BUD to Host Routes Europe 2013

Budapest Airport was today officially signed as the host for the eighth Routes Europe event which will

take place in 2013. Budapest Airport will work in partnership with The Hungarian National Tourist Office
(together with the Hungarian Convention Bureau) and Budapest Tourism to deliver this key industry
event.
Routes Europe enables airlines, airports and tourism authorities from across the region to examine air
services, discuss new market opportunities and developments and get up to speed on potential new
destinations. Delegates, who are the industry’s decision-makers enjoy a busy schedule of meetings and
networking opportunities enabling them to build relationships and expand their route networks. This
year the host city for the Routes Europe event was Cagliari, Sardinia and in 2012 it will move to the
Estonian capital of Tallinn.
“We are delighted to have been selected to host Routes Europe 2013,” said Budapest Airport CEO Jost
Lammers adding: “We sincerely believe that Hungary and Budapest is a worthy venue for such a
prestigious and recognised industry event. The cooperation of Budapest Airport, the Hungarian National
Tourist Office (together with the Hungarian Convention Bureau) and Budapest Tourism will, no doubt,
guarantee delegates’ satisfaction for both business and leisure purposes.”
Lammers continued: “Additionally, we are confident that our combined approach will contribute to
ensuring Routes Europe will be organised in the most efficient and seamless manner possible. Hosting
the event in Budapest will also provide a significant and welcome boost for Hungarian foreign relations
across the important areas of aviation, business travel and tourism.”
David Stroud, Executive Vice President, Airports at UBM Aviation Routes Limited, organiser of the event,
stated: “We are delighted to announce Budapest as the host city for our 8th Routes Europe event. It
was an extremely difficult decision, and competition was particularly fierce, but we felt that the
excellent air accessibility throughout and beyond Europe together with the city’s infrastructure and first
class event facilities made it the perfect choice. We look forward to working with the Budapest team in
taking the event to the next level. ”
Budapest Airport has been participating in the Routes events (the World Route Development Forum and
Routes Europe) for more than a decade. In May this year Budapest Airport was announced as the
overall winner of the Routes Europe Airport Marketing Awards, highlighting the airport’s successful
route expansion programme, along with the ongoing development and investment programme at the
airport. The recent opening of bud:skycourt has significantly increased the capacity of Terminal 2 to 8.5
million passengers per year.