Day 211 March

IATA Day

Meet the Airlines - IATA, together with key representatives of a number of its major airline members, will be discussing the challenges we are facing together as we implement many of the IATA programmes that have been outlined at previous PTE conferences. The airline speakers, together with representatives from the airports where they are working on these initiatives, will talk about how they perceive the implementation process, both the opportunities and the challenges.

IATA

Speaker Biography: Rafael is Regional Vice President for Europe at IATA. He leads the activities of the largest region, including building strategic relationships with aviation stakeholders, advocacy for the industry on behalf of IATA’s members, implementation of new products and services, and presiding over the secure transfer of more than US$70bn in the Billing and Settlement Plan and Cargo Accounts Settlement Systems. Rafael built his career at DHL in the Americas for 10 years, and also worked for different air transport companies in South America. He graduated from the University of the Pacific in Economics, and holds a Master's in Positive Leadership and Strategy in collaboration with IE Business School.