Scheduling for Routes Americas, which will take place 23-25 February, opened earlier this week and with over 240 meetings scheduled during the first 24 hours it is recommended that delegates make their requests as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!

Routes Americas attracts the industry’s key decision makers and is the must attend event for all those interested in meeting with the industry's key players. The event, which is the annual gathering of air service decision makers for all of the Americas, is expected to attract over 70 airlines, 200 airports and over 30 tourism authorities along with a number of other industry stakeholders from across the Americas to discuss air service development.

Airlines who have already confirmed their attendance at Routes Americas 2014 include major US carriers; United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines along with other recent registrations from Southwest, Spirit Airlines, Aeromexico, JetBlue, Air Transat, Allegiant Air, Avianca and Cape Air who will attend the event for the first time having previously attended Network USA which, following an announcement towards the end of last year, has now transferred to Routes control creating a single definitive event platform for the region. The complete list of registered airlines can be found here.

Routes Americas delegates can now log into their Routesonline profile and use the online Meeting Requests System to make meeting requests with other attendees. The website allows airports, airlines, tourism authority delegates and anyone else with an entitlement of pre-arranged meetings to log-in and submit their requests online. This means that City Pair (airport to airport) requests are now available online in addition to the online requesting feature for airlines.

New for this year delegates can also request to attend the Route Exchange Airline Briefings using the online meeting request system; the Briefings tab can be found at the top of your personal meeting requests page where you will also find an up to date list of the Briefings that are available for you to attend.

The system also provides delegates with the perfect platform to request and prepare for their meetings at Routes Americas as, during the requesting process, access to Routesonline company profiles is available helping delegates select the right companies to meet with by providing all the information Routesonline has to offer straight to the central meeting requests page.

This year, once again, a completely live and updated version of your draft diary will be available to view online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via the personal requests page, closer to the event. This should allow delegates to better prepare for the meetings they expect to take place in Las Vegas and increase the overall Routes experience.

Scheduling for Routes Americas 2014 is now open and delegates will have access to the system until 14thFebruary when scheduling closes, this means that meeting requests can be submitted and amended at any time. To begin requesting meetings delegates should follow the below steps:

• Register or Log-In to your free personal networking profile
• Enter your PRC (Personal Registration Code), which you should have received when you registered, into the box displayed on the homepage, ensuring you have selected the correct event from the drop down menu provided.
• Click the grey & red logo provided and you will be forwarded to your meeting request page.

Click here for more information and to begin requesting your meetings for Routes Americas 2014.

More information on the merger with Network USA can be found here