This year’s senior leadership session will open with a keynote address from Luis Rodrigues [1], President of SATA Group (including ERA member SATA Air Açores, Azores Airlines and Aerodromes Management) and will be followed by a panel discussion on the evolution of aviation. 
 
The influence of the pandemic continues to be felt across Europe with summer operations still impacted, and a stretched workforce struggling to cope with consumer demand to travel again. Our fragile industry continues its efforts to recover whilst focussing on the future and overcoming major challenges, including reaching sustainability targets by 2050, coping with debt recovery, the possibility of short-haul route reduction, additional regulatory burden, competition challenges and the impact of the war in Ukraine, to name but a few. This session will provide stimulating, motivational and impactful conversations between airline CEOs and will be chaired and led by Patrick Edmond [1], Shannon Group and ERA Board member. 
The session panellists include:
• Nico Bezuidenhout [1], CEO, Aurigny Air Services
• Jacob Nitter Sørensen [1], CEO, Air Greenland
• Luis Rodrigues [1], President of SATA Group
• Janne Tarvainen [1], Managing Director, Nordic Regional Airlines
  (Norra)