ROUTES ASIA: Incheon Provides Warm Welcome to Routes Delegates

This year's forum is being hosted by Incheon International Airport in South Korea and is the largest ever, as we welcome airports and airlines from throughout the region but also from across the globe. More than 400 delegates have registered to attend, representing more than 70 airlines and over 150 airports. We all recognise that the Asian economies are amongst the world’s strongest and so it is no surprise that the industry is getting together in large numbers to try to create new air services to and from the region.

Today (March 28), brings the first of the one-to-one meeting sessions, Airline Briefings from Bangkok Airways, Firefly, Hainan Airlines and Thai Airways International, the Gala Dinner, and of course the regional heat of the Airport Marketing Awards. The shortlisted airports in this, the second heat of the 2011 awards, are:

China & North Asia Category
Narita International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport
Osaka International Airport
Shanghai Airport Authority

Middle East & Indian Sub Category
King Fahad International Airport, Damman
Oman Airports Management Company
Abu Dhabi Airports Company
GMR Hyderabad International Airport

South East Asia Category
Bangkok International Airport
Singapore Changi International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Alor Setar Airport

Oceania Category
Christchurch Airport
Auckland Airport
Melbourne Airport
Sydney Airport