Speaker Biograghy: Milda has over 10 years' experience in publishing, having worked with the international transport and logistics magazine JURA MOPE SEA, environmental shipping and ports publication GreenPort, UK’s Customer Experience magazine and airrail NEWS. She launched the international publication airrail NEWS in 2008. It now has over 10,000 readers worldwide and is an initiator of the Global AirRail Awards, a prestigious awards programme that recognises best practices, partnerships and innovations in seamless passenger experience between air and rail. This year Milda has started the Global AirRail Alliance (GARA), an international alliance of businesses linking airports, rail operators, airlines, suppliers and other industry participants to create seamless travel experience around the world.


Day 2 - 26 March
Session: Airport Cities and Transport Connections

14:25 - 14:50 - Partnerships for seamless air-rail travel
Synopsis: This presentation will look at best practices around the world for air-rail partnerships for seamless travel. It will discuss how cooperation between airlines and rail operators brings benefits for both the business and the passengers, plus cooperation between airport, operator and city to create a single hub for intermodal travel.

Audience will learn:

• Airline-rail cooperation – when does it work?
• Airport expresses and urban transport – compete or cooperate?
• Single intermodal hub for travel planning and booking
• Delivering the message to the passengers – marketing