Speeches

Past speeches can be read using Adobe Acrobat, simply by clicking the name below.

January 17, 2013

John S. Pistole

Administrator, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

December 3, 2012

Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero

Italian Ambassador to the United States of America

November 8, 2012

Fred Hochberg

Chairman of Export-Import Bank of the United States

October 18, 2012

Andrew Herdman

Director General, Association of Asia Pacific Airlines

September 13, 2012

Tim Clark

President of Emirates Airline

July 17, 2012



Willie Walsh

Chief Executive Officer International Airlines Group (IAG) 

June 7, 2012

Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman
Chairman National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

April 25, 2012

The Honorable Jeffrey N. Shane
Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP
Tribute to John Byerly (recipient of the L. Welch Pogue Award)

March 29, 2012

Dr. Christoph Franz
Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG

 

February 23, 2012

Sam Gilliland
Chairman and CEO, Sabre Holdings

 

January 17, 2012 Raymond Benjamin
Secretary General, International Civil Aviation Organizaton (ICAO)
 
December 14, 2011 João Vale de Almeida
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States
 
November 9, 2011 Mr. Tony Tyler
Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association
 
April 26, 2011 Mr. Abdul Wahab Teffaha
Secretary General, Arab Air Carriers Organization
 
January 18, 2011 Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus
Secretary General, Association of European Airlines (AEA)
 
November 9, 2010 Duane Woerth
U.S. Ambassador to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
 
October 21, 2010 John Byerly
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation Affairs, U.S. Department of State
 
September 1, 2010 Captain Martin Chalk
President, European Cockpit Association
 
September 1, 2010 Captain John Prater
President, Air Line Pilots Association, International
 
July 13, 2010 Michael Linenberg
Managing Director and Airline Analyst, Deutsche Bank
 
June 30, 2010 John Heimlich
Vice President and Chief Economist, Air Transport Association
 
June 17, 2010 Harry Hohmeister
Chief Executive Officer, Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
 
November 4, 2009 J. Randolph Babbitt
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
 
October 14, 2009 Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airways
 
September 15, 2009 Giovanni Bisignani
Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association
 
May 5, 2009 Rt Hon. Geoff Hoon MP
Secretary of State for Transport, United Kingdom
 
March 23, 2009 Congressman James L. Oberstar
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives
 
February 4, 2009 James Hogan
Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Airways
 
January 7, 2009 Niki Tompkinson
Director, Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate, Department of Transport, United Kingdom
 
November 19, 2008 Gina Marie Lindsey
CEO Los Angeles World Airports
 
October 7, 2008 Steve Ridgway
CEO, Virgin Atlantic
President's Introduction
 
September 23, 2008 Daniel Calleja
Air Transport Directorate, Air Transport Portal of the European Commission
 
July 29, 2008 Michael E. Levine
Distinguished Research Scholar & Senior Lecturer,
NYU School of Law.
President's Introduction
 
April 17, 2008  Dermot Manion  
CEO, Aer Lingus Limited.
 
January 29, 2008 L. Van Wijk  
Vice-Chairman, Air France - KLM
 
November 7, 2007  Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airways
 
October  23, 2007 Honorable James L. Oberstar
Chairman, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure,
U.S. House of Representatives
 
April 24, 2007 John R. Byerly
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Affairs

Jacques Barrot
Vice President, European Commission Responsible for Transport

February 5, 2007 Wolfgang Tiefensee
Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
 
October 4, 2006 Rt. Hon. Douglas Alexander MP
Secretary of State for Transport, United Kingdom
 
September 12, 2006 Jeffrey N. Shane
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
 
July 12, 2006 Ambassador Bliss
Tribute to Dr. Kotaite by Ambassador Bliss

Dr. Assad Kotaite
President of the Council of ICAC

April 18, 2006 James C. May
President and CEO, Air Transport Association of America
 
February 14, 2006 The Honorable James Oberstar
Ranking Member, U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
 
November 08, 2005 Jeffrey N. Shane
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
 
October 20, 2005 Dr. Christoph Franz
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
 
September 20, 2005 Philip Lowe
Director General of DG Competition, European Commission
 
July 19, 2005 Douglas M. Steenland
President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Airlines, Inc.
 
May 03, 2005 Karla Peijs
Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
 
April 20, 2005 Andrew Herdman
Director General, Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
 
November 16, 2004 Daniel Calleja
Director, Air Transport, European Commission
 
July 13, 2004 John Byerly
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
 
June 15, 2004 Fred Reid
Chief Executive Officer, Virgin America
 
May 12, 2004 Karan Bhatia
Assistant Secretary, Policy & Int'l. Affairs, US DOT
 
April 20, 2004 Giovanni Bisignani
Director General and CEO, IATA
 
March 18, 2004 Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus
Secretary General, Association of European Airlines
 
February 17, 2004 James C. May
President and CEO, Air Transport Association of America
(The Air Transport Association of America has not released Mr. May's speech for publication.)
 
January 20, 2004 Rod Eddington
CEO, British Airways
 
October 21, 2003 Jaan Albrecht
CEO, Star Alliance
 
September 15, 2003 Gordon Bethune
Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines
 
March 20, 2003 Jeffrey N. Shane
Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
 
February 20, 2003 M. Dominique Bussereau
Minister of State for Transport & Maritime Affairs
 
January 30, 2003 Linda Conlin
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development, U.S. DOC
 
November 19, 2002 Robert Milton
President and CEO, Air Canada
 
October 8, 2002 Mike Eskew
Chairman and CEO, UPS
 
September 17, 2002 David N. Siegel
President and CEO, US Airways
 
June 18, 2002 Carol Hallett
President and CEO, Air Transport Association
 
May 21, 2002 Wolfgang Mayrhuber
Deputy Chairman, Executive Board, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
 
April 16, 2002 Read Van de Water
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, U.S. DOT
 
March 19, 2002 Leo F. Mullin
Chairman and CEO, Delta Airlines
 
November 28, 2001 The Honorable David M. Walker
Comptroller General of the United States
 
July 17, 2001 Douglas Steenland
President, Northwest Airlines
 
June 28, 2001 Duane E. Woerth
President, Air Line Pilots Association
 
May 16, 2001 The Honorable Ron Wyden (D)
Senate Commerce Committee Member, United States Senate
 
March 22, 2001 The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
 
February 14, 2001 Pierre J. Jeanniot, O.C.
Director General and CEO, IATA
 
November 21, 2000 The Honorable James Oberstar
Ranking Democratic Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
 
October 23, 2000 Kenneth Mead
Inspector General, Department of Transportation
 
September 19, 2000 Samuel Buttrick, CFA
Managing Director, Paine Webber
 
July 18, 2000 Dorothy Robyn
Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, National Economic Council
 
June 14, 2000 Enrique Cueto
Chief Executive Officer, Lan Chile
 
May 16, 2000 Jeffrey Katz
President and Chief Executive Officer, Swissair
 
April 27, 2000 Karl-Heinz Neumeister
Secretary General, Association of European Airlines
 
March 29, 2000 Alan P. Larson
Under Secretary of State for Economic Business and Agricultural Affairs
President's Introduction
 
February 15, 2000 Sandy K.Y. Liu
President, China Airlines
President's Introduction
 
February 2, 2000 The Honorable Rodney E. Slater
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
President's Introduction
 
 
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