His Excellency Akbar Al Baker, Group CEO of Qatar Airways, has been added to the list of senior figures involved in the air transport business due to speak at a live streamed morning only (BST) Airlines 2050 conference next Monday (19 October).

Alex Cruz, Chairman and Chief Executive of British Airways is the keynote opening speaker and will be followed by Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport with the Financial Times International Business Editor Peggy Hollinger acting as moderator.  

Next up for a one hour session, and this time moderated by Graham Dunn, Executive Editor of Flight Global, is Jonathan Hinkles, Chief Executive, Loganair; Andreas Köster, Senior Director Sales UK, Ireland & Iceland, Lufthansa Group; Rhett Workman, Managing Director, Europe and Asia-Pacific, American Airlines and David Huttner, Senior Commercial Aviation Expert, PA Consulting.

 Bringing what should be a fascinating morning to a close is Akbar Al Baker who is also a Non-Executive Director of Heathrow Airport, with Graham Dunn again holding the reigns as a diplomatic role moderator.

The full programme is listed here https://flightglobalevents.com/airlines20502020/en/page/agenda