Where have we been?
This year, the 30th Routes World is heading to Hong Kong, where we'll be celebrating 30 years of Routes World. Have a look back at where we've been taking the global route development since 1995.
- Cannes, France, 14-15 September 1995 - the first Routes event
- Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14-15 October 1996, hosted by Abu Dhabi International Airport
- Oslo, Norway, 15-16 September 1997, hosted by Oslo Airport
- London, England, 21-22 September 1998, hosted by BAA
- Rome, Italy, 20-21 September 1999, hosted by Aeroporti di Roma
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 18-19 September 2000, hosted by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Dublin, Ireland, 16-18 September 2001, hosted by Aer Rianta
- Athens, Greece, 22-24 September 2002, hosted by Athens International Airport
- Edinburgh, Scotland, 7-9 September 2003, hosted by BAA Scotland
- Madrid, Spain, 26-28 September 2004, hosted by Aena
- Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-27 September 2005, hosted by Copenhagen Airports
- Dubai, UAE, 17-19 September 2006, hosted by Dubai International Airport
- Stockholm, Sweden, 23-25 September 2007, hosted by Stockholm Arlanda International Airport
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12-14 October 2008, hosted by Malaysia Airports
- Beijing, China, 13-15 September 2009, hosted by Beijing Capital International Airport
- Vancouver, Canada, 19-21 September 2010, hosted by Vancouver Airport Authority
- Berlin, Germany, 2-4 October 2011, hosted by Berlin Bradenburg Airport
- Abu Dhabi, UAE, 29 September, 2nd October 2012, hosted by Abu Dhabi Airports Company
- Las Vegas, USA, 5-8 October 2013, hosted by McCarran International Airport and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
- Chicago, USA, 20-23 September 2014, hosted by City of Chicago Department of Aviation
- Durban, South Africa, 19-22 September 2015, hosted by KwaZulu-Natal Province (KZN)
- Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, 24-27 September 2016, hosted by Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
- Barcelona, Catalonia, 23-26 September 2017, hosted by the Government of Catalonia
- Guangzhou, China, 15-18 September 2018, hosted by Guangdong Airport Authority
- Adelaide, Australia, 21-24 September 2019, hosted by South Australian Tourism Commission, Tourism Australia and Adelaide Airport
- Milan, Italy, 10-12 October 2021, hosted by SEA
- Las Vegas, USA, 16-18 October 2022, hosted by Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
- Istanbul, Türkiye, 15-17 October 2023, hosted by İGA (İstanbul Grand Airport)
- Kingdom of Bahrain, 6-8 October 2024, hosted by Bahrain International Airport
- Hong Kong, 24-26 September 2025, hosted by Hong Kong International Airport