Route Exchange Airline Briefings

The Airline Briefings

Exclusively available to Airports and Tourism Authority delegates, Route Exchange airline briefings are scheduled over 2 meeting slots at Routes Americas. The briefings, held in dedicated airline lounges are scheduled as folllows:

Airline presentation: 30 minutes
Question and answer session: 10 minutes

A Route Exchange briefing is the only place to gain an insight into the planning structure of an airline by identifying markets of interest and relevant information that airlines need from airports to deliver new routes.

At Routes Americas in 2013, the following Airlines presented Route Exchange briefings:

Monday 11 February 2013
	WestJet
10.10 - 10.55	WestJet delivered a briefing which will detailed their plans for its new subsidiary airline, WestJet Encore. This briefing was delivered by Network Planning Manager, Arik De.
	Condor
11:50 - 12:35	Condor, part of the Thomas Cook AG group outlined its strategy and plans to develop services into the Americas market. Condor is the leading German leisure carrier and the briefing was delivered by Head of Planning and International Relations, Eric Oberhuber.
	Alaska Airlines
14.25 - 15.10	Launching a Request for Proposals via the Route Exchange, Alaska Airlines’ Ben Munson, Director Network Planning, delivered a Route Exchange Briefing to discuss how the carrier's record order of 50 Boeing 737 MAX in October 2012 will impact their route development plans. The aircraft will be delivered between 2015 - 2022 and they are actively seeking new destinations.

Tuesday 12th February 2013
	Delta Air Lines
09.45-10.30	Delta Air Lines' General Manager Planning for Caribbean and Latin America, Christine Kennedy, outlined how the SkyTeam carrier will evaluate new routes within the Caribbean and Latin American market.
	Allegiant Air
11.50-12.35	Launching a Request for Proposals via the Route Exchange, Lukas Johnson, Director Strategy & Pricing outlined Allegiant's growth plans as they prepare for their international expansion.