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WORLD ROUTES WELCOMES MORE THAN 2,500 AIR TRANSPORT PROFESSIONALS TO VANCOUVER

WORLD ROUTES WELCOMES MORE THAN 2,500 AIR TRANSPORT PROFESSIONALS TO VANCOUVER

Vancouver, Canada, 20 September 2010

Routes today welcomed over 2,500 delegates to the 16th World Routes, the largest annual gathering of the commercial air transport community, being held in the Vancouver Convention Centre, Canada, from the 19thto 21st September.

At the opening press conference, Nigel Mayes, Managing Director of Routes, said: "We are delighted to be here in Vancouver, where World Routes is being held for the first time in North America. This year, we have more airline delegates attending than ever before, with some 450 delegates representing over 250 airlines. The event also sees a new dimension to our products, with lots of innovations, such as a cargo conference being co-located with the event and a bigger range of meeting opportunities. We have added more content to World Routes, all of which is ultimately focused on ensuring that even more route development takes place at the event."

This year has seen a surge in product development, including the introduction of the 'Routes Talks' Seminar Theatre, which will host presentations by airlines, airports and tourism authorities as well as route development workshops; an increased cargo focus, which includes both a significant rise in the number of cargo delegates and the co-location of Air Cargo Week's Air Cargo Conference; and the inaugural Routes Club, which will see attending Routes delegates mixing with members of the Star Alliance Network Advisory Group Meeting at a luncheon with Horst Findeisen, Vice President of Business Development at Star Alliance, making a keynote speech.

The key innovations have been in relation to the meetings, which remain the focus of the event. For the first time, delegates with Hosted Networking Stands are able to pre-schedule 50-minute strategic meetings, to take place on their stand. Not only does this mean that the meetings can be more in-depth and detailed business cases discussed, but also that they can be in a more private setting suitable for negotiations. Additionally, there are more Airline Meeting Chalets, which, for the first time, have been moved into the centre of the Networking Village. In response to this, many airlines have sent larger and more senior delegations to World Routes this year, from departments such as procurement and industry affairs, and including network planners, CEOs and revenue managers.

Following the success of the Airline Briefings at this year's regional events, World Routes is also scheduled to see a record number of Airline Briefings. These allow carriers to brief airports and tourism authorities on the aircraft capacity available for potential new routes, their network aspirations, planning cycle and what they expect to see from airports and tourism authorities. Airlines holding briefings include KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Jetstar Airways, Norwegian.com, Monarch Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Ryanair, Hainan Airlines and US Airways.

As every year, World Routes will be complemented by a range of co-located events. The ICAO/World Bank/Routes Global Aviation Strategy Summit (GASS), the Tourism & Air Services (TAS) Summit and ACED: Aviation - The Catalyst for Economic Development Conference & Exhibition all offer a further dynamic to the event, allowing delegates to consider a broader range of industry trends and debate topical issues in a lively setting. The co-located events in particular will see high-ranking industry professionals in attendance, a trend that is reflected in the delegates at World Routes.

For Larry Berg, President and CEO of Vancouver International Airport (YVR), the benefits of hosting World Routes are apparent: "Routes offers us an opportunity to tell the YVR story to airlines that don't currently fly here - a story of low-cost and high-service, entrepreneurial spirit and passenger travel innovation," said Berg. "Our goal is to build YVR as a global gateway of choice, and we do so by being an airport that airlines want to serve. Our efforts are paying off, as one in ten passengers use YVR as their connection between North America and the Asia Pacific region."

For further information on World Routes, visit the official website at www.routesonline.com.

Notes to Editors
  • World Routes - The World Route Development Forum - is the world renowned annual airline and airport networking event. Itfacilitates and encourages the role of airports in the development of air services through organising global and region specific airline/airport networking forums.
  • This year's World Routes is taking place in Vancouver, Canada, 19th-21st September.
  • Routes Regional events include Routes Americas, Routes Asia, Routes Europe, Routes Africa and Routes CIS.
  • Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM Ltd., a consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports. www.asm-global.com.

·     Both companies, and Routesonline.com, were acquired by UBM Aviation in August 2010. UBM Aviation specialises in the supply of data and information products, market intelligence, news and events related to the global aviation industry. More information can be found at www.ubmaviation.com.

  • In April 2007, Routes won the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2007. The award, for outstanding business performance and commercial success, recognised Routes' sustained contribution to aviation route development through its innovative Regional and World Route Development Forums.

For further press information please contact Nadine Wenn at:

The Route Development Group (RDG)
T: +44 (0)161 234 2711
Manchester M1 6DW

113 - 115 Portland Street


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Routes Forum 2010
awarded to to Vancouver.

From left:
Rick Antonson
Larry Berg
Michael Woodward
Michael Howarth