Middle East airline CEOs attend World Routes

07 Aug 2014  2039 | World Travel News

MANCHESTER : CEOs of Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways have confirmed participation at World Routes Strategy Summit that will take place in Chicago, 20 to 23 September.
Senior airline leaders from the Middle East Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways; James Hogan, CEO of Etihad Airways and Sir Tim Clark, president & CEO of Emirates have agreed to participate.
Hogan will give a keynote address; Al Baker will take part in a panel discussion on Critical Issues in Air Transport Today whilst Clark will be interviewed one-to-one during the Summit.
In addition, major airline speakers at the event will include Scott Kirby, president of American Airlines, Jim Compton, vice chairman of United Airlines, Vitaly Savelyev, CEO of Aeroflot and Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines.
The World Routes Strategy Summit is open to all attending World Routes in Chicago, Illinois, USA co-hosted by the City of Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism organisation.
“World Routes is where the industry meets, and where critical issues in aviation, travel and tourism are debated to advance the industry. We have a great set of executive speakers this year in Chicago,” said Mike Miller, Head of Content and Industry Relations for Routes.
The Strategy Summit is the only forum where senior leaders and key stakeholders from aviation, tourism authorities and governments come together to participate in discussions that will set the commercial and political agenda for the industry.
The event will bring these industry thought leaders under one roof to participate in a number of discussions covering topics affecting the industry today such as route development, infrastructure, airport processing and security, sustainability and how new aircraft will alter route planning.
The 20th anniversary World Routes event will be held at Chicago’s McCormick Place, the largest convention facility in North America.
For more information and to register for World Routes in Chicago visit http://www.routesonline.com.
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.
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 are part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.

Sourced: ttrweeky

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