Senior figures from the aviation industry will speak at this year’s Routes Asia Strategy Summit, which will once again be sponsored by ATR – Avions de Transport. Taking place on 15 March and open to all attending delegates, The Strategy Summit will open the 13th Routes Asia event in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China hosted by Yunnan Airport Group Co., Ltd. owners of Kunming Changshui International Airport, and supported by their partners Yunnan Provincial Civil Aviation Development and Management Bureau and Yunnan Provincial Tourism Development Commission.

Topics covered at the Summit, which will consist of a series of keynote presentations and moderator-led panel discussions, include the Expansion ofLCCs in China and North Asia, airport infrastructure and capturing the Chinese tourism market. Confirmed speakers so far include: Zhang Xiuzhi, CEO of Spring Airlines; Conrad Clifford, Regional Vice President for Asia-Pacific, IATA; Senthil Balan, Regional Group Head, Route & Fleet Planning for the AirAsia Group; Andrew Cowen, Deputy CEO of Hong Kong Express; Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, Managing Director of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad; Hou Wei, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Hainan Airlines; Mario Hardy, CEO of PATA and Michael Burke, Assistant Director, Commercial of Hong Kong Airlines

Routes Asia is expected to attract over 900 senior members of the route planning community from the Asia- Pacific region and beyond. Find out everything you need to know about the Routes Asia Strategy Summit, including the full list of speakers, here.