Routes Europe, taking place 6-8 April in Marseille, France, attracts the highest level of senior decision makers and is the essential event for all those interested in meeting with the industry's key players to discuss air service development to, from and within the entire European region.

The 9^th Routes Europe, now only two weeks away, is expected to attract over 1,100 aviation professionals from airlines, airports and tourism authorities along with a number of other industry stakeholders from across the region to discuss air service development. Reasons to attend include:

• 114 airlines represented to date
• Over 340 airports registered so far
• Over 30 tourism authorities
• Routes Europe Strategy Summit
• 8 Route Exchange Airline Briefings

Currently 114 airlines, represented by senior delegations, have confirmed their attendance at the event in Marseille surpassing last year’s total of 107 with the most recent registrations coming from Monarch, Rossiya - Russian Airlines and Belavia Belarusian Airlines. Icelandic low cost carrier, WOW Air and Ryanair have also confirmed their participation in the last few days meaning that every major low cost carrier from the European region will be represented at this year’s event.

For airports wishing to meet with European network carriers, attendees include Air France, British Airways, Iberia, Lufthansa and Alitalia whilst out of region presence comes from American Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Turkish Airlines, S7 Airlines and WestJet. The event will also see a first time attendance from French cargo carrier, Europe Airpost along with out of region carrier Royal Air Maroc. Click here to view the most recent attendee list.

Almost 490 airport delegates representing over 340 airports have also registered to attend the event to date along with representation from over 30 tourism authorities from across the region and beyond. During the last few weeks new registrations have been received from a number of airports and tourism authorities including Jordan Tourism Board, Kazan Airport, Aeroports de Catalunya, Government of Catalunya, Limak Kosovo International Airport, City of Chicago Department of Aviation, Osijek Airport, Grenoble & Chambery Airports, Bogota - El Dorado International Airport and first time attendee T.F. Green Airport, Rhode Island.

In addition to the Face-to-Face Meetings which are at the heart of the event, Routes Europe will open with the Routes Europe Strategy Summit, which includes a keynote address from Frédéric Gagey Chairman & CEO of Air France, and will include a programme of eight Route Exchange Airline Briefings.

Route Exchange Airline Briefings are exclusively open to attending airport and tourism authority delegates. Held in private theatres on the show floor and delivered by senior network planners, Route Exchange Airline Briefings provide delegates with an opportunity to gain an insight into their target & current airline partners’ business. This year, the event will see Route Exchange Airline Briefings from easyJet, SunExpress, Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional, Lufthansa, Air Berlin, Twin Jet, SkyWork Airlines and WestJet Airlines.

These briefings are the only place to further develop your understanding of the route planning function of airlines. Briefings also provide an opportunity for attending airports to gain an overview of the carriers, hear a valuable update on the opportunities the airline feels are out there and gain an understanding of how decision makers at airlines see the market place.

The programme will also include a destination briefing from Airports of Regions, the largest airport management company in Russia, together with local tourism authority representatives from Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara, three cities which are famous for outstanding geographical positions with great potential for leisure and business travel, developing MICE facilities and picturesque surrounding areas.

The packed event programme also includes many opportunities for delegates to network at the various social events taking place including the Host Welcome Reception and Marseille Networking Evening. Register Now to meet with your targets from across the region at Routes Europe 2014.