Vantage Airport Group Named Sponsor of Airlineroute.net

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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

     Vantage Airport Group, an industry-leading investor, developer and manager

of airports around the world, today announced an agreement to serve as official

sponsor of Airlineroute.net until October 2015.

    Airlineroute.net is the aviation industry's primary source of breaking

route announcements, schedule updates and code-share agreements and is the

online flight schedule blog from Routesonline, which in partnership with news

platform, The HUB, brings all the latest network news and industry analysis to

the route development community.

    Updated with breaking schedule updates, Airlineroute.net is used by

thousands of airline network planners and airport aviation professionals each

day. Through this sponsorship, Vantage will reach the airline network planning

community increasing the visibility and awareness of their network and

capabilities through branding, editorial coverage and digital media outreach.

    "Vantage uses its core strengths of expertise and experience to build deep

partnerships with the carriers serving our airports and communities," said

Vantage President and CEO George Casey. "Through this sponsorship, we will be

adding even more value to the global network planning community by working with

Airlineroute.net to provide the updated schedule and capacity information

planners need to be successful."

    Paul McCann, Head of Digital Content for UBM Live is excited about this new

venture: "Routes are delighted to welcome Vantage Airport Group as sponsor of

Airlineroute.net," he explained: "Airlineroute.net is a leading example of how

we aim to produce content that truly engages our event communities. For a long

time now, Airlineroute.net has been a prized resource of exclusive information

with the airline's network planners and our new partnership with Vantage will

serve to increase the awareness and positioning of the Vantage brand and the

airports in their network."

    Notes to Editors

    About Vantage Airport Group

    Passionate about people, performance and place, Vantage Airport Group is an

industry-leading investor, developer and manager of airports around the globe.

With a current portfolio of 11 airports on three continents, Vantage

understands the value of building and sustaining long-term relationships by

working in partnership with local stakeholders to identify the challenges and

opportunities in each market. Twenty years ago, Vancouver Airport Authority

founded Vantage to take the management principles and best practices honed at

YVR to airports around the world. Vantage continues to work with the

award-winning Vancouver International Airport to adapt and implement best

airport practices that consider local customs and culture, resulting in

airports that are financially stronger, more sustainable and better economic

generators for the communities and businesses they serve.

    About Airlineroute.net

    - Through its own website, Airlineroute.net, or through the Breaking News

channel on Routesonline, Airline Route is the primary resource for breaking

route announcements, cancellations, new codeshare arrangements and changes in

flight schedules, including aircraft switches. A daily newsletter provides a

digest of all the day's stories and is sent directly to recipients' inboxