Routes Asia Awards 2013 Winners Announced

Mumbai, India (ots/PRNewswire) -

Changi Airport Group crowned overall winner at second regional
heat of 2013

Earlier this evening during a lavish networking evening on the
lawns of the Renaissance Mumbai Hotel, Changi Airport Group was
announced as the winner of the Asia heat of this year's Routes
Airport Marketing Awards. Over 700 aviation professionals were
gathered to witness the presentation of the awards and to take part
in the 11th Routes Asia - the largest route development event for the
entire Asia region.

The Routes Airport Marketing Awards recognise and reward the
highest standards of marketing activities undertaken by airports. The
2013 awards will see a number of innovations including taking a
blended approach to the nomination process, meaning the final
nominees will include a number of airports who will be shortlisted
using our online voting form together with a number of airports who
have been selected by a panel of industry experts drawn from the
airline network planning community. This year the awards were split
into two categories based on the size of the airport and also a new
tourism award for best destination marketing campaign by a tourism
authority.

The winner, Changi Airport Group, continue to demonstrate their
detailed route development activities and are pushing the boundaries
in terms of initiatives. 2012 was a record breaking year for Changi
as for the first time in 31 years of operating they welcomed over 50
million passengers through the airport. Changi has also managed to
secure five new air services in 2012, bringing their total of weekly
scheduled flights up to 6,482. Their "Changi Connects" product, which
was launched earlier this year, is a unique product which passengers
can purchase and allows bags to be through-connected, even if the
airlines are not partners.

"It has been a great year for Changi Airport Group. To be
recognised by our airline partners [with this award] for the hard
work our teams have put in to secure new air services is a great
endorsement of our achievements," said Toh Ern Chong, Manager Airline
Development for Changi Airport Group after collecting the award in
Mumbai this evening.

"We constantly strive to innovate to bring an unparalleled level
of service to our customers and partners. We believe it is important
to understand their needs and work closely with them so as to realise
their aspirations of growth at Singapore Changi Airport," he added.

Changi were also named as the winner from the over 20 million
passengers category with Clark International Airport Corporation
(CIAC) ranked top from the under 20 million passengers category.
Tourism Australia was honoured as the winner of the first Routes Asia
Destination Marketing Award.

Nigel Mayes, VP & Commercial, Routes, commented: "We are delighted
to announce Changi as the winner of this regional heat of our awards
and would like to congratulate them and all of our winners." Mayes
continued: "Over the past 12 months Changi has achieved some amazing
results. With Scoot, Drukair, AirAsia Philippines, Shenzhen Airlines
and Yangtze River express all commencing operations Changi Airport
now has 106 scheduled airlines flying to 240 cities in 61 countries."

As overall winner of this regional heat, Changi Airport Group will
be automatically shortlisted for the World Routes Airport Marketing
Awards which will take place at the event in Las Vegas, 5th - 8th
October 2013. Changi join San Diego International Airport, who were
announced as overall winner of the Americas heat last month.

The full list of companies shortlisted under each award category
were as follows:

Over 20 Million Passengers

- Changi Airport Group - Winner
- Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd - Highly Commended
- Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CDIA) - Highly Commended
- Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd.
- Soekarno - Hatta International Airport

Under 20 Million Passengers

- Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) - Winner
- Auckland International Airport - Highly Commended
- Bangalore International Airport
- GMR Hyderabad International Airport
- Juanda - Surabaya International Airport
- Kansai International Airport
- Siem Reap Airport

Destination Marketing Award

- Tourism Australia - Winner
- Philippine Department of Tourism - Highly Commended
- Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Singapore Tourism Board
- Tourism New Zealand

Notes to Editors

About Routes

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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
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