Crowd of people sitting in a conference room © HeadwayLisbon, Portugal, will host the World Aviation Festival (WAF) from Oct. 7 to 9, 2025. The world of aviation will converge on the Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL) for the world’s largest aviation tech event.
What to expect
Last year, the event was hosted in Amsterdam, where attendees held the festival in high appraisal. Christina Cassotis, CEO of Pittsburgh International Airport, described the festival as:
A wonderful mix of all parts of the industry’s ecosystem, it allows us to discover new ideas, talk to new partners, meet up with existing partners, have great conversations […] an opportunity to look at the system as a whole and see what everyone is doing to try and make it better.
Such spirit and collaboration will be carried forward into the event in Lisbon, with the WAF website boasting over 4,5000 attendees and 600 speakers.
Over the course of the three days, the festival will be hosting insights, innovation and networking across airlines, airports, and top executives in charge of software, services, marketing and distribution.
Key Speakers, Leaders and Topics
Confirmed speakers for this year’s festival include:
- Luis Rodriques, Chairman and CEO of TAP Air Portugal
- Eddie Wilson, CEO of Ryanair
- Luis Gallego, CEO of International Airlines Group
- Willie Walsh, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association
- Vivian Cheung, CEO of Hong Kong International Airport
- Theo Panagiotoulias, CEO of Star Alliance
- Carolina Martinoli, CEO of Vueling
- Hari Marar, CEO of Bangalore International Airport
- Dimitris Gerogiannis, CEO of Aegean Airlines
- Yvonne Makolo, CEO of Rwandair
The event will have sixteen conference tracks across the three days, along with 400 exhibitors, live demos, networking spaces, and topics focusing on AI, machine learning, sustainability and cyber security.
With industry leaders gathering in Lisbon and important discussions taking place throughout the festival, will you be following along? Let us know in the comments.
