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(15/03/24)
 Hosted by Malaysia Airports and Tourism
Malaysia, the 20th edition of the annual Routes Asia airline route
development and airport services conference and exhibition took
place on the picturesque island of Langkawi in Malaysia from 27-29
February 2024.

The event, one of the most respected and important
airline route development meetings in the region, brought together
some 900 decision makers from airlines, airports and NTOs from
around the world.

And, with air travel recovery happening much
quicker than many anticipated, a record number of airlines sent
Vice Presidents and Heads of Network Development and Planning to
Routes Asia 2024 to strengthen partnerships and secure new
business with airport representatives, conducting approximately
3,500 meetings over the three days.

Routes Asia 2024 took place in Langkawi, Malaysia. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

Malaysia has long been a supporter of the Routes
series of exhibitions around the world and hosted the first three
consecutive Routes Asia events in 2003-2005. Other Routes events
that take place annually include: Routes Americas, Routes Europe
and Routes World.

To learn more about the state of the industry,
what different airports, NTOs and others are doing to improve
business, where business is in relation to pre-COVID19 levels, and
what challenges they face in trying to secure new routes and
business, Steven Howard of Travel News Asia sat down with eight
VIPs attending Routes Asia 2024 as well as the General Manager of
the Mercure Langkawi Pantai Cenang hotel, Jamsine Keh.

Each of those nine interviews are available in HD
video and audio podcast formats below, as well as on their
respective pages.

Routes Asia will take next place in Perth, Western Australia, from 25 to 27 March 2025.

See:
HD Video Interviews from Routes Asia 2024 in Langkawi, Malaysia: 
U-Tapao Airport (UTP) Rayong /
Pattaya, Thailand – Interview with
Ampika Chadawong;
Sabah Tourism Board – Interview with
Julinus Jeffery Jimit, CEO;

Cam Ranh Airport (CXR) in Nha Trang, Vietnam – Interview with Le
Thi Hong Minh;
Saudi Arabia’s Air Connectivity
Program – Interview with Rashed
Alshammari, VP Commercial;
Japan Tourism, World Expo 2025 and
Japan Expo 2025 – Interview with
Akira Watabe of JNTO;
Munich Airport (MUC) – Interview with
Michael Haeffner, Director Route and
Pax Development;
Berlin Airport (BER) – Interview with
Simon Miller, Senior Manager Market
Intelligence; and
Mercure Langkawi Pantai Cenang
Interview with Jasmine Keh, Hotel
General Manager.

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Routes Asia will take next place in Perth, Western Australia, from 25 to 27 March 2025.

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