Scheduling for World Routes, which will take place on 20-23 September 2014 is now open and it is recommended that delegates make their requests as soon as possible to ensure they don’t miss the opportunity to meet with their target airlines. World Routes attracts the most senior representatives from a wide variety of organisations who wish to meet, plan and conduct business for new global routes, and over 700 meeting requests have already been received!

The 20^th World Route Development Forum will take place in Chicago, co hosted by the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and Choose Chicago. It will bring together over 3000 delegates from airports, airlines, tourism authorities, civil aviation authorities and other industry stakeholders from across the world to discuss air service development globally.

World Routes 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.

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 in Chicago 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.

Scheduling for World Routes 2014 is now open and delegates will have access to the system until Friday 5^th September 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 World Routes on the slider

• Click ‘Submit PRC’ and you will be directed to your meeting request page.

New for this year, we have created a step- by-step guide of the scheduling process on our website. This will make the meeting request process as easy as possible for delegates, meaning they are able to make most of their time in Chicago by requesting their meetings early and ensuring they are able to meet with their top targets.

Click here to begin requesting your meetings or to register for World Routes 2014.