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Denise Hayward, Director of Engagement and Capacity Building at Volunteer Now (left) and Mary Jo McCanny, Director of Visitor Servicing at Visit Belfast (right) are joined by volunteers Linda Dickson and Trevor Busby at the Belfast Waterfront as they – and 130 local volunteers – prepare extend a big Belfast welcome to over 1,200 delegates to Belfast for Routes Europe – the largest regional conference for the aviation industry. Routes Europe provides a meeting place for airlines, airports, tourism authorities and government bodies that want to plan new flights and increase existing services and is being supported by the Department for the Economy, Invest NI and Tourism NI, Belfast City Council, Visit Belfast, Tourism Ireland, George Best Belfast City Airport, Belfast International Airport, City of Derry Airport and the Belfast Waterfront.