Routes Africa 2014 to take place in Zimbabwe in June

Routes Africa 2014, the largest route development event in Africa, will take place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 22-24 June 2014, hosted by the country's Civil Aviation Authority.

The event will bring together leading airports, airlines, tourism authorities, policy-makers and aviation stakeholders to develop new air services to, from and within Africa.

Around 300 delegates are expected to attend the event representing 40 leading airlines, 50 airports and 15 tourism authorities. A range of high-profile African airlines such as Air Zimbabwe, South African Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and pan-African low-cost carrier Fastjet are joined by many out of region carriers such as American Airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways and Turkish Airlines who are looking into expanding their network to the continent.

The Routes Africa Strategy Summit will open the event on 22 June with a keynote address by Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, followed by a number of high-level speakers, including Monwabisi Kalawe, CEO of South African Airways, Cornwell Muleya, CEO of Air Uganda, Dr. Elijah Chingosho, Secretary General of AFRAA, Raphael Kuuchi, IATA’s Vice President for Africa, and Richard Bodin, Chief Commercial Officer of Fastjet.