Skyguide Business Day 2025

Air Traffic Management: Balancing Public Service and Commercial Venture

Join us for the Skyguide Business Day 2025 and take the opportunity to meet with industry leaders and ex­change on how to build bridges between user financing and public services.

With increasing air traffic, pressure on tariffs and the need to maintain and modernise critical infrastructure, Skyguide – like other ANSPs – is faced with difficult prioritisation choices and trade-offs that impact airspace users, our regulator and Swiss society. Our financial framework and business model make it progressively challenging to continue delivering safe services and additional capacity to civil and military customers, while also providing critical support to national sovereignty, the economy and society.

At this year’s Skyguide Business Day, we aim to foster a meaningful and constructive exchange among aviation stakeholders and partners. Regulatory authorities, airspace users, air navigation service providers from other countries, and scientists will come together for a dialogue and reflection on the challenges, opportunities and competing interests surrounding the provision of a critical public service financed by private users.

Date: Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Time: 1:00 to 6:30 pm

Location: Kursaal, Kornhausstrasse 3, 3013 Bern

Host: Alex Bristol, CEO Skyguide

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This year’s speakers

  • Elisabeth Landrichter – Managing Director, Austro Control
  • Bhevan Chandrasena – CFO, Eurocontrol
  • Achim Baumann – Policy Director, Airlines for Europe
  • Urs Lauener – COO, Skyguide
  • Nicole Leyre – CFO, Skyguide

 

Agenda

13:00 – 13:30 Welcome Coffee

13:30 – 13:40 Opening

13:40 – 13:50 Intro EU perspective & ATM structure

13:50 – 14:05 Keynote presentation 1 (Achim Baumann, Policy Director A4E)

14:05 – 14:20 Keynote presentation 2 (Bhev Chandrasena, CFO Eurocontrol)

14:20 – 14:30 Wrap-up (Alex Bristol, CEO Skyguide)

14:30 – 15:00 Discussion Lab I

15:00 – 15:45 Break

15:45 – 16:00 Keynote presentation 3 (Nicole Leyre, CFO and Urs Lauener, COO Skyguide)

16:00 – 16:15 Keynote presentation 4 (Elisabeth Landrichter, Managing Director Austro Control)

16:15 – 16:25 Wrap-up (Alex Bristol, CEO Skyguide)

16:25 – 17:00 Discussion Lab II

17:00 – 17:20 Q&A

17:20 – 17:30 Closing Speech

17:30 Apéro

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