World Routes Attracts Global Aviation Community to Las Vegas

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MANCHESTER, England, July 31, 2013 / PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

     With World Routes fast approaching, over 215 airlines have already

confirmed their participation at Routes with attendance 7% up year on year

compared with last year's World Routes in Abu Dhabi which saw over 650 Airline

delegates in attendance.

    The last week alone has seen registrations from two airlines that have not

attended World Routes for a number of years, namely Royal Jordanian, led by

Director Fleet, Network Planning and Alliances, Basma Majali, and Virgin

Australia whose GM Network Planning Hope Antzoulatos will lead their planning

team in Las Vegas.

    There is a very strong presence of North America based carriers signed up

with the major full service carriers United, Delta, American and US Airways

(ahead of the Q3 merger) signed up. On the low cost front Southwest, JetBlue

and Spirit will all be present in Las Vegas, along with Allegiant, Sun Country,

Alaska Airlines and Virgin America whilst, from North of the border, Air

Canada, Air Transat, WestJet and Sunwing will also be represented at the event.

From Latin America key operators including LATAM, Avianca, Aeromexico and COPA

Airlines are also all confirmed.

    A strong Chinese presence will be in Las Vegas with registrations received

from the big four Chinese carriers; China Southern, Hainan Airlines, Air China

and China Eastern, whilst ANA and JAL will be present from Japan. Other major

operators confirmed from the Asia Pacific market include Vietnam Airlines,

China Airlines, Thai Airways Intl and Philippine Airlines. Further

registrations have also been received from Qantas and Jetstar, who will be

present from Australia.

    From Europe, Air France will bring a significant presence to the event as

will the Lufthansa Group, with British Airways, KLM, Alitalia and SAS amongst

the other major airlines signed up. Confirmed European low cost carrier

presence comes from easyJet, Norwegian, Germanwings and Transavia whilst the

Middle East contingent is led by Emirates, Etihad, Qatar and Oman Air.

    Paul Winfield, Airline Relations Director for Routes, commented: "The

almost 100% growth in airline delegates since World Routes in 2010 is testament

to the Routes product and how it has evolved to meet the world's largest

airlines' needs. Moving ahead to Las Vegas, we expect to see more airlines

confirm their presence."

    The 19th World Route Development Forum, which will take place on 5-8

October 2013, is co-hosted by Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA)

and Las Vegas McCarran International Airport and this year marks the first time

that a Routes event has taken place in the US.

    Rosemary Vassiliadis, Director of Aviation, McCarran International Airport,

commented: "McCarran International Airport is honoured to be co-hosting World

Routes 2013, the first-ever World Route Development Forum to be held in the

United States. Just a year ago we introduced Terminal 3, a $2.4 billion

facility that showcases our position as the industry leader in common-use

passenger processing and self-service technologies. Pair those technologies

with an expansive, 28-lane Customs and Border Protection area, and McCarran is

poised and ready to welcome Routes delegates, the international tourism

community, and the World, to fabulous Las Vegas and the United States."

    In addition, over 650 delegates representing over 500 airports have

registered to attend World Routes in Las Vegas to date. These registrations

include first-time attendees Raleigh - Durham International Airport, El Paso

International Airport, and Atlantic City International Airport. Other recent

airport registrations include Abidjan International Airport (AERIA), Maastricht

Aachen Airport, GMR Hyderabad International Airport, Donetsk International

Airport, Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO), King Fahd International

Airport and Aruba Airport Authority amongst many, many others.

    Notes to Editors

    About Routes

    - Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events

through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year, there is

one global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas

and CIS espectively. http://www.routesonline.com

    - 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.

http://www.asm‐global.com [http://www.asm-global.com ]

    - Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August

2010. From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference and

Exhibition become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.

    - UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across

five continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products,

promote their brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as

MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC, TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes

portfolio of events, Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions,

conferences, awards       programs, publications, websites and training and

certification programs are an integral part of the marketing plans of companies

across more than 20 industry sectors. http://www.ubmlive.com

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    SOURCE: UBM Live Routes Ltd