Request Your Meetings Now!

Scheduling for World Routes will close on Friday 14thSeptember, just one week from now! If your delegate package includes a diary of pre-scheduled meetings and you haven’t made your requests yet make sure you get them in a soon as possible to avoid disappointment as diaries are filling up fast!

Now is also the time to start preparing for those all important meetings that will take place in Abu Dhabi. Whether your meetings are standard 20 minute meetings, 50 minute strategic meetings or a mixture of both it’s important to be as prepared as you can be for the time you have available.

This year’s event will see more meetings than ever before with the addition of a third day of pre-scheduled meetings giving Chalet Owners and Hosted Networking Stand (HNS) holders extra opportunities to meet with their target carriers. During the afternoon of Sunday 30thSeptember, from 14:00-17:00, HNS holders and Chalet Owners will be able to take advantage of a pre-scheduled diary of 20 minute meetings which will take place in their respective Chalets or exhibition stands.

World Routes in Abu Dhabi will also see a dedicated session for interline meetings to take place during the afternoon of Sunday 30thSeptember. This will allow alliance and interline managers to meet with other carriers to discuss interline agreements, marketing arrangements, SPAs and scheduled connections.

To make the most of your meetings at World Routes you need to be prepared, providing a short presentation or report covering all key points. You also need to be well informed about the company you’re meeting with and aware of any opportunities that exist there so make sure you’ve done your research.

Routesonline contains a wealth of knowledge about airlines and airports and is the ideal tool to prepare you for your meetings at Routes. Log into your personal profile and search for the company you’re meeting with and you’ll find information on the company, contacts, news, fleet, network strategy, route opportunities and requirements, market analysis and much, much more.

Access to company profiles on Routesonline is now also available through the brand new meeting requests site during the requesting process. This brand new tool provides the perfect platform to request and prepare for your meetings at World Routes by accessing all the information Routesonline has to offer straight from the central meeting requests page. Researching the companies during the requesting process ensures that you’re requesting the right companies to meet with at the 18thWorld Route Development Forum.

Draft diaries are now also available to view online, for the first time ever, via the meeting requests system which should also help with your meeting preparations for the event. Log-in to or register for your free personal Routesonline profile today and begin preparing to make an impact at World Routes in Abu Dhabi.

For further information and to register for this year’s event visit Routesonline

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…