Route Development Forum
Route Development Forum
Meetings are requested, booked and confirmed prior to the event through your personal delegate login. Each meeting lasts for 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute changeover, and are punctuated by a timer system marking the beginning and end of each meeting.
Additional meetings can be requested onsite through your delegate login, or at the Welcome & Meeting Desk.
Book unlimited one-to-one meetings, all managed through your online delegate account.
Airports and suppliers can discuss future strategies with commercial and route development decision makers from the world's leading airlines and tour operators.
A dedicated lounge for airports, industry suppliers and consultants to meet and build relationships for stronger growth and partnerships.
Have more freedom and hold your scheduled meetings in the privacy and comfort of your own stand. For more information, please contact us.
We provide all delegates with access to a dedicated delegate account that lets them tailor and manage their entire CONNECT experience online from organising meetings to viewing their itinerary. We believe this unlocks the full potential of the forum to all attendees.
Plan your meeting agenda via our intuitive meeting system.
Find out who’s attending and reach out.
Access all event times and information for your trip.
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Hear from delegates who have attended our past events through written and video testimonials
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.
Congratulations to CONNECT for the wonderfully organised event! We appreciated the warm welcome during Finnish winter and look forward to joining CONNECT next year in Morocco!
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 ... Show More
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 ... Show More
I managed to have over 20 scheduled meetings with current and potential airline partners
Great organization, perfect conditions, delicious food, very friendly and cosy atmosphere and professional communication. Meetings at CONNECT are always very productive! We hope next year will be at least as ... Show More
CONNECT is a well organised event with a friendly yet professional atmosphere. It is an important part of Newcastle International Airport’s calendar of engagement with current and prospective airline ... Show More
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 ... Show More
The event exceeded our expectations. It was very well-organised and we had lots of opportunities to meet and discuss with airlines and airports.
What an amazing event! We loved the venue, the city and all the opportunities that came with CONNECT! Thank you!
As always, it was a great pleasure seeing you in Tampere after very long time. We enjoyed both Tampere and Finland, so thanks for bringing us to places we probably ... Show More
Thank you for the event organisation. As always excellent organisation, quality meetings, transfers worked well, and the food was great during the event (which makes a massive difference). Thank you, ... Show More
A fantastically organised event down to the tiniest details. It was my first time at CONNECT and I was thoroughly impressed. I could not have imagined a better way to ... Show More
Thank you, team CONNECT for a wonderful event in Tampere. We are always happy being a close partner of CONNECT and good friends with all of you!
What a great event and host city. The easyJet team and I really enjoyed our time and loved the Finnish hospitality. Thank you!
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 ... Show More
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 ... Show More
