Routes Americas 2020 aviation conference coming to Indy

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Another conference is coming to the Circle City.

On Thursday morning, Governor Eric Holcomb, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and excutives with Indianapolis International Airport announced that the Routes Americas 2020 conference will be coming to Indianapolis.

The avation conference is an annual event that brings together leaders of the field to network and discuss emerging technology, airports and other subjects relating to the aviation field.

Following the announcement, the Mario Rodriguez, the executive director of the Indianapolis Airport Authority released the following statement:

This is big. Routes Americas is the world stage of air travel relationships and influence — and Indianapolis is going to be at the epicenter of that convergence. This conference can help us expedite conversations and relationships that take years to develop related to airlines and new routes, and that can lead to billions in economic development. And with Indy’s $1.7 billion airline revenue market, we’ll have the opportunity to show airlines how they can be profitable here — and that can set off a chain reaction of opportunity like nothing we’ve seen to date.

More than 800 people are expected to attend the conference.

The conference will be landing in Indianapolis in Feb.3 – 5, 2020.