Poland’s Łódź to host 2021 Routes Europe aviation forum

Poland’s Łódź has been selected to host next year’s Routes Europe, the continent’s largest aviation forum, officials have announced.

Poland's Deputy Infrastructure Minister Marcin Horała briefs reporters on the 2021 Routes Europe event at a news conference in Warsaw on Wednesday.

Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell

The event, also known as the European Route Development Forum, will take place in the central Polish city from April 26-28, 2021, officials said at a news conference on Wednesday.

Representatives from some 100 airlines, nearly 300 airports and many tourist organisations are expected to attend the forum, seeing it as an opportunity to network and establish new business relationships, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

It quoted Janusz Janiszewski, head of the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency, as saying that the 16^th European Route Development Forum hosted by Łódź would spur the development of Poland’s aviation industry.

Janusz Janiszewski. Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell

This year's Routes Europe will take place in Bergen, Norway.

Poland’s Warsaw and Kraków previously hosted the event, which has been held annually since 2006.

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Source: IAR