OZU Conferences & Seminars

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Keynote
(Ozyegin University, 2015-03-26) Gençtürk, Esra; Business Administration; GENÇTÜRK, Feride Esra
The seminar was introduced highlighting the importance of the Air Transport Sector as and strategic sector for Turkey. Also the importance of establishing strong links between business and education, where student get education outside of the classroom.
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Round Table & Discussion
(Özyeğin University, 2015-03-26) Küçükönal, Hatice; Martin-Domingo, Luis; Aviation Management; KÜÇÜKÖNAL, Hatice; DOMINGO, Luıs Martın
The transition of the actual two airports system (Istanbul Ataturk - IST and Sabiha Gokcen - SAW), with the capacity shortages, into the new airport System (Istanbul New Airport and Sabiha Gokcen) was discussed. The optimal airport ownership structure for Istanbul case was compared with the London case. Critical points to achieve high quality of service as for instance the passenger experience and staff attitude. The round table was completed with the skills and training necessary for the airport sector.
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The Key Airport Challenges
(Özyeğin University, 2015-03-26) Graham, A.
Ms. Graham started with the main reason of airport expansion which is traffic growth and followed by the main expansion options: 1) Expanding existing airport; 2) Building a new airport; and 3) Spreading the traffic in a multi-airport system. She used mainly international examples of each option and described the main expansion and traffic hub issues. For instance, whether to close or to keep existing airports. She explain more in detail the London multi-airport system case and highlighted some of the implications for Istanbul.
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Istanbul New Airport
(Özyeğin University, 2015-03-26) Genç, M.
The CEO of Istanbul New Airport, Mr. Genc Justifies the need of a new airport in Istanbul with latest statistics. He explains the timeline of the project both construction and operation period. The new airport is planned as a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) Project. Then he give insights for member companies of consortium and their obligations to governmental bodies. He highlights the importance of master planning and how New Airport master plan has been prepared. He also shows some examples of new innovational techniques and technologies that they are planning to implement. At the end of his presentation, Mr. Genc explains the Environmental Management System of Project.
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Evolution of Istanbul Ataturk Airport as a hub
(Özyeğin University, 2015-03-26) Doğan, G.
TAV Airports Holding has a contract to operate Istanbul Ataturk Airport until 2021 and New Airport is planned to be opened in 2017. Mr. Dogan gives the insights of TAV Airports Company which currently operates 14 airports in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. Then he mentions the general characteristics of a Hub Airport, advantages of Istanbul to be a hub point and how Istanbul Ataturk Airport copes with the traffic growth and congestion.
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The rise of the Turkish Aviation Industry
(Özyeğin University, 2015-03-26) Dursun, M. E.
To have a better understanding of Air Transportation Industry in a specific country, you need to understand the dynamics of this country. Mr. Dursun focuses on Geography, Demographic Characteristics and Economy of Turkey on his presentation and examine the Air Transport Industry Developments which happened in Turkey since 2003.
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Economic, social and environmental impacts of 3rd airport in Istanbul
(Özyeğin University, 2015-03-26) Durmaz, V.
Ms. Durmaz highlights the importance of Turkey’s Geographic position. She defines the sustainable development and social and economic contribution of Air Transportation Industry to society, Then she answers these questions; does Istanbul need to be a hub, is Istanbul capable of being a hub, is there any environmental impacts of fast growing air transportation and what are the possible damages of airports to the nature.
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Keynote
(2016-04-14) Gençtürk, Esra; Business Administration; GENÇTÜRK, Feride Esra
The introduction to the seminar by Rector Dr. Geçtürk highlighted three elements: 1) The Istanbul Hub Seminar organization came only few days after the organizers changed the status from School of Aviation to Faculty of Aviation and Aeronautical Science; 2) The discussion about the new airport and the strategies of airlines on the new environment is a perfect example of Ozyegin university philosophy in offering to its students sectorial discussion and analysis as a complement of a world class academical technical education; and 3) The importance that the university gives to learning outside of the classroom is achieved by initiatives like this seminar that involves in the organization not only aviation students but also students from other disciplines.
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Political and legal challenges
(2016-04-14) Günel, R. V.
The presentation includes some of basic principles which take into account that politics, economics and law are very much interrelated to each other. The second part highlights the legal and political challenges of the new Istanbul airport.
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Aviation industry, Turkish airlines and future of Istanbul Airport
(2016-04-14) Kotil, T.
Dr. Kotil introduced aviation as on of the best business in the world, that will doubled the number of passengers in 20 years and triple in Turkey. Among the different regions of the word Africa and Asia were highlighted as the main growing regions. Turkey is a very strategic location as the word air traffic centre of gravity moves towards the east.
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The New Istanbul Grand Airport (IGA) Status
(2016-04-14) Gündüz, İ.
Mr Irfan Gündüz started his speech by stating that the Istanbul Grand Airport (IGA) is aimed to be opened in the beginning of 2018. He further stated the new airport project is conducted on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. The airport will be managed by the company for 25 years before it is transferred to another company in 2043. He thinks that IGA will fulfill both airlines’s and ground handling company’s as well as passengers’ needs.
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How can aviation law and policy facilitate open access to the new airport of Istanbul
(2016-04-14) Mendes de Leon, P.
Dr. Mendes de Leon as legal professor and expert in aviation touched on several legal aspects that Turkey’s airports, airlines and authorities could think when preparing for the opening of the new airport.
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Turkish low cost airline Pegasus airlines
(2016-04-14) Öztürk, G.
