300 Airlines & Airports to Meet in Mumbai to Discuss Air Services in Asia

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

Routes Asia to return to India during critical time for aviation
in the region

The 11th Routes Asia event will take place on 17-19 March in
Mumbai, India. With over 600 delegates representing 300 airlines and
airports from across the region, the event is expected to match or
even surpass last year's record total. Routes Asia is the only annual
event designed to facilitate meetings between senior airport
executives and airline route decision makers as well as tourism
authorities from the entire Asia region.

The event is expected to attract over 90 airlines from across the
region. The seniority of airline delegates is very high with CEOs and
other high level delegates from a variety of carriers, including
Aditya Ghosh, President of IndiGo along with Mr Sanjay Kumar,
IndiGo's Chief Commercial Officer, Neil Mills, CEO of Spicejet and
Hou Wei, Chief Marketing Officer of Hainan Airlines.

Airlines such as Air India, Jet Airways, Spicejet and IndiGo will
attend with very senior delegations along with Air India Express and
JetLite. The event also promises a large Chinese presence with Air
China, Shenzhen Airlines, Hainan Airlines, China Eastern and China
Southern Airlines all registered to attend. The Low Cost sector will
also be well represented with attendance from Jetstar Airways,
LionAir, The AirAsia Group and Tiger Airways along with major
carriers Qantas, Malaysia Airlines, American Airlines, British
Airways, Etihad, Japan Airlines and Philippine Airlines. Other
carriers who have signed up for the Indian event recently include
Singapore Airlines, Silk Air, GoAir, Emirates and Spring Airlines.

Almost 220 airport delegates representing 210 airports have also
registered to attend the event to date. Recent registrations include
key airports and tourism authorities including GMR Hyderabad
International Airport, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation,
Changi Airport Group, Queen Alia International Airport, King Fahd
International Airport, Abu Dhabi Airports Company, Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport as well as the Indian Ministry of Civil
Aviation.

Taking place on Sunday 17th March 2013, the Routes Asia Strategy
Summit will open Routes Asia in Mumbai. It will provide a valuable
insight into aviation across the region as panels of leading industry
experts take part in a number of moderator led discussions addressing
key air service development issues such as Developing Hubs in Asia
and Chasing the Tiger and the Dragon, which will look the
fast-growing outbound travel markets for China and India. The session
Where next for Asian Low Cost Carriers? will look at this rapidly
evolving segment of the Asian aviation market.

David Stroud, Executive Vice President Routes is looking forward
to the event: "It is an interesting time for aviation in Asia.
Overall this market of four billion people is growing very fast, but
the situation is also very different from country to country. It is
certainly timely for Routes Asia to return to India, a market on
which airlines from all over the world have set their eyes and are
looking for ways to expand."

Commenting on the overwhelming response, Mr. G. V. Sanjay Reddy,
Managing Director, Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd., which is
also the host organization said: "The record number of registrations
from the aviation industry for the 11th Routes Asia 2013 is extremely
gratifying. We at GVK CSIA are overwhelmed by the ever increasing
delegate registrations that have indeed exceeded our expectations.
Hosting Routes Asia 2013 is a great honour and we extend a warm
welcome to all participating delegates to visit Mumbai and discuss
business opportunities of air services to this most dynamic Indian
city."

Mumbai, known as the commercial capital of India, holds the pulse
of India's financial, business and entertainment industries. Home to
a population of 20 million, the city contributes approximately 40% of
the total foreign trade in India and in 2010 6.16% of India's total
GDP was generated by Mumbai. Mumbai is the capital of the state of
Maharashtra and the location of major industries such as banking and
financial services, textiles, gems and jewellery, petroleum refining,
oil and gas, IT, telecoms and healthcare. Mumbai is also home to the
largest film industry in the world - Bollywood.

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
- Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.
From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference and Exhibition
become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.
- UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across five
continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products, promote their
brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC,
TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes portfolio of events,
Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions, conferences, awards programs,
publications, websites and training and certification programs are an integral part of
the marketing plans of companies across more than 20 industry sectors.
http://www.ubmlive.com

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