Routes Europe, now in its 8th year, is the only network planning forum for all of the European region and sales for the event officially opened earlier this week. The 2013 event will take place on 12-14 May and, hosted by Budapest Airport, will take place in Budapest, the beautiful historic capital of Hungary.

With Routes Europe growing year on year this annual event will see over 800 key decision makers from airlines, airports, tourism authorities and their stakeholders descend on Budapest to meet, do business and plan for the future. This unrivalled event, which offers airports the chance to meet with over 80 airlines, will also provide all attendees with an opportunity to prepare for World Routes which will take place later in the year in Las Vegas.

Already 56 airlines have registered to attend this year’s event which is just 26 short of the final 82 which were represented last year in Tallinn. This year has already seen first time registrations from out of region carriers such as UPS, American Airlines, SriLankan Airlines and Nordwind as well as regional carriers such as Dutch start up Maastricht Airlines, Air Greenland and SATA Internacional.

Early indications show the Low Cost sector will be well represented with registrations confirmed from easyJet, Germanwings, Jet2.com, Niki, Norwegian, SunExpress, Volotea, Vueling and Wizz Air whilst European flag carriers are also registering in large numbers. Airlines such as Alitalia, Czech Airlines, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Turkish Airlines and Icelandair have already secured their place at the event with more registrations being received daily. The complete and up to date list of attending airlines, which is expected to grow significantly over the coming weeks, can be found here.

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