26 January 2011
Media Summit was conducted on Monday at the InterContinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City. The first-of-its-kind summit was organised by Air Arabia, the region's leading low-cost airline, in association with CNBC Arabiya TV.
The Middle East Aviation and Media Summit 2011 aimed at creating a constructive dialogue between today's business leaders and the region's media community by providing a platform for insightful discussion on the current trends and challenges faced by the aviation sector. The event has a special emphasis on low-cost airlines in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.
The panel of expert including Adel Ali, group chief executive officer of Air Arabia; Fouad Attar, senior vice-president (Commercial, Middle East & North Africa) of Airbus; Dr Mahdi Mattar, head of research and chief economist at CAPM Investment; and Shukor Yousuf, editorial director of Standard and Poor's, Singapore, addressed the summit.
Commenting on the summit, Ali said: "The summit has been specifically planned to create a robust platform for dialogue and information exchange between two key stakeholder groups -- the industry and media. We are confident that the discussions will yield clear insights on the challenges and opportunities for the aviation sector."
A keynote address was delivered by Ali on the Middle East aviation sector and the current economic landscape. This was followed by interactive sessions. , where the speakers discussed industry trends, challenges and opportunities with the participating media.
"CNBC Arabiya has always been a champion of industry dialogue and we are pleased to present the region's first aviation and media summit," said Mohamed Borhan, acting chief executive officer of CNBC Arabiya TV.
"The regional aviation sector has seen dramatic growth in the past decade. As the sector continues to become increasingly sophisticated, the summit provides insights into the industry's response to the global financial challenges as well as the outlook for 2011."
The summit also discussed the lessons to be learned from the global financial slowdown, the aviation sector's contribution to regional economies, the challenges that hold back growth, views on privatisation, potential for industry consolidation in 2011, and other related concerns.
Media Summit was conducted on Monday at the InterContinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City. The first-of-its-kind summit was organised by Air Arabia, the region's leading low-cost airline, in association with CNBC Arabiya TV.
The Middle East Aviation and Media Summit 2011 aimed at creating a constructive dialogue between today's business leaders and the region's media community by providing a platform for insightful discussion on the current trends and challenges faced by the aviation sector. The event has a special emphasis on low-cost airlines in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.
The panel of expert including Adel Ali, group chief executive officer of Air Arabia; Fouad Attar, senior vice-president (Commercial, Middle East & North Africa) of Airbus; Dr Mahdi Mattar, head of research and chief economist at CAPM Investment; and Shukor Yousuf, editorial director of Standard and Poor's, Singapore, addressed the summit.
Commenting on the summit, Ali said: "The summit has been specifically planned to create a robust platform for dialogue and information exchange between two key stakeholder groups -- the industry and media. We are confident that the discussions will yield clear insights on the challenges and opportunities for the aviation sector."
A keynote address was delivered by Ali on the Middle East aviation sector and the current economic landscape. This was followed by interactive sessions. , where the speakers discussed industry trends, challenges and opportunities with the participating media.
"CNBC Arabiya has always been a champion of industry dialogue and we are pleased to present the region's first aviation and media summit," said Mohamed Borhan, acting chief executive officer of CNBC Arabiya TV.
"The regional aviation sector has seen dramatic growth in the past decade. As the sector continues to become increasingly sophisticated, the summit provides insights into the industry's response to the global financial challenges as well as the outlook for 2011."
The summit also discussed the lessons to be learned from the global financial slowdown, the aviation sector's contribution to regional economies, the challenges that hold back growth, views on privatisation, potential for industry consolidation in 2011, and other related concerns.
© Times of Oman 2011
