 Mr Brett Godfrey,
Chief Executive Officer Virgin Blue Mr Brett Godfrey 46, is the Chief Executive and co-founder of Virgin Blue Airlines Limited which comprises Australian domestic carrier Virgin Blue, international airlines V Australia, Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue, a joint venture airline with the Government of Samoa.
Together the airlines operate over 400 flights daily to 28 Australian and 15 international destinations.
Virgin Blue burst onto the Australian scene as a groundbreaking model stimulating historic change launching low cost air fares for high quality airline services and permanently changing the face and cost of air travel in Australia and throughout the region.
Brett is also a Director of the Board of WestJet, Canada's leading low-fare airline offering scheduled services to 33 cities in North America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Prior to conceptualising and launching Australia's Virgin Blue Airlines in August 2000, Brett had a 12 year career in aviation and finance which included appointments as Chief Financial Officer of Belgium based Virgin Express; Finance Manager of Virgin Atlantic based in London and Group Financial Controller of Sherrard/National Jet, in Melbourne.
He started his career as a Chartered Accountant with accountancy firm Touche Ross.
Mr Godfrey holds a business degree from Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia and is an award winning leader recognised internationally for services to aviation, customer service, tourism and business.
In the nine years since launching Virgin Blue with two aircraft and 200 staff, Brett has steered the airline company through eight of nine profitable years of growth. Virgin Blue continues to hold over 30 percent of the Australian domestic market, operates a fleet of 81 aircraft and will carry 20 million 'guests' over the next 12 months.Appearing: Conference Day One- 28 January 2010 9.10am Legendary Keynote: The Virgin Blue Story – The makings of a successful brand and business model
Virgin Blue was launched in 2000 with less than 300 employees and has since grown to be Australia’s second largest airline with over 2,500 employees. The organisation has always held true to its values of maintaining a culture that focuses on nurturing young, creative and talented individuals and that of pioneering leadership. In this legendary keynote, co-founder and current CEO, Brett Godfrey will speak about the makings of this successful brand as well as his business strategies and challenges since the launch of the airline. Brett will share how he and his team established the airline’s unique culture, giving us insight into the creation of Virgin Blue’s Story, and his future vision for this remarkable low-cost carrier, which will always hold a special place in his heart. Chief Executive Officer,
Virgin Blue 11.20am No-holds barred: Are LCCs growth and profitability during the economic crisis for real?
An exclusive press interview featuring the CEOs of leading low cost airlines who are right now, the shining stars of the aviation industry. This will be your chance to witness a STOP PRESS session where journalists, reporters and aviation writers from Asia’s major TV news channels, newspapers and trade publications rush to get candid first hand news from the leaders on how LCCs became the high earners and profit-makers of the aviation industry despite the economic recession.
The recent economic turbulence forced a number of airlines to consolidate and merge, while others stopped operations, and even more sustained huge losses and underwent major restructuring to survive. How did LCCs leverage on available opportunities to increase their market share and profitability? What did LCCs do differently from other airlines and from each other?
Do not miss the inaugural LCA STOP PRESS session to get the aviation news of the year!
Chief Executive Adviser,
Cebu Pacific Chief Executive Officer,
Jetstar President Director,
Mandala Airlines Chief Executive Officer,
Tiger Airways Chief Executive Officer,
Virgin Blue Executive Chairman,
Regional Express Chief Executive Officer,
SpiceJet Limited |
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 Azran Osman RaniCEO
AirAsia X
 Bruce BuchananCEO
Jetstar
 Reg MacdonaldCEO
Viva Macau
 Stefan Pichler
CEO
Jazeera Airways
 Garry KingshottChief Executive Adviser
Cebu Pacific
 Virender Pal
Chief Technology Officer
SpiceJet
 Anurag JainHead of Revenue Optimisation
SpiceJet
 Sanjay KumarChief Commercial Officer
IndiGo
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Pre-conference Summit
27 Jan 2010
Conference Day 1
28 Jan 2010
Conference Day 2
29 Jan 2010
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