Ms. Güliz Öztürk, Chief Commercial Officer at Pegasus Airlines, opened her speech, drawing attention to the development of the sector before she went on to discuss the current state of the Turkish aviation sector and future expectations. Öztürk stated that thanks to positive effects of the legislative changes in the 2000s, airlines such as Pegasus Airlines are now able to introduce new business models to the Turkish aviation industry. “This has resulted an increase in the total number of passengers carried in Turkey from 30 million in 2003 to an astonishing 133 million in just 11 years”, remarked Öztürk.
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Airline hub strategies: a tale of two airport
(2016-04-14) Mayer, R.
A lot of airlines in the world fly from more than just one airport in a single city. Examples to such airlines may be British Airways (BA), operating from London Heathrow (LHR), London Gatwick (LGW) and London City (LCY) airports; Delta Airlines (DL), operating from John F. Kennedy (JFK), Newark (EWR) and La Guardia (LGA) in New York; Turkish Airlines (THY), operating from Istanbul Ataturk Airport (IST) and Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW); Air France (AF), operating from Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) airports and Japan Airlines (JAL), operating from Haneda (HND) and Narita (NRT).
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Round table & closing of 2nd Istanbul Hub Seminar airline strategies for the opening of the new airport in Istanbul
(2016-04-14) Küçükönal, Hatice; Martin-Domingo, Luis; Aviation Management; KÜÇÜKÖNAL, Hatice; DOMINGO, Luıs Martın
The round table included most of the speakers of the seminar and covered the following topics: Extra capacity for the Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International airport, implication of bilateral agreements multilateral agreements between Turkey and the EU members, airlines merger and acquisitions of airlines in Turkey and was completed with suggestions to students about the aviation sector.
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Keynote speech
(2017-04-27) Gençtürk, Esra; Business Administration; GENÇTÜRK, Feride Esra
Ozyegin University’s Rector as one of the most loyal attendees of the Istanbul Hub Seminar made its third Keynote Speech. She stressed two of the main objectives of the Seminar, in line with the university vision and mission: Firstly, combining academia, industry and students to discuss the developments of Istanbul as an aviation centre; Secondly, complementing education for students taking place in the classroom with more academic and industry activities like this seminar. Dr. Gençtürk reviewed the topics touched on the previous editions: In 2015 edition How Istanbul was becoming an Aviation Centre; In 2016 edition looking at the strategies of airlines in Istanbul with the new airport; and and this 2017 edition by looking at the air cargo and logistic strategies for Istanbul hub.
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Air cargo strategies
(2017-04-27) Dewulf, W.
Introduction about a research project which categorized cargo airline’s strategy from a sample of 47 airlines from all over the world, using cluster analysis methodology to identify 7 different cargo strategies: 1) Cargos stars, 2) Large Pax wide-body operators, 3) Carpet sellers, 4) Premium air cargo operators, 5) Strong regionals, 6) Basic cargo operators and 7) Huge americans. For a successful Istanbul cargo hub he recommended to have a strong long haul passenger home cargo carrier with cargo strategy in place and focus on the growing parts of cargo as e-commerce.
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MNG Group and airlines introduction
(2017-04-27) Tasus, H.
MNG’s Commercial Director Hasan Tasus started his speech by thanking our faculty and MNG Airlines for the event. He went on to introduce MNG Group and gave detailed information about the company. We learned that MNG Group operates in many different industries. We also learned that MNG is a full-freighter airline founded in 1996. Mr Tasus then gave detailed information regarding the cargo operations his company is doing. He explained MNG’s hub-and-spoke system through Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST) and their co-operations with other airlines in different countries. He also told us about their truck network based in Europe. Mr Tasus defined themselves to be focused on flight safety, service quality, and reliability as well as to have a profit based approach to market.
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Istanbul new airport and cargo city
(2017-04-27) Nergiz, A.
Abdullah Nergiz, who is the current marketing director of İstanbul New Airport, began his speech by summarizing the shift of economy from west to east and effects of this shift on aviation. He stressed the need for a new airport in İstanbul. Then he continued his presentation by introducing the tender of New İstanbul Airport: IGA. IGA is a consortium which comprises 5 different companies and each company has 20 percent share in the project. Project has 4 different phases and each phase will be triggered by the passenger numbers. Project’s first phase is going to be completed by November 2018 and the capacity will be 80 million passengers per year. When the airport reaches that 80 million passengers per year, they will start to build the 2nd phase. After completing the all four phases, airport will have 6 runways, 2 terminal buildings and the capacity for 150 million passengers per year. Project has secured for 4,5 billion Euros credit from banks and also shareholders invested 1,5 billion euros. This total 6 billion euros will be enough for the construction of first phase. Also tender – IGA – already started to make commercial agreements with duty free companies, cargo companies and airlines.
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The value of air cargo connectivity
(2017-04-27) Noll, S.
Stephane Noll started his speech by introducing IATA and giving key data about the air transport business worldwide. He then stressed the role of air cargo business in the world. Mr. Noll then emphasized the importance of air cargo for Turkey by providing some key data. Noll continued his speech by stressing the importance of digitization as a key for air cargo connectivity. He talked about the projects that IATA has been working on in order to overcome limitations against the potential of air cargo. Noll then mentioned that air Cargo is essential for integrating into global value chain by giving numbers from a study conducted by IATA. To conclude, Noll emphasized that Air Cargo customer experience through Istanbul will be critical to connect the global markets to power Turkish economy.

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