Sixth Routes Americas to Launch Featuring Stellar Line-up of Speakers in Cartagena de Indias

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

The 6th Routes Americas, held by Routes in association with the
Latin American & Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) will
commence on February 10th, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. It
features the Strategy Summit, sponsored by the New Quito
International Airport, and a stellar line-up of Speakers.

Routes Americas is the largest commercial aviation event of its
kind for the entire Americas region and the Strategy Summit brings
together leading industry experts to debate aviation and route
development issues across the Americas region in a series of
moderator led panel discussions. The event will showcase high-calibre
speakers from top regional and global airlines, air transport and
tourism associations and dignitaries from throughout the Americas,
including:

- Sergio Diaz-Granados, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Republic of
Colombia,
- Alex de Gunten, Executive Director of ALTA, the Latin American & Caribbean Air
Transport Association
- Estuardo Ortiz, COO of AviancaTaca
- Michael J. Bell, Partner, Spencer Stuart
- Michael Miller, Vice President, Strategy, American Aviation Institute
- Nicolás Rhoads, Senior V.P. Commercial Planning Aeroméxico
- Juan Emilio Posada E. Chairman and Co-Founder of VivaColombia.
- Fabricio Cojuc, Senior Vice President Network Planning & Corporate
Development, AEROMAR
- Nigel Mayes, Vice President and Commercial, Routes
- Minister Richard Skerritt, Minister of Tourism and International Transport,
ST. KITTS & NEVIS
- Beverly Nicholson-Doty, Commissioner, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of
Tourism
- Philippe Baril, General Director, Quito International Airport
- Brian J. Hedberg, Senior Air Services Negotiator, US Department of
Transportation's Office of International Aviation
- Fatih Ci?al, Director of Network Planning at Turkish Airlines
- David P Scowsill, President & CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council
- Amaya Rodríguez González, Director Marketing Latin America & Caribbean,
Airbus Central Entity (Toulouse)
- Dr. Zhihang Chi, Vice President and General Manager, North America, Air China

Nigel Mayes, VP & Commercial for Routes, said, "It is great to
bring Routes Americas to a country and a destination that is at the
beginning of a new era of economic and tourism development,
liberalisation and exponential aviation growth. The open skies policy
between Colombia and the USA from the 1st January this year provides
the perfect backdrop to developing links between this city and the
rest of the USA. During the Routes Americas Strategy Summit the issue
of liberalisation is prominent alongside Consolidation and Mergers,
New generation Aircraft and the perennial Low Cost vs. Full Service
Carrier debate. Our partnership with ALTA goes from strength to
strength and we are delighted that so many senior attendees have
agreed to speak during the conference including Estuardo Ortiz, COO
of AviancaTaca and Alex de Gunten, ALTA's Executive Director giving
the keynote addresses."

Alex de Gunten, ALTA's Executive Director, added, "Routes America
and the Strategy Summit present an invaluable opportunity for
addressing the necessary alignment between our key partners and
industry stakeholders, Airports. We can't realize the full potential
of aviation's contribution to our economies if we don't work together
to have ample, efficient and customer-friendly infrastructure. We are
proud to collaborate with Routes in the execution of this Summit and
to be part of it."

This annual networking event will take place from 10-12 February
2013 in Cartagena, Colombia, gathering key players in the airline and
airport industry from all the Americas. The conference will be hosted
by Sociedad Aeroportuaria de la Costa S.A, and its partners;
Cartagena de Indias, ProExport Colombia and The Ministry of Trade,
Industry and Tourism, Colombia. Senior decision makers attend Routes
Americas to develop new routes to, from and within the Americas and
are open to discussing new market opportunities, existing air
services within the region and will devise strategies to maintain and
improve them.

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
respectively. 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%E2%80%90global.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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