Routes Europe, now in its eighth year, will welcome a record number of attendees when the 2013 event opens in Budapest. The event will be hosted by Budapest Airport, supported by Hungarian Tourism, at the SYMA Conference Venue, Hungary’s newest and most modern, state-of-the-art multifunctional facility.
“The year on year growth of Routes Europe has surpassed even our own expectations. We are pleased, once again, to be welcoming record numbers of delegates to the event and that these delegates are of such a high caliber shows that Routes Europe is the region’s leading network development event where the future of air service for the region will be shaped for years to come,” said David Stroud, Executive Vice President, Routes.
Over 275 airline delegates, representing over 115 leading airlines from across Europe and beyond will be represented at Routes Europe, which will take place from 12-14 May. With a 60 per cent plus growth in airline delegate numbers since last year’s event in Tallinn, Estonia, this makes Routes Europe 2013 the largest European route development event ever.
The event will see attendance from all of the region’s low cost carriers such as Ryanair, easyJet, Norwegian, Wizz Air, Germanwings, Vueling, Volotea and Transavia, along with the largest number of full service carriers ever to attend Routes Europe with registrations received from Lufthansa, British Airways, Iberia, Air France, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, SAS, Czech Airlines and Alitalia.
Middle Eastern major carriers such as Etihad, Emirates, Qatar Airways and Oman Air, will attend the event along with American Airlines, Air Transat and China Southern. Many of the airlines in attendance will include senior delegations such as Wizz Air, Nasair, SkyWork Airlines and Aer Arann, whose CEOs will all be present. The event will also include seven Route Exchange Airline Briefings from Lufthansa, Germanwings, easyJet, HOP!/Air France, Air Nostrum, SkyWork and Darwin Airline. These briefings, given by senior network planners, are an opportunity for attending airports to gain an overview of the carriers, allowing them to view, first-hand, what information the airline requires from the airports when making route proposals.
In addition to the meetings taking place at Routes Europe a panel of leading industry experts will take part in a number of moderator led discussions during the Strategy Summit which will open the event on Sunday 12 May.
