Earlier this week two more airlines signed up to deliver a Route Exchange Airline Briefing during this year’s Routes Europe event which takes place in Budapest, Hungary.

Both Turkish Airlines and Germanwings have confirmed that they will deliver briefings during the event. Fatih Cigal, Director of Network Planning for Turkish Airlines will discuss their European network and outline how the airlines fleet growth will be staged in the coming years whilst Germanwings, supporting a new brand and clear focus, will outline how the ‘New Germanwings’ is set to further evolve and expand in the coming years.

These ever popular briefings, given by senior network planners, are an opportunity for attending airports to gain an overview of the carriers, allowing them to view, first-hand, what information the airline requires from the airports when making route proposals. Five other high profile airlines have already confirmed that they will deliver a briefing outlining the route development opportunities that exist and how airports can be part of their airline expansion.

Miguel Oliver, Network Development Director for Air Nostrum will discuss how one of largest regional airlines in Europe plans to grow its international presence whilst easyJet will deliver a Route Exchange briefing discussing the carrier’s plans and requirements for winter 2013 and beyond.

Darwin Airline SA is a Multi-Alliance, Regional Carrier with expansion planned over the next few years. Christian Schneider, Chief Commercial Officer for Darwin Airline SA will deliver a Route Exchange briefing during Routes Europe to discuss their target of “primary” Regional Airports (non-Hubs) mainly within France Germany, Italy, Netherlands and UK.

Further route Exchange briefings taking place in Budapest will come from Lufthansa’s Director of Network Planning, Dr Sebastien Hollmeier, who will brief airports on the network development changes at Lufthansa and SkyWork Airlines’ CEO, Tomislav Lang who will discuss how the Berne based carrier will expand with its Dornier 328 and Q400 aircraft.

Places are limited and airport delegates should contact Simon Baxendale or Kirsty Studholme to add briefings to your diary of pre-scheduled meetings.

Keep reading The HUB for further updates and click here for further information about the programme of Route Exchange Briefings and to register for Routes Europe 2013.