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“Attending CONNECT is always a very good opportunity to meet wonderful people and work on great projects. Always pleased to be a very small piece of the big puzzle of aviation.”

Salima El Mghazli

Head of Distribution & Airli...

“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

“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

“I managed to have over 20 scheduled meetings with current and potential airline partners”

Piotr Lenarczyk

Aeronautical Services Sales Manager, Polish Airports State Enterprise

“Perfect hospitality. The number of confirmed meetings exceeded our expectations.”

Kuba Olejniczak

Chief Specialist, Poznan-Airport

“Our onsite meetings were trebled with help from the CONNECT team, and we are more than satisfied with these discussions, that are the beginning of long conversations opened up for the future.”

Olivier Moulis

Director, Brive 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

“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

“The venue was great, the meetings were long enough, the location and events were superb, the general ambiance was really pleasurable.”

Olgierd Szylejko

Network Strategy & Business Development, LOT Polish Airlines

“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

“Perfect, relaxed, and still profitable, business wise…you have to come!!”

Ricardo Rodrigues

Aviation Marketing Manager, ANA Airports: Porto Airport

“First time in CONNECT for Madagascar’s team and thank you so much, everything was perfect!”

Zoélisoa Rajohnson

Commercial and Marketing Director, Ravinala Airport

“The event exceeded our expectations. It was very well-organised and we had lots of opportunities to meet and discuss with airlines and airports.”

Patrick Baudis

Vice President, Mitsubishi Aero Advisory

“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 resume networking in person!”

Anjana Balwalli

Senior Manager Network & Airport Relations, Eurowings Discover

“Once again there has been a great hospitality and cordial atmosphere, with a meticulous attention to detail in arranging every possible thing for the participants. Everyone who matters in the European market was here.”

Max Oldorf,

CCO, ch-aviation

“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 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

“One of the best airline industry events, combining efficiency and organization with French style and flair!”

Luigi Vallero

General Manager Italia, Danish Air Transport

“This was the first time I came to CONNECT in a few years and was impressed to see how much it has developed whilst retaining its small event feel with a quality meeting structure and networking.”

Marc Watkins

Director, Aviation Analytics

“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

“During the event we had a lot of scheduled and unscheduled meetings, giving us many opportunities to meet with airport delegates. Thank you for the help and support!”

Eda Ermert

Network Development Analyst, Turkish Airlines

“As always CONNECT was fantastic, congratulations to all the team and to Karin for the wonderful organisation, missing to be part of the organisation. Fantastic event, fantastic organisation & fantastic people!”

Audrey Gil

Network Development Manager, Cagliari 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

“Second time at CONNECT and it just gets better, thank you for a great conference!”

Dimitrios Schoinas

Airport Development Manager, easyJet

“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

“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

“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!”

UAG Team

United Airports of Georgia

“I had more meetings than expected. Very professional and highly effective in a cordial and relaxed environment. A great event!”

Luce Bureau

VP, Air Service Development

“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, we look forward to next year’s event!”