The BAG Annual Review features BAG’s activities in a virtual and interactive way and highlights month by month what BAG has achieved, including key activities, Special Interest Groups and Regions, and how BAG has successfully engaged with its members throughout this year.
Please click on the individual headings under each month for more information on a specific event / activity and to access presentations and recordings.
January 2022
- BAG Business Intelligence Highlights Update Released- 17 January
- BAG Board Monthly Call– 20 January
- BAG Submission to Scottish Government Aviation Strategy Consultation– 24 January
- BAG Northern Region meeting – 26 January
February 2022
- BAG / DIT Philippines – Digital Strategy and Smart Operations Workshop- 7 February
- BAG Next Gen meeting– 10 February
- BAG Northern Ireland Region meeting- 15 February
- BAG Scottish Region Meeting: FlyZero – exploring zero-carbon emission commercial flight– 16 February
- BAG attends All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Future of Aviation Meeting | Impact of COVID on Aviation, Travel and Tourism and Recovery– 22 February 2022
- BAG Security Group meeting- 23 February
- BAG Joint Airport Consultants Group & Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group meeting: Heathrow Airport Update– 24 February
March 2022
- BAG participates in the Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit 2022– 2 March
- BAG Celebrates IWD with stories from the impactful women in BAG– 8 March
- BAG attends All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Future of Aviation Meeting | Economic Value of Aviation, Travel and Tourism to Global Britain- 8 March 2022
- BAG Members Day & Networking Reception – Sustainability and Innovation– 10 March
- BAG Response to Future of Aviation Group Inquiry into recovery of aviation, travel and tourism sectors- 21 March
- BAG Northern Ireland Regional Networking Reception & BAG Board Meeting– 22 March
- BAG Virtual Get Together: Aerospace UP (Unlocking Potential)– 28 March
- BAG participates in the Connected Places Catapult’s Zero Emissions Flight Infrastructure Showcase– 29 March
- BAG response to Scottish Government’s Draft National Planning Framework 4– 31 March
April 2022
- BAG Bite Sized Learning VLOG – Ramadan– 1 April
- BAG participated in the Sustainable Skies World Summit-6 April
- BAG Board Monthly Call- 25 April
- BAG Security Group Meeting- 27 April
- BAG Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group meeting- 28 April
- BAG Joint Airport Consultants Group & BAG Next Gen meeting with an update from Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Proposals– 28 April
May 2022
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BAG Virtual Get Together: DIT Export Support Services– 4 May
- BAG D&I Conversation VLOG: Mental Health Awareness week- 12 May
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BAG Virtual Get Together: Inclusive Design: Case Study on Systematic Inclusion from Heathrow Airport– 16 May
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BAG UK Pavilion Airport Show Dubai- 17 -19 May 2022
- BAG Participated in the Connected Skies Summit– 18 May
- BAG Board Monthly Call- 24 May
June 2022
- BAG Philippines Deep Dive Workshop with the Department for International Trade (DIT)– 7 June 2022
- BAG Scottish Region meeting– 7 June 2022
- BAG Airport Consultants Group meeting- 8 June 2022
- BAG Joint Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group & BAG Security Group meeting- 9 June 2022
- BAG participated in the Future of Aviation APPG Meeting- 15 June 2022
- BAG at Passenger Terminal Expo 2022-15-17 June 2022
- BAG D&I Conversation VLOG: Pride 2022– 20 June 2022
- BAG at 5th British-Irish Airports EXPO – in strategic partnership with British Aviation Group & BAG Panel sessions– 22 & 23 June 2022
- BAG D&I Conversation – Pride : LGBTQ+ 101– 27 June 2022
- BAG Board Meeting– 30 June 2022
- BAG Summer Seminar and BBQ 2022– 30 June 2022
July 2022
- BAG Northern Ireland Region meeting- 5 July
- BAG Board Elections 2022- Call for Nominations– 11 July
- BAG presented at the UK Airport Infrastructure Forum 2022 – 12 July
- BAG welcomes the launch of the Government’s Jet Zero Strategy – Delivering net zero aviation by 2050 at Farnborough Airshow- 19-21 July
- BAG met with the Ministry of Transport Malaysia at Farnborough Airshow- 19-21 July
- BAG met with Capt. Musa Shuaibu Nuhu Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority at Farnborough Airshow- 19-21 July
- BAG pleased to be part of new Government’s Jet Zero Council Zero Emission Flight Delivery Group- 21 July
August 2022
September 2022
- BAG attends DfT Industry Engagement Group – Climate Change at the ICAO Assembly #3- 1 September
- BAG Next Gen meeting– 1 September
- BAG/DIT DAA meet the buyer event– 7 September
- BAG Board Meeting– 14 September
- BAG Board Elections 2022 – Results– 14 September
- BAG Board Annual Meeting– 14 September
- BAG attends Interchange Steering Group- 14 September
- BAG Joint Airport Consultants Group & Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group meeting- 20 September
- BAG Security Group meeting- 20 September
- BAG Northern Region meeting – 21 September
- BAG Business Intelligence Highlights Update Released- 22 September
- BAG attends Jet Zero Council Zero Emissions Flight Delivery Group Workshop- 23 September
- BAG attends DIT Market Access Global Conference Reception- 26 September
October 2022
- BAG Member Spotlights – Black History Month 2022
Adrian Wickham, Corporate Development Director, Glendale
Reuel Abrams, Snr Programme Director, Arcadis
Tonye Adenusi, Associate Director, Arcadis
- BAG participates in the Portugal Air Summit– 12-14 October
- BAG Members Day- 20 October
- BAG release their Annual Survey 2022!– 25 October
- BAG responds to the Net Zero Call for Evidence– 31 October
- BAG participates in the 2nd JZC Zero Emission Delivery Group meeting at Bristol Airport – 31 October
November 2022
- BAG participates in the Generation Aviation week panel sessions- 1- 3 November
- BAG Sustainable Technologies Deep Dive Workshop– 2 November
- BAG Board Strategy Workshop– 3 November
- BAG Saudi Arabia Deep Dive Workshop with DIT and senior representatives from Saudi stakeholders – 9 November
- BAG Security Group meeting- 10 November
- BAG Next Gen meeting– 10 November
- BAG Northern Region meeting– 16 November
- BAG Airport Consultants Group– 17 November
- BAG Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group– 17 November
- BAG participates in the Heathrow Business Summit- 15 November
- BAG Receives Heathrow Partner Recognition Reward– 16 November
- BAG participates at Stansted Meet the Buyer Event– 22 November
- BAG Scottish Region meeting– 24 November
- BAG Northern Ireland Region meeting- 29 November
December 2022
- BAG Board Meeting & Board Christmas Lunch- 2 December
- BAG Virtual Get Together- Disability History Month– 13 December
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