World Routes Attracts Global Aviation Community to Las Vegas

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

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
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
- 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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