Airline CEOs Register to Attend Routes Africa 2012

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

LAM - Linhas Aereas de Mozambique today became the 25th carrier
to register for this year's Routes Africa event when their CEO Ms
Marlene Mendes Manave confirmed that she will be in attendance in the
Seychelles next month.

Other high level airline delegates in attendance this year will
include Mr Gebremaraim Tewolde, Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian
Airlines, Mr Cramer Ball, Chief Executive Officer of Air Seychelles
who both registered earlier this year to take part in the Routes
Africa Strategy Forum.

The event, which will take place on 8-10 July hosted by the
Seychelles Tourism Board in partnership with the Seychelles Civil
Aviation Authority supported by the Airlines Association of Southern
Africa (AASA), AFRAA (African Airlines Association) and ACI Africa,
will see more route development professionals in attendance than any
previous Routes Africa event.

Airlines represented at the event include Etihad, Qatar Airways,
Mango, Kenya Airways, Comair, Iberia and, more recently, Turkish
Airlines Cargo, Air Mauritius and Vueling (who are looking to meet
with West African Airports who wish to develop routes into Spain).

Routes Africa is now in its seventh year and the 2012 event will
be the largest event to date. Last week United Airlines also
confirmed their attendance which marks, not only their first Routes
Africa event but also the first time that a North American carrier
will attend the networking forum for the African region.

Speaking at the time the hosting agreement was signed, Elsia
Grandcourt CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board said: "The team at the
Tourism Board and the Civil Aviation Authority is fully committed and
they are convinced that this highly important conference comes at an
opportune time when Seychelles is repositioning itself as being
accessible as never before and pushing to establishing new air access
opportunities to the destination."

David Stroud, Executive Vice President, Airports for UBM Aviation
Routes recently confirmed that preparations for this event are going
well commenting: "We currently have more airlines and airports
represented than at any previous Routes Africa event and a number of
highly respected keynote speakers are confirmed to speak at the
Strategy Forum on the afternoon of Sunday 8th July which will provide
an impactful opening to the event. We are very much looking forward
to what promises to be the biggest Routes Africa event in history!"

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

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
[http://www.asm%E2%80%90global.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

Previous Routes Africa events include; Casablanca, Morocco, 5-7
March 2006, hosted by ONDA; [http://www.routesonline.com/airports/239
0/casablanca-mohammed-v-airport ] Cairo, Egypt, 27-29 March 2007,
hosted by Egyptian Holdings Airport Company; [http://www.routesonlin
e.com/airports/2382/cairo-international-airport ] Dakar, Senegal,
25-27 May 2008, hosted by Dakar International Airport
[http://www.routesonline.com/airports/2405/dakar-leopold-seda ];
Marrakech, Morocco, 7-9 June 2009, hosted by ONDA;
[http://www.routesonline.com/airports/7151/marrakech-menara-airport ]
Ezulwini Valley, Swaziland, 30 May -1 June 2010 hosted by Sikhuphe
International Airport; [http://www.routesonline.com/airports/8241/si
khuphe-international-airport ] Bamako, Mali 3-5 July 2011 hosted by
Aeroports du Mali
[http://www.routesonline.com/airports/9802/aeroports-du-mali ].

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