There are now 133 airline delegates registered for the 11th Routes Asia event and, with three weeks to go until the event opens, it looks likely that this event will surpasses last year’s total. Routes Asia is the only annual event designed to facilitate meetings between senior airport executives and airline route decision makers as well as tourism authorities from the entire Asia region.

Since the inaugural event, which took place in Malaysia, the event has seen year on year growth with over 600 delegates expected to attend this year’s event which takes place on 17-19 March in Mumbai. The seniority of airline delegates registered for this event is very high with CEOs and other high level delegates from a variety of carriers. The team has already received registrations from the likes of Mr Aditya Ghosh, President of IndiGo along with Mr Sanjay Kumar, IndiGo’s Chief Commercial Officer, Mr Neil Mills, CEO of Spicejet and Mr Hou Wei, Chief Marketing Officer of Hainan Airlines.

The event is expected to attract over 90 airlines from across the region and beyond with confirmed representation from 82 carriers to date, which matches the number of carriers who were represented at last year’s event in Chengdu. India is an important market and for airports wishing to do business with Indian carriers Routes Asia in Mumbai is not to be missed. Airlines such as Air India, Jet Airways, Spicejet and IndiGo will attend with very senior delegations along with Air India Express and JetLite.

The event also promises a large Chinese presence with Air China, Shenzhen Airlines, Hainan Airlines, China Eastern and China Southern Airlines all registered to attend. This year’s event will also see several first time attendees including African carriers such as Arik Air, Kenya Airways and South African Airways which outlines the importance of this key growth market.

The Low Cost sector will also be well represented with attendance from Jetstar Airways, LionAir, The AirAsia Group and Tiger Airways along with major carriers Qantas, Malaysia Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Etihad, Japan Airlines and Philippine Airlines. Other carriers who have signed up for the Indian event recently include Singapore Airlines, Silk Air, GoAir, Emirates and Spring Airlines. The complete list of registered airlines can be found here.

Almost 220 airport delegates representing 210 airports have also registered to attend the event to date. During the last few weeks new registrations have been received from a number airports and tourism authorities including GMR Hyderabad International Airport, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, Changi Airport Group, Queen Alia International Airport, King Fahd International Airport,

Abu Dhabi Airports Company, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.

Recently Manchester Airport and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport raised their profiles at Routes Asia as Manchester confirmed that they will take one of the few remaining exhibition stands and Sabiha Gökçen confirmed sponsorship of the event runners ensuring their brand will be seen all over the event.

With delegate figures rising all the time, this event is not to be missed by those wishing to discuss route development across Asia, for more information and to register your place click here.