Aviation leaders gear up for Routes Europe in Poland this weekend

The aviation enterprise is heading to Poland for the eleventh annual Routes Europe discussion board in Kraków this weekend to plot destiny ecu air offerings (23-26 April). Routes Europe changed into first held in Warsaw in 2006 to convey airways, airports collectively, and tourism authorities to discuss air offerings to, from, and within Europe. Kraków Airport will host this year’s event for 1,200 delegates from 110 airlines, 310 airports, and 40 tourism governments at the EXPO Kraków conference center.

Given that joining the ecu Union (eu) in 2004, the Polish aviation industry has been boosted via humans and items’ unfastened motion. Air passengers in Poland accelerated with the aid of 12.5% to 30.6 million in 2015, with lots of the enlargement being pushed through the low-value carriers which have entered the Polish marketplace.

Kraków and the encompassing Małopolska place are recognized for their historical and cultural points of interest, which drew almost 14 million traffic in 2015. The tourism industry has helped fuel the 11% increase in Kraków Airport’s passenger numbers which reached 4.2 million in 2015 (the very best in the airport’s records), and they’re predicted to peak at 4.6 million this year.

With its booming tourism and travel industries, Kraków is a super destination for Routes Europe 2016. The place has attracted most of Europe’s foremost airlines consisting of Air France, Alitalia, British airlines, Iberia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian airways low-price companies Ryanair, EasyJet, Norwegian, Vueling, Wizzair, and Jet2.com. Airways from outdoor Europe, including Delta Air strains, American Airlines, Air Canada, WestJet, Qatar Airways, Etihad, All Nippon Airlines, and China Southern Airways, will also be gifts.

Delegates can even get the chance to listen from industry leaders at the conference element of Routes Europe, the method Summit. The speakers who will explore the contemporary airline problems and tendencies include Fernando Estrada, chief method Officer at Vueling; Juha Jarvinen, leader industrial Officer at Finnair; and Jochen Schnadt, leader commercial Officer at BMI regional.

Adrian Newton, institution Director of Aviation and delivery at UBM EMEA (the proprietor of Routes), said: “The Polish market is important to the aviation enterprise due to the fact it is continuing to increase substantially. this is within the wider context of a mature ecu marketplace that does not have the identical ability to develop.

“As this year’s Routes Europe host, Kraków Airport is in a strong position to advantage greater new services on the way to increase its international route network.” Dr. Jan Pamuła, President of the Board at Kraków Airport, said: “Routes Europe 2016 is a possibility to give ourselves as a current, dynamically developing the airport, boosting the elegance of the town and the place. We can also display the delegates across the maximum beautiful websites of Kraków and Małopolska.”