Press Release: CONNECT Comes to Catalonia in 2025
Published at 2000GMT 07MAY24.
AeroRoutes is a media partner of CONNECT Route Development Forum. The following is the press release from CONNECT, announcing the host airport/city for CONNECT 2025. Route Map at the bottom of this press release reflects Girona Airport’s network in Northern summer 2024 season, based on OAG data as of 05MAY24.
CONNECT comes to Catalonia!
Girona, Catalonia, Spain will be the CONNECT 2025 Host City
Monday 3rd - Wednesday 5th February 2025
For immediate release Lyon, 7th May 2024
The Airport Agency, creator of the CONNECT Route Development Forum, is delighted to announce that CONNECT 2025 will take place in Girona, Spain, from 3rd to 5th February. The event will be hosted by the Government of Catalonia, the Diputació de Girona and the Chamber of Commerce of Girona.
Following February 2024’s record-setting 20th-edition CONNECT event in Turin, CONNECT 2025 in Girona is expected to bring together over 800 aviation industry decision-makers to discuss current and future air transport links.
The CONNECT forum continues to grow and to attract more participants from new countries and regions each year, confirming its status as one of the most important global route development events, and contributing to the ongoing recovery and development of the aviation industry.
“We are delighted to be hosting our next event in the charming city of Girona and would like to thank our hosts for their enthusiasm and engagement,” says Karin Butot, CEO of the Airport Agency, CONNECT creator and organizer. “This is a perfect match for CONNECT, which aims to combine exceptional business opportunities with a memorable and more personal experience. With a conference venue (Palau de Congressos de Girona) located in the very heart of the city, our delegates will enjoy an easy, hassle-free event and explore a true hidden gem.”
Northern Catalonia’s largest city, Girona is a jewellery box of museums, galleries and Gothic churches, strung around a web of cobbled lanes and medieval walls. Reflections of mansions shimmer in the Riu Onyar, which separates the walkable historic centre on its eastern bank from the gleaming commercial centre on the west.
With an unbeatable geographical location on the Costa Brava (between France, the Catalan Pyrenees, and Barcelona) and strong intermodal connectivity, Girona offers all the advantages of a larger city without its inconveniences. Historic, vibrant, it also boasts great culinary innovation and dynamism (one world famous 3-star Chef in Girona itself, 20 Michelin stars are spread across the Costa Brava, one of the Mediterranean’s premier gourmet food and wine tourism destinations). Forward looking and progressive, Girona is embracing sustainability with bespoke tourism products and strong environmental commitments which appeal to visitors’ evolving expectations.
“We are eager to welcome CONNECT and the route development community to Girona in 2025. Our visitors will discover a new renewed city that has become an international gateway of Catalonia. Flying to Girona means a more comfortable, sustainable and affordable option for airlines and passengers to come to Catalonia, and we’ll soon have a new high-speed train station at the airport that will link Girona airport to Barcelona and Europe, enlarging its catchment area”, agree the hosts of CONNECT 2025.
CONNECT’s agenda and timing are carefully designed around the needs and calendar preferences of network planners, and indeed 96% of CONNECT delegates endorse the early-February timing. The CONNECT 2025 team are looking forward to welcoming the network planning community to sunny Catalonia in early February 2025!
ABOUT CONNECT ROUTE DEVELOPMENT FORUM
CONNECT is an established route development event that works for airlines, airports, tourism bodies, and industry suppliers. The forum will be the focus for air service development and rebuilding, welcoming delegates for:
Unlimited face-to-face meetings, managed in the Delegate Account by delegates themselves prior to the event
A diverse conference programme, with industry and airline briefings as well as panel discussions
A social networking programme including evening functions, morning activities and excursions
Taking place over 3 days, the event will bring together key figures from the industry to discuss and debate current and future aviation issues in a series of head-to-head interviews, keynote speeches, industry seminars and round table discussions.
For more information about CONNECT visit: www.connect-aviation.com
ABOUT GIRONA-COSTA BRAVA & GIRONA PYRENEES
It is a first-class tourist destination, it has all the necessary elements to be discovered and intensely enjoyed by all those visitors who want to experience, in a friendly and welcoming place, the land of Dalí, with its vital and inspiring settings, cutting-edge and traditional cuisine, and its charming capital, Girona.
It is identified by its 245 white sandy beaches and its small coves surrounded by vegetation and rocky cliffs, which extend from Portbou to Blanes, along 220 km of coastline. It boasts seaside towns such as Calella de Palafrugell, Begur and Cadaqués, and exciting leisure tourist destinations such as Blanes, Lloret de Mar, Tossa de Mar, Platja d’Aro and Roses. The medieval towns of Peratallada, Pals and Peralada are known for their very well-preserved historic quarters, with interesting buildings and architectural and sculptural elements found in windows, arches, wells and houses. Travellers must not miss the Dalinian Triangle and the local music festivals that take place throughout the year.
It appears as a natural oasis. Protected natural spaces such as Cap de Creus, the wetlands of Aiguamolls de l’Empordà and the volcanic area of la Garrotxa, form a network of vibrant natural spots that offer wellbeing. For more adventurous and active visitors, a great way to discover the Costa Brava is through activities such as hiking, road cycling and mountain biking, water sports, or playing golf.
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