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• Luncheon with Luke Bugeja, CEO, Ferrovial Airports

  • When
    July 13, 2026
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    11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    The Army and Navy Club, 901 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006
  • Spaces left
    115

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  Luke Bugeja is a distinguished aviation leader with over 30 years of operational, commercial, and financial experience spanning airlines, airports, and asset management. 

  Appointed CEO of Ferrovial Airports in May 2021, Luke’s career includes high-profile leadership roles worldwide. He previously served as an Operating Partner at Hermes GPE, overseeing their global transport investments. His extensive institutional background also features senior executive positions at OMERS (Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System), Ontario Airport Investments, and Macquarie Bank Limited/MAp Airport. 

  Over a 14-year period, Luke held senior positions at Changi Airports International in Singapore, as well as European hubs including London City, Brussels, and Bristol airports. He also brings 16 years of core airline experience from his time at Qantas Airways and Virgin Blue. Luke holds an MBA from Deakin University and a Diploma in Tourism and Travel from William Angliss College in Melbourne.

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  Registration will open at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m.

  Space is limited. Advance registrations are strongly encouraged.

  Please let us know if you have special dietary needs no less than three business days prior to the event. Requests received within three days are not guaranteed to be accommodated.

  Guest names for name tags, recommendations to the Club for government invitees, and other questions should be sent to info@iacwashington.org.

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• L. Welch Pogue Award Dinner Honoring Doug Parker, former CEO and Chairman of American Airlines

  • When
    September 10, 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Salamander Washington, DC, 1330 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, Dc 20024
  • Spaces left
    50

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  L. Welch Pogue Award Dinner

  The prestigious annual L. Welch Pogue Award for lifetime achievement in aviation will be presented to Doug Parker, on Thursday, September 10, 2026.

  Doug Parker joins a long line of preeminent L. Welch Pogue Award winners who have helped shape modern international commercial air transportation.

  The L. Welch Pogue Award is jointly presented by the International Aviation Club and Aviation Week Network.

  Schedule of Events
  5:00 p.m. -- Registration Opens & Reception
  6:30  p.m. -- Call to Dinner
  6:45 p.m. -- Dinner and Presentations

  

  Doug Parker retired as Chief Executive Officer at American Airlines in March 2022 after 20 years in that role and as Chairman of its Board in April 2023.

  He has more than 35 years’ experience in the airline industry, including previous roles as Chief Executive Officer at US Airways and America West Airlines. Notably, he became CEO at America West 10 days before the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and he led the airline through that crisis.

  Mr. Parker serves on the boards of Qantas Airways, Dublin-based leasing  company AerCap, Vanderbilt University, and the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation.

  In 2023, Parker and his wife Gwen launched Breaking Down Barriers, a non-profit organization that helps people in underserved communities become pilots.

  Mr. Parker earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Albion College in 1984 and a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University in 1986.

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  Registration will open at 5:00 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m.

  Space is limited. Advance registrations are strongly encouraged.

  Please let us know if you have special dietary needs by September 2. Requests received after this date are not guaranteed to be accommodated.

  Guest names for name tags, recommendations to the Club for government invitees, and other questions should be sent to info@iacwashington.org.

  

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