Centre for Aviation (CAPA), the world’s most trusted source of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry and part of the Aviation Week Network, has announced that it will resume its cornerstone CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Airlines in Transition with the event bookmarked in Manchester.

Hosted by Manchester Airport Group (MAG) at the exclusive Carden Park Hotel Golf Resort & Spa on for 7-8 April, the summit will be one of the first events in CAPA’s regional event series for the year as they return to in-person events.

The event is also due to be streamed to CAPA’s ever-expanding virtual audience of 8,700+ subscribers via CAPA Live.

A number of headline speakers have already been confirmed to attend the Summit including Emirates President Sir Tim Clark, KLM President & CEO Pieter Elbers, SAS President & CEO Anko van der Werff, Ethiopian CEO Tewolde GebreMariam and easyJet COO Peter Bellew.

CAPA, Managing Director, Derek Sadubin said: “Our ‘Airlines in Transition’ Summits have, since their inception in 2012, been some of the most remarkable and memorable events in CAPA’s history. The highest calibre speaker line-ups and salubrious settings have established these Summits as the ‘must-attend’ event for leading airline thinkers and strategists. And 2022’s Summit will be no exception.”

MAG Chief Development Officer Ken O’Toole said: “We will host one of the first in-person CAPA events since the pandemic, and we look forward to welcoming all of the delegates in Manchester this year. Manchester is the ideal location for the summit, with our extensive short and long-haul network, with more than 50 existing airline operators, offering delegates easy access to attend. Furthermore, they will get to experience our new Terminal Two extension, which features the latest innovations in travel.”

Returning for the first time since 2019, the summit will challenge the recovery tactics of airline management leaders, after surviving two years of tumultuous unpredictability.