Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) on Sunday announced the official sales launch of the 18th World Route Development Forum (18th WRDF). The second World Routes event took place in Abu Dhabi in 1996 in the capital’s downtown Hilton Hotel. Sixteen years later and at much grander scale, the event is being held again in Abu Dhabi, as one of the world’s best connected cities, easily accessible for delegates from across the globe. These factors combined set to make this event the largest WRDF to date with 3,000 air service industry professionals expected to attend.