Allegiant Air – Latest Addition to Route Exchange Line Up

With Routes Americas just over two weeks away the latest airline to confirm that they will deliver a Route Exchange briefing in Nassau is Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier Allegiant Air. Keith Hansen, Director Airports for Allegiant will discuss how the carrier is looking at international markets for potential future expansion.

Allegiant is the fifth carrier to sign up to hold a Route Exchange briefing at Routes Americas and joins a range of airlines who will discuss their various plans for developing air service within the Americas.

Ahead of the merger with LAN Airlines and focusing on all of the Americas, Alfred Zwerdling, Network Tactical Planning for TAM Linhas Aereas, will outline TAM’s strategy for growth across the Americas. Ben Munson, AAG Network Planning for Alaska Airlines will discuss how and where Alaskan plan to grow their network.

British Airways, who are attending their first Routes Americas event, will deliver a briefing discussing its network strategy to the Americas region and how airports should approach British Airways. Sabine Reim, Network Development Manager for the Americas will present this briefing. The final Route Exchange briefing of the event will be delivered by Paul Cooper, Manager of Airport Negotiations for TUI Travel PLC and will examine the opportunities which exist across the TUI portfolio of tour operators and vertically integrated carriers.

Places are limited and airport delegates should contact Simon Baxendale, Scheduling Manager for Routes to add briefings to your diary of pre-scheduled meetings.

Click here for further information about the programme of Route Exchange Briefings and to register for Routes Americas 2012.

Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…