Second Routes CIS Event to Open in Ekaterinburg

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

The second Routes CIS event will open in just 4 days time in
Ekaterinburg, Russia hosted by Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport at the
angelo Airport Hotel Ekaterinburg which is connected to the Airport.

The number of delegates registered to attend the event has
already surpassed the expected number of 200 and for several of the
companies registered so far, Routes CIS 2012 will be the first time
they have attended any of the Routes events. Airlines such as Yakutia
Airlines, VIM Airlines and Tartastan Airlines will make their
inaugural Routes appearance in Ekaterinburg alongside Kazan Airport,
International Airport Barnaul, Belgorod International Airport and
Koeln Tourismus Gmbh.

Airlines currently registered to attend the event contain an,
unsurprisingly, strong participation from the CIS based airlines.
Attendees so far include S7 Airlines, Rossiya, Aerosvit, Air Astana,
VIM, Yakutia, Tartastan, and Ural Airlines with more expected to
confirm soon.

Interest from the Middle East carriers comes in the shape Etihad
Airways and Qatar Airways along with FlyDubai and Pegasus which have
strong respective networks into the CIS region. Air Baltic will also
be present and there will be a senior representation from Czech
Airlines which operates 11 routes in Russia and the Ukraine combined
from Prague.

Other out of region attendees include European leading Low Cost
Carrier Ryanair and SkyTeam member China Southern who also recently
confirmed their attendance.

Nigel Mayes, Vice President & Commercial for UBM Aviation Routes
commented: "The unique location of Ekaterinburg makes it the ideal
place for delegates from all over the CIS region to meet and we are
delighted that this second event attracts the key decision makers
from the region and plays an important role in shaping future
networks within the CIS," Mayes continued: "We expect the event to
grow and develop in line with the expected market growth in the CIS
region."

"It's a great honor to welcome representatives of the world's
airports and airlines here in Ekaterinburg," says Koltsovo Airport
CEO Evgeny Chudnovsky. "We hope that Koltsovo Airport will become a
centre for cooperation between airlines and airports, bringing their
interests together, and that the result of this Routes CIS event will
be new air services to CIS cities, not only for Ekaterinburg, Nizhny
Novgorod and Samara but also other regional airports in Russia. We
wish interesting meetings and productive work to all delegates, and
new and valuable information to guests and journalists."

Founded in 1723 on the Eastern side of the Ural Mountain range
Ekaterinburg is the fourth largest city in Russia with a population
of 1.4 million. It is a powerful industrial and research centre as
well as a major business centre whose banking and financial
institutions occupy a leading place in Russia's national economy.
Ekaterinburg is located in the central Eastern part of Russia and due
to its unique geographical location on the border of Europe and Asia
it is the ideal location for airports, airlines, tourism authorities
and other industry stakeholders to develop relationships between the
East and the West.

This year's Routes CIS event will open with the Strategy Forum on
the afternoon of Sunday 24th June. Giving a valuable insight into
aviation across the region, the programme will bring together high
profile speakers in a combination of presentations and panel
discussions addressing key route development issues affecting
commercial aviation across the entire CIS region.

Panel sessions include; Accessing the CIS Market: bilateral and
Barriers to Entry, Attracting the Outbound CIS Leisure Market and
Investment, Infrastructure & Improvements - Airport Development in
the CIS. A number of industry leaders will be involved in the
Strategy Forum including the likes of Mr Alexander Schroll, Director
Traffic Development for Munich Airport; Mr Emre Pekese, Director of
Sales for Pegasus Airlines; Ms Marina Bukalova, Vice President, TCH
Russia, Mr Sergey Likharev, General Director of Basel Aero Airport;
Mr Oleg Shpagin of Krasnoyarsk Yemelyanovo Airport and Mr Sergey
Emdin, CEO of Saint Petersburg International Pulkovo Airport.

Notes to Editors

About Routes

- Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events
through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year, there is one
global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and CIS
respectively. http://www.routesonline.com
- The first Routes CIS event was held in Kharkiv, Ukraine in June 2010 and was
hosted by Kharkiv international Airport.
- Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK?based ASM Ltd., a
consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports.
http://www.asm?global.com [http://www.asm%E2%80%90global.com ]
- Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.
Routes is a UBM Aviation brand. UBM Aviation specialises in the supply of data and
information products, market intelligence, news and events related to the global
aviation industry. More information can be found at http://www.ubmaviation.com

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