MANCHESTER, England, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

World Routes, 18^th World Route Development Forum will take place from 29^th September to 2^nd October 2012 and is hosted by Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) and supported by official carrier Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority.  World Routes is the largest global event of its kind which this year will take place in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, one of the most easily accessible and centrally located cities on earth.  

Wizz Air the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe have just confirmed their registration for World Routes in Abu Dhabi, they complete a contingent of all of the major European Low Cost Carriers who are signed up to the event.  easyJet, Wizz, Norwegian, Vueling and Germanwings will all host tables at the event to take meetings with airports and tourism authorities to decide the future of Europe's air services. This consolidates a very strong European airline presence with majors British Airways, Iberia, Lufthansa, Air France/KLM, Air Berlin, Swiss, SAS, LOT Polish all signed up.

Up to 300 airlines are expected to join them in Abu Dhabi including a strong presence from the Americas with all four US majors coming; American Airlines, US Airways, Delta Airlines, and United, the world's largest carrier. From Latin America, Copa and Aeromexico are sending high level delegation and within Asia there is a strong Chinese presence with China Southern, China Eastern, Hainan, Air China as well as major carriers such as Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines, JAL, ANA, Vietnam Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines. The Middle East is also well represented with Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, Gulf Air, Flydubai plus some smaller airlines such as Air Arabia (first timer) and Bahrain Air.

In addition to the one to one meetings at the event some of the key airlines attending will be delivering  Route Exchange Airline Briefings, these briefings are unique to Routes events and offer airlines the chance to brief airports and their destinations on their future plans and potential opportunities.

Paul Winfield, Airline Relations Director for Routes commented "We are delighted that Europe's Low Cost Airlines have now confirmed their attendance at World Routes this year, this shows the commitment of these airlines to meet with airports and destinations to gather data and information that will directly affect the world's future air services".

With the event expected to attract 3,000 delegates, 1,000 airports, 300 airlines, 200 tourism authorities and 250 CEOs, World Routes, the flagship event of the UBM Aviation Routes business, will be the largest event of its kind to date and the airline community is signing up in force.

Notes to Editors

About Routes

Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year, there is one global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and CIS respectively. http://www.routesonline.com

Previous World Routes have included; Cannes (1995), Abu Dhabi (1996), Oslo (1997), London (1998), Rome (1999), Amsterdam (2000), Dublin (2001), Athens (2002), Edinburgh (2003), Madrid (2004), Copenhagen (2005), Dubai (2006), Stockholm (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2008), Beijing (2009), Vancouver (2010), Berlin (2011).

Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK‐based ASM Ltd., a consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports. http://www.asm‐global.com

Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.  Routes is a UBM Aviation brand. UBM Aviation specialises in the supply of data and information products, market intelligence, news and events related to the global aviation industry. More information can be found at http://www.ubmaviation.com

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SOURCE UBM Aviation Routes Ltd