the highest number of interactions with aspects of the aviation industry including MRO, business aviation, Airlines at Senior Management Level in the defence and commercial aviation. Continent since I became VP MEA & Indian The Aviation Africa team would like to thank all of our partners Ocean, 3 years ago.” for yet another successful event. Bombardier t #avaf19 w aviationafrica.aero ExhibitorsSponsors & Sponsors & partners The organisers would like to acknowledge and thank Nedbank CIB all 2019 exhibitors & sponsors: Network Airline Services NEXUS OGMA OLYMPUS Pratt & Whitney Canada Premier Jet Centre Rohde & Schwarz Rolls-Royce plc RCAA RwandAir Rwandan Air Force Rwanda Airports Company Rwanda Development Board Rymax S&B Aviation Services Achelis (Rwanda) Ltd Cyrrus Limited SEI Industries Aero MRO DAS Handling Skyplan Services African Aerospace Dassault Aviation Somati Vehicles AGS Rwanda Ltd Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH SAA Technical AIR BP Dublin Aerospace Ltd SP Aviation Ltd Airbus Africa & Middle East DynamicSource - EFB Solutions TCR Akagera Aviation Embraer Textron Aviation, Inc AliPlan Ethiopian MRO Services The Boeing Company Astral Aviation Ethiopian Aviation Academy Titan Aviation ATNS EU Wings TP Aerospace AviaBaltika Aviation Ltd Fargo Jet Centre Transfer Technologies aviationscouts GmbH Flight Data Services Vaisala AVIONAMS JSC Flight Management Ltd Viking Air Limited AVMAX FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd Weather Modification International Beechcraft GainJet Aviation Group Willis Towers Watson Bestbier Inspection Solutions GainJet Ireland WYVERN Bestfly GulfStream BIRD Aerosystems Hawker Blackbox Flight Data Systems Howard Consultants “I really thank the organiser for BOSE KIU System Solutions the effort and all I can say is that Bugesera Airport Company Krimson Aviation together we can raise Africa.” Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority Lasa Engineering Ltd Astral Aviation Cessna Leonardo Charis Unmanned Aerial Systems Long Range Clyde & Co Lufthansa Technik Collins Aerospace Marsh Ltd - Insurance & Risk Specialists CPaT Global, LLC Ministry of Infrastructure CU Phosco Lighting NavPass To Exhibit in 2020 please contact Mark Brown: T: + 44 (0) 1702 530 000 F: + 44 (0) 1702 533 088 E: [email protected] t #avaf19 w aviationafrica.aero Sponsors & partners partners & & EventSponsors Sponsors Facts 860 90 92% 93% Total Attendees Countries Represented Surveyed rated the Exhibitors interested Event Very in exhibiting again Good / Excellent Testimonials: “The exhibition was well run and the organisers were outstanding! Communication was excellent. We had a prime location and enjoyed seeing the other vendors & guests. The highlight of the show was meeting the president of Rwanda!” Gulfstream “I wanted to congratulate you on a magnificent conference in Kigali. It was exceptional in every way and we got a lot out of it. We will definitely be attending next year's event.” Holman Fenwick Willan Middle East LLP “Aviation Africa was a great success and provided a clear vision of the entire African Continent and the strides it has made in a relatively short time.” Skyplan Services FZCO “WOW! What an event. This was such a well organised summit, it just ticked all the boxes in terms of aviation development.” Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation Some of the Airlines that attended: t #avaf19 w aviationafrica.aero “This is by far the best aviation organised Summit Sponsors &co npartnersference in Africa and has the best speakers.” FlightCom Day 1 Highlights: Day 2 Highlights: • Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame formally opened the show, • The chairman of the IATA board and the CEO of Qatar Airways, but also delighted the packed conference room with his Akbar Al Baker has a reputation for straight-talking and he did insights into the need for change. not disappoint the audience for the opening session of Day 2. • ICAO specialist search and rescue consultant Brian Day called • After a site visit to the launch pad of Zipline, the Rwandan- on African states to develop true regional cooperation based drone operation near Kigali that delivers blood and centres to make a single sky for SAR operations. medical supplies to rural areas, we heard about the operation from the company’s CEO and its regulatory counsel. • You could hear a pin drop in the Summit theatre when Africa’s ‘First Lady’ for space, Dr Adriana Marais, delivered a keynote • Finance remains a key focus for the African aviation industry on: Developing new frontiers: Inspiring Africa’s youth to look and Aviation Africa brought together speakers who shared the beyond Earth and the hopes for a future in space. highs and the lows of the financial environment. Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Carlo Jason Sutcliffe, Marketing Director, Richard Haas, VP Africa, Lufthansa Speakers: Gagiano, Former Chief of the South Civil Aircraft, Rolls-Royce (UAE) Technik (Germany) African Air Force and Group H.E. Paul Kagame, President, Republic Executive, Paramount Group Ladislaus Matindi, CEO, Air Tanzania Rob Watts, CEO & Vice-President, of Rwanda (South Africa) (Tanzania) Advisory, Aerotask (UAE) H.E. Akbar Al Baker, Chairman of the Chamsou Andjorin, Director Latta Dokisime Gnama, Director Rolland Besoa Razafimaharo, Council, IATA Government Affairs & Market General, Togo Civil Aviation Authority Directeur Général, Air Madagascar Development, Sub-Saharan Africa, (Togo) (Madagascar) Hon. Amb. Claver Gatete, Minister of Boeing (South Africa) Infrastructure, Republic of Rwanda Luthando Prinsloo, Director Business Romain Ekoto, Head of Aviation, Major General Charles Karamba, Air Development Africa, Airborne African Development Bank Hon. Eng. Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye, Forces Chief of Staff, Rwandan Defence Technologies (Austria) (Côte d”Ivoire) Minister of State in charge of Transport, Force (Rwanda) Republic of Rwanda Marcel Jansen, Head of Sales, Aviation Rui Carreira, CEO, TAAG (Angola) Chris Rocheleau, Executive Director for Scouts (Germany) Hon. Mme Zouréatou Tchakondo International Affairs, FAA (USA) Sanjeev Gadhia, CEO, Astral Aviation Kassa-Traoré, Ministre des Maurizio Bove, Regional Sales Director, (Kenya) Infrastructures et des Transports, Togo Chris Zweigenthal, Chief Executive, Leonardo (Italy) Airlines Association of South Africa Sébastien Taupiac, Airline Marketing Abderahmane Berthé, Secretary (South Africa) Mengistu Jima, Head, ECA Finance, Director, Airbus (France) General, African Airlines Association Trade and Development Bank (Kenya) Dan Czerwonka, International (Kenya) Colonel Silas Udahemuka, Director Regulatory Counsel, Zipline General, Rwanda Civil Aviation Abdullah Al-Sayed, President & CEO, International (USA) Michael Gill, Executive Director, Authority (Rwanda) Nexus Group (Saudi Arabia) Air Transport Action Group Fadimatou Noutchemo Simo, Director (Switzerland) Simon Knechtli, Executive Director Adefunke Adeyemi, Regional Head, Strategy & Development, Cronos Aviation, Willis Towers Watson (UK) Member & External Relations Africa & Airlines (Equatorial Guinea) Michał Nowak, Marketing Director Middle East, IATA (Kenya) EMEA & Central Asia, Embraer Svilen Rangelov, Co-Founder Frédéric Thenevin, Senior Business (Netherlands) and CEO, Dronamics Ltd Adriana Marais, Head of Innovation, Development Manager for Africa, ADP (Bulgaria) SAP Africa and Director, South Africa Ingénierie (France) Patric Pascaline, Services Sales Space Foundation (South Africa) Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Airbus Tefera Mekonnen Tefera, Secretary Girma Wake, Board member, Ethiopian (France) General, AFCAC (Sénégal) Alan Peaford, MBE, Editor-in-Chief, Airlines (Ethiopia) African and Arabian Aerospace (UK) Philippe Calac, Customer Finance Victoria Moores, Air Transport Editor, Henry Kikoyo, Partner, Brown Rudnick Director, Airbus (France) African Aerospace & Air Transport Barry Kashambo, Regional Director LLP (UK) World (UK) Eastern & Southern Africa, ICAO Rahul Shah, Senior Vice President (Kenya) Hisham Hassan Nasser, CEO Technical Strategic Growth and Business Vincenzo de Laurentis, CEO & General Consultant, CIAF Leasing Company, Development Asia Pacific, Middle East Manager, EU Wings (Italy) Boni Dibate, Director Africa Affairs, Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation and Africa, AAR (USA) CANSO (South Africa) (Egypt) Will Hetzler,