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“Perfect, relaxed, and still profitable, business wise…you have to come!!”
Ricardo Rodrigues
Aviation Marketing Manager, ANA Airports: Porto Airport
“Fantastic event, as ever! CONNECT helps our industry to build networks and air routes which are more important than ever to help our mixed-up world. Bravo to the whole team and see you next year!”
Patrick Edmond
Managing Director, Altair Advisory
“It was the best route networking event I've ever attended. Apart from the success of the meetings we had, the accommodation, the food, the entertainment was magnificent.”
Tayfun Basak
Marketing Manager, Tailwind Airlines
“Excellent event looking forward to 2024.”
Simon Harley
London Luton Airport
“I had better outcomes than expected in the meetings I had and the networking events were very good.”
Jennifer Newman
VINCI Airports: London Gatwick Airport
“CONNECT is a very good fit for us with regards to attending airlines and their representatives! It’s an intimate setting, even though it's still a big event and a good value for money. Following this event, we are planning increased capacity on existing routes.”
Mats Sigurdson
Airline Development Director, Manchester Airport Group
“What a great event and host city. The easyJet team and I really enjoyed our time and loved the Finnish hospitality. Thank you!”
Chris Burnett
Network Flexibility Lead, easyJet
“First time in CONNECT for Madagascar’s team and thank you so much, everything was perfect!”
Zoélisoa Rajohnson
Commercial and Marketing Director, Ravinala Airport
“Very nicely arranged with proper spreading of breaks and meetings.”
Remon Essers
Transavia Netherlands
“What an amazing event! We loved the venue, the city and all the opportunities that came with CONNECT! Thank you!”
James Liu
Senior Management Consultant, Lufthansa Systems
“I was highly impressed by the level of organization at the event. It ran smoothly and provided a unique opportunity to connect with representatives from smaller Caribbean airports, a rarity at other conferences.”
Nadia Smekalin
WestJet Airlines
“The event was as always perfectly organized. CONNECT has managed to grow significantly over the last years without losing its friendliness and professionalism.”
Annabelle Lepièce
Partner, CMS Belgium
“Connect is a conference where you can meet all your current and potential airline partners in a very relaxed way!”
Maarten Cooreman
Aarhus Airport
“Great event to meet and greet friends and colleagues from the industry in the Latin American and Caribbean region.”
Jaime Escobar
ALTA
“Perfect hospitality. The number of confirmed meetings exceeded our expectations.”
Kuba Olejniczak
Chief Specialist, Poznan-Airport
“CONNECT enabled us to meet with a good number of our airline partners. We were also able to take the temperature of the industry in terms of how other airports and industry leaders see things.”
Tom Screen
Aviation Director, Birmingham Airport
“The meetings were incredibly productive, exceeding my expectations. There was a perfect balance of topics, covering both the challenging and unconventional aspects of the aviation industry. Moreover, the event provided an invaluable opportunity to exchange knowledge and insights with industry peers.”
Jo-Anne Meaux Arends
Aruba Airport Authority
“I managed to have over 20 scheduled meetings with current and potential airline partners”
Piotr Lenarczyk
Aeronautical Services Sales Manager, Polish Airports State Enterprise
“Definitely a "must attend" aviation conference during our calendar year.”
Marek Pierscinski
Lublin Airport
“CONNECT offers the opportunity to network and catch-up with airports from Europe and beyond, in a very relaxed setting. In 2020, the event helped us launch 5 new routes to Italy and France. In 2022 we will be in Tampere to join new conversations and new projects for our network.”
Jonay Lobo
Chief Network, Revenue Management & Alliances Director
“A very nice event in Tampere, extremely well-co-ordinated and very productive I have to say. Of course, we are planning to attend next event in Tangier.”
David Surley
Director Route Development, Aarhus Airport
“There is great attention to detail and the CONNECT team are like an army of ants with their eyes on everything!”
Emily James
Routes Development & Marketing, Bergerac Airport
“Good meetings and good networking with relevant people for our business. Hopefully, we can come again to CONNECT.”
Joao Pita
GRU Airport
“CONNECT provides enough time for airlines and airports to meet and discuss, as well as build new and nurture existing relationships in the networking sessions.”
Atif Farooq
Network Manager UK, easyJet
“We performed 60 meetings in three days with the airports we were looking for, it would have took us months to achieve that without CONNECT. We got an excellent return on investment and we ended up having concrete request for commercial proposals. Real value for money!”
Nicolas OSORIO LORA
Senior Consultant, Airbus Consulting
“An excellent 3 days full of meetings and great networking events. A very good opportunity to meet airports we would not have thought about creating brainstorming opportunities.”
Alexandra Grondin
TAP Air Portugal
“Perfect organization, both for meetings and for leisure time. CONNECT does compare better than other events in the aviation industry, with longer meeting slots, less stressed timing, which helps people talking and doing business.”
Antonello Bonolis
Aviation Business & Communication Director, Bologna Airport
“Thank you so much for the excellent organisation, I only could spend 24h at CONNECT but it was 200% worth it!”
Sonja Gehlen
Senior Aviation Development Manager, Brussels Airport
“What a fantastic CONNECT conference in Cagliari, over 40 meetings in 3 days which is a new record for RDC. A great opportunity to catch up with clients and introduce other companies to our products.”
Iain Smith
Director, RDC Aviation
“Professional and well-organized event. Fantastic atmosphere during official part and social part also.”
Denis Osnach
Krasnodar International Airport
