Over 250 senior industry leaders representing airlines, airports, governmental authorities, research
bodies, banking and investment houses, aerospace industries and service providers
are expected to attend the inaugural Routes Leaders Forum at International
Fairs in Stockholm, 23-25 September. Delegates will discuss key
trends and challenges affecting air transport with an aim to strengthen industry partnerships and
cooperation.
The Routes Leaders Forum, titled 'Airlines and Airports - Towards a Common Vision', will focus on
four important topics: EU/US open skies, the dynamic growth of China and India, aviation and the
environment, and the imminent move of the low-cost carriers into the long-haul sector. It is
co-located with Routes, the World Route Development Forum, which this year is expected to attract
over 2000 air service development professionals to discuss and plan new air service opportunities.
Commenting on the catalyst for launching the forum, Mike Howarth, Chairman of Routes,
said, "Routes is now in its 13th year and the Leaders Forum will provide it with an important new dimension. Although many of the airlines and
airports at the event are in competition with each other they are also in the same industry, sharing the same threats and opportunities. So
while the network planners and the airport marketers meet and plan their new services at Routes itself, their CEO's and other industry
decision makers at the Leaders Forum will try to influence the industry framework as a whole, ensuring profitable and sustainable growth
into the future."
Moderated by Professor Rigas Doganis and Ms Marie Ehrling, the Routes Leaders Forum will feature such distinguished speakers as:
Professor
Fariba
Alamdari, Vice President Market & Value Analysis, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Mr. Alex
Cruz, Chief Executive Officer, clickair
Mr. Tim
Clark, President, Emirates Airline & Managing Director of Sri Lankan Airlines
Mr. Wu
Fan, Director General, Office of Civil Aviation Leadership Group, Yunan Provincial People's Government and Chairman, Yunan Provincial Airports Group, Kunming Wujaba International Airport
Mr. Gilles
Gantelet, Deputy Head Internal Market, Aviation Agreements and Multilateral Relations of the Directorate General for Energy and Transport at the European Commission
Dr. Duncan
Garrood, Commercial Director, BAA Ltd.
Mr. Roger
Gardner, Chief Executive Omega
Mr. Kiran Kumar
Grandhi, Managing Director, GMR Hyderabad International Airport
Mr. Paul
Gretch, Director of the Office of International Aviation at the U.S. Department of Transportation
Mr. John
Hanlon, Secretary General European Low Fares Airline Association
Mr. Alex
Hendriks, Acting Director CEATS, Deputy Director ATM Strategies, Eurocontrol
Mr. Paul
Luijten, Senior Director Corporate Affairs, Schiphol Group
Mrs. Anita Mehra
Homayoun, Vice President Marketing & Corporate Communications Department of Civil Aviation / Dubai International Airport
Dato' Seri Bashir Ahmad Abdul
Majid, Managing Director, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Ms. Kerrie
Mather, CEO, Macquarie Airports & Executive Director Macquarie Bank
Mr. Azran
Osman-Rani, Chief Executive Officer AirAsia X
Mr. David
Stroud, RDG Director & Managing Director ASM
Mr. Justin
Symonds, Global Head of Transportation & Logistics Sector Advisory, ABN AMRO
Ms. Asa
Torstensson, Swedish Minister of Infrastructure
Mr. Willie
Walsh, Chief Executive, British Airways Plc
Mr. Rong Hua
Wang, Director General of the Department of Air Transportation of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
The Routes Leaders Forum will take place alongside the 13th World Route Development Forum, the annual event that brings together
airlines, airports and suppliers to discuss and plan new air services worldwide. This year's event, hosted by Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and
the City of Stockholm, is forecasted to attract over delegates from 650 airports, 350 airlines, tourism authorities, European Union Airport
Coordinators and economic development agencies spanning more than 120 countries.
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