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 2023
- BAG launches the Talent Portal for Aviation Infrastructure– 10 January
- BAG New Year Dinner 2023– 18 January
- BAG participates in the 3rd Jet Zero Council Zero Emission Delivery Group meeting at Cranfield University – 23 January
February 2023
- BAG facilitates Airport Procurement Workshop with ONDA, Morocco- 1 February
- BAG Northern Region meeting– 1 February
- BAG Virtual Get Together: Talent portal for Aviation Infrastructure- Brought to you by BAG– 7 February
- BAG Joint Scottish and Northern Ireland Region Meeting- 9 February
- BAG Security Group meeting- 22 February
- BAG Next Gen Group meeting– 22 February
- BAG Joint ACG and EOSG Group meeting- 23 February
- BAG/DIT UK Airports Sector Trade Mission to India– 20-24 February
- DIT UK Airports Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia- 26 February-1 March
March 2023
- BAG Members Day & Networking Reception Airport Opportunities and Sustainability– 2 March
- BAG Virtual Get Together: Airport Show Dubai 2023 & Developments in the MEASA Airport Market– 8 March
- BAG Celebrates International Women’s Day #EmbraceEquity with a series of Spotlights– 8 March
- BAG Stand at Passenger Terminal Expo 2023– 14-16 March
- BAG Board Meeting– 22 March
- BAG Scottish Regional Networking Reception– 22 March
- BAG highlight’s the start of Ramadan– 23 March
- BAG participated in a panel session at the Airport Development & Future of Aviation Conference– 29 March
- BAG participates at US Congressional Delegation : Strengthening UK-US trade and aerospace cooperation– 31 March
April 2023
- BAG lead on the Sustainable Infrastructures panel session at the Sustainable Skies World Summit at Farnborough International.-18 April
- BAG gave keynote speech on day two of the Interchange Conference – 19 April
- BAG Northern Region Airport Panel Session: A Regional Perspective – Future of Aviation in the UK– 19 April
- BAG Northern Ireland Region Meeting- 20 April
- BAG joined the British-Polish Partnership for the Development of Airports. Ceremony of signing a letter of intent between Department for Business and Trade and Polskie Porty Lotnicze S.A. ” at the European Economic Congress in Katowice– 24 April
- BAG Security Group meeting- 25 April
- BAG Joint ACG and Next Gen Group meeting- 27 April
May 2023
- BAG responds to Government’s 2040 zero emissions airport target Call for Evidence– 3 May
- BAG Member Engagement Breakfast Briefing– 4 May
- BAG United Kingdom Pavilion- Airport Show Dubai 2023- 9-11 May
- BAG Board Monthly Call– 15 May
- BAG highlights Mental Health Awareness Week 2023– 16 May
- BAG Virtual Get Together: BAG Sustainable Technologies Deep Dive–Focus session on Airport Terminals– 17 May
June 2023
- BAG Scottish Region meeting- 1 June
- BAG attends the AOA Dinner- 5 June
- BAG Next Gen Group meeting- 13 June
- BAG Airport Consultants Group (ACG) meeting- 14 June
- BAG Joint Security Group and ESOG meeting- 14 June
- BAG Highlights Learning Disability Week 2023– 19- 25 June
- BAG North America Deep Dive Workshop with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)– 20 June
- BAG participated in the Aviation Career Fair- Friday – 23 June
- BAG & Pinsent Masons Summer Seminar and Evening Reception 2023– 29 June
- BAG and V4+ Airports Association sign an MOU highlighting a framework of collaboration between both groups– 29 June
July 2023
- BAG Northern Region meeting– 4 July
- BAG Northern Ireland Region Site Visit City of Derry Airport- 5 July
- BAG Board Elections 2023 – Call for Nominations– 10 July
- BAG Business Intelligence Document *Updated Version available*– 10 July 2023
- BAG Key Themes Deep Dive: Automation and Digital– 11 July
- BAG attended the Jet Zero Council Zero Emissions Flight Delivery Group meeting– 11 July 2023
- BAG World Leading Capabilities Survey– 13 July
- BAG Sustainability Update– 21 July 2023
- BAG GCC Free Trade Agreement Deep Dive with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)– 21 July
- BAG Board Monthly Call– 26 July
September 2023
- BAG Security Group meeting- 18 September
- BAG Next Gen Group meeting- 18 September
- BAG Participates at #Air2023 in Bled, Slovenia with our colleagues at V4+ Airports Association -18-19 September
- BAG Joint Airport Consultants Group (ACG) and Equipment & Operations Suppliers Group (EOSG) meeting- 19 September
- BAG Celebrates National Inclusion week with a series of spotlights– 25- 19 September
- BAG Board Meeting– 28 September
- BAG Annual Meeting– 28 September
- BAG Annual Dinner– 28 September
- BAG Chair and Deputy Chair Announcement- 28 September
October 2023
- BAG Celebrates Black History Month with a series of Spotlights
- BAG Launches the BAG Next Gen Mentoring Programme 2023/24– 2 October
- BAG US Deep Dive Session: The Ford Launchpad for Innovative Technologies & Entrepreneurship (FLITE)– 2 October
- BAG Joint Scottish Region and BAG Northern Region meeting– 3 October
- UK Pavilion at inter airport Europe 2023 & inter airport FOCUS 2023- The Sustainability Summit- 10-13 October
- BAG Members Day & Networking Reception – Decarbonisation and Energy Transition– 19 October
- BAG Board Monthly Call– 30 October
November 2023
- BAG Security Group meeting- 2 November
- BAG Airport Consultants Group (ACG) hosted by Stansted Airport– 9 November
- BAG Board Strategy Workshop- 13 November
- BAG participates in the Heathrow Business Summit 2023– 16 November
- BAG attends the Airline 2023 Conference- 20 November
- BAG Membership Engagement Workshop– 21 November
- BAG Next Gen Group meeting- 28 November
December 2023
- BAG Board Meeting– 1 December
- BAG Virtual Get Together – International Day of People with Disabilities 2023– 5 December
- BAG Joint Scottish and Northern Ireland Region Meeting- 5 December
- BAG Northern Region meeting– 7 December
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