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 2021
- BAG Board Call– 12 January
- BAG Virtual Get Together- Future Flight– 14 January
- BAG DIT Romania Airport Business Exchange- 20 January
- BAG attends Aviation Export Board Meeting- 21 January
- BAG invited to attend Inaugural Intergovernmental Working Group meeting regarding the cooperation in the Solidarity Transport Hub Poland project- 21 January
- BAG Innovation Task Force holds inaugural kick-off meeting- 25 January
- BAG holds introductory conversation with with DIT Colombia and Aeropuerto Del Café Colombia- 25 January
- BAG Northern Ireland Region -25 January
- BAG Virtual Get Together The Future of Aviation Group– 28 January
February 2021
- BAG Saudi Aviation Market Workshop– 1 February
- ADS Webinar-Managing Brexit: The UK-EU Agreement on Aviation Safety– 1 February
- BAG Security Group -2 February
- BAG Airport Consultants Group- 3 February
- BAG Equipment & Operation Suppliers Group– 3 February
- BAG Next Gen Group– 4 February
- BAG Board Call– 9 February
- BAG ACC Virtual Global Business Summit 2021– 11 February
- Future of Aviation Group MP Briefing session with Andrew Bridgen MP- 11 February
- Future of Aviation Group MP Briefing session with Paul Girvan MP- 12 February
- daa DIT Webinar- 12 February
- BAG Scottish Region– 16 February
- BAG Northern Region– 17 February
- BAG UK Aviation Capability Briefing to New Manila International Airport (NMIA) Management (Focus: Environment & Sustainability and Security & Resilience)- 18 February
- BAG releases latest Business Intelligence Update Document– 24 February
- BAG Members Virtual Briefing – Sustainability– 25 February
- ADS Webinar Managing Brexit- Maintaining Trade In Goods Under the UK-EU TCA- 25 February
March 2021
- BAG attends MP Briefing Session – Future of Aviation Group- 2 March
- BAG celebrates International Women’s Day and announces newly appointed Chair of BAG Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Group -8 March
- BAG Conditions for Flight Member Workshop 1: Economics; Social License– 11 March
- BAG launches their Sustainability Brochure- Environment and Sustainability – World leading supply chain expertise– 16 March
- BAG Board Meeting– 17 March
- BAG participates and presents at DIT Infrastructure Airports Briefing Day (Focus: Sustainability and Innovation)-19 March
- BAG attends the Aviation Export Board Meeting- 22 March
- BAG Joint Airport Consultants Group & Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group– 23 March
- BAG Next Gen Group VLOG- “Putting wellbeing at the heart of everything we do”– 24 March
- BAG Conditions for Flight Member Workshop 2: Experience; Operation– 25 March
- BAG presents at the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Future of Aviation meeting- 26 March
- BAG/DIT Virtual Roundtable with Company Presentation with DIT Colombia and Aeropuerto Del Café Colo– 26 March
- BAG Keeping in Touch Webinar- 30 March
April 2021
- BAG Conditions for Flight Member Workshop 3: Environment – 1 April
- BAG Security Group– 7 April
- BAG Scottish Region– 8 April
- BAG Northern Region– 8 April
- BAG Northern Ireland Region– 14 April
- BAG Board Call– 20 April
- BAG hosts virtual panel session at inter airport CONNECT exploring Innovation in Sustainable Airports & Aviation – 20 April
- ADS Webinar Managing Brexit Mobility & Movement of Workforce– 22 April
- BAG Philippines Deep Dive Workshop– 22 April
May 2021
- BAG Virtual Get Together Chair’s Update BAG Priorities 2021 – Progress Update– 6 May
- BAG Board Monthly Call– 11 May
- BAG Virtual Get Together Connected Places Catapult: Transitioning to Hydrogen and Electric Fuelled Aircraft- 13 May
- BAG participates in the 14th Airport Working Group Meeting of the Sino-UK Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Aviation Group- 17 May
- UK-China Green Airport Workshop (Online Session)– 18 May
