Taking place 15 – 17 March in Kunming, China, the 13th Routes Asia event attracts the highest level of senior decision makers.

Now only three weeks away, the event is expected to attract representation from over 100 airlines, 200 airports and over 30 tourism authorities along with a number of other industry stakeholders from across the Asia-Pacific region to discuss air service development.

Currently 109 airlines, represented by senior delegations, have confirmed their attendance at the event in Kunming. The most recent registrations include: ORENAIR, Kunming Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Thai Smile Airways and Lufthansa.

A number of major out of region carriers will also be represented at the event including British Airways, Finnair, Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, Etihad Airways, LOT Polish, Thomas Cook Airlines Group and Qatar Airways.

The event will see strong representation from China, with all four major carriers registered to attend; China Eastern, China Southern, Hainan Airlines and Air China alongside other major carriers such as Xiamen Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, China Airlines, Shandong Airlines and Shanghai Airlines. A high number of major Asian flag carriers such as Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Philippine Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Garuda Indonesia and Air New Zealand are also registered to attend.

The low cost sector will also be well represented in Kunming with registrations currently received from AirAsia Group, Lionair, Spring Airlines, Scoot, Cebu Pacific Air, IndiGo, West Air and Vietjet Air. The complete attendee list can be found here.

Over 250 airport delegates representing over 100 airports have also registered to attend the event. During the last few weeks new registrations have been received from a number airports and tourism authorities including Bangalore International Airport Limited, Qingdao Liu Ting International Airport Haikou Meilan International Airport and Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, Dubai Airports Company and Mactan Cebu International Airport.

This year’s Routes Asia will feature over 35 exhibitors, including 17 first time exhibitors and 8 Hosted Networking Stands making it the largest ever Routes Asia exhibition space in the history of the event. First time exhibitors to Routes Asia include China Western Airport Group, Japan Tourism Agency, Dubai Airports, Toulouse Midi Pyrenees Region and Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, who are also a first time sponsor at the event.

In addition to the Face-to-Face Meetings which form the heart of the event, Routes Asia will open with the Routes Asia Strategy Summit. Many high level industry speakers will take part in the Strategy Summit including Xiuzhi Zhang, CEO, Spring Airlines; Xia Xinghua, Chairman, China Civil Airports Association; Conrad Clifford, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Senthil Balan, Regional Group Head, Route & Fleet Planning, AirAsia; along with other experts in the field.

The packed event programme also includes many opportunities for delegates to network at the various social events taking place including the Host Welcome Reception and the Networking Evening.

Register now to meet with your targets from across the region at Routes Asia 2015.