- BAG attends the Aviation Exports Board Meeting- 18 May
- BAG Airport Consultants Group Meeting– 19 May
- BAG Joint Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group & Security Group meeting– 19 May
- BAG Virtual Get Together-Intelligent Pavement Infrastructure at Manchester Airport– 20May
- BAG coordinates with DIT Philippines a Design Delivery Model workshop to engage the Philippine market- 24 May
June 2021
- BAG Northern Ireland Region Meeting– 9 June
- BAG submits MP briefing for Backbench Business Debate: Support for the Aviation, Travel and Tourism Industries- 10 June
- BAG warmly welcomes the launch of the Airports Council International – ACI World Long Term Carbon Goal study– 11 June
- Inclusive Leadership Programme for the BAG Board: Workshop – Part 1 with WDI Consulting– 15 June
- BAG Board Meeting– 16 June
- BAG introduces co-leads of our Innovation Taskforce– 16 June
- BAG/DIT Workshop: Airport Sector in Brazil– 17 June
- BAG welcomes the announcement of the new FTA with Australia– 18 June
- BAG Northern Region Meeting– 22 June
- BAG Scottish Region Meeting– 23 June
- BAG ACC Virtual Global Business Summit- Experience & Inclusivity: Developing the Airport Environment– 24 June
- Launched the BAG Next Gen Mentoring Programme- 28 June
July 2021
- BAG Virtual Get Together- Lunch and learn: Inclusion and Diversity- “the journey to inclusion” in partnership with WDI Consulting– 1 July
- BAG participates in the All- Parliamentary Group for the Future of Aviation meeting- 6 July
- Inclusive Leadership Programme for the BAG Board: Workshop – Part 2 with WDI Consulting- 13 July
- BAG Board Monthly Call– 15 July
- BAG launches Nominations for BAG Board Elections 2021– 19 July
- BAG participates in the Connected Places Catapult’s Net Zero Aviation Workshop- 21 July
August 2021
- DIT UK-Kuwait Aviation Webinar– 4 August
- BAG Virtual Get Together: UK Trade Policy and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in Aviation with DIT– 12 August
- BAG Next Gen VLOG– 24 August
- BAG Scottish Region Meeting– 31 August
September 2021
- BAG Northern Region Meeting- 7 September
- BAG Missions Activity Update– 8 September
- BAG Response to Jet Zero Consultation and BAG Sustainability Policy– 9 September
- BAG Northern Ireland Meeting– 15 September
- BAG Virtual Get Together- Race to Zero Accelerator Programme & COP26 Aviation Policy Initiatives– 23 September
- BAG Sustainability Update– 29 September
- BAG Board Meeting– 29 September
- BAG Annual Meeting 2021– 29 September
- BAG Chair Announcement- September 2021– 29 September
- BAG Seminar & Evening Reception– 29 September
- BAG Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 is presented to Phil Wilbraham- 29 September
October 2021
- BAG Joint Airport Consultants Group & Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group meeting – 8 October
- BAG Next Gen Group meeting – 12 October
- BAG Virtual Get Together: CPTPP Webinar with the Department for International Trade (DIT)– 14 October
- BAG Members Day & Networking Reception-Getting back to business– 21 October
- BAG Northern Region meeting – 27 October
November 2021
- BAG Security Group meeting- 3 November
- BAG Board Strategy Workshop- 4 November
- BAG UK Pavilion at Inter Airport Europe 2021– 9 November
- DIT: India Aviation Series : Meet & Engage with Adani Airports– 16 November
- BAG Virtual Get Together Member Engagement Workshop and Chair Update– 18 November
- BAG Northern Ireland Region meeting- 24 November
- BAG Airport Consultants Group meeting- 29 November
- BAG Equipment and Operations Suppliers Group meeting- 29 November
December 2021
- BAG Board Meeting- 4 December
- Sustainable Aviation – Infrastructure: the sustainability challenges and opportunities– 8 December
- BAG Virtual Round Table with Jeddah Airport- 9 December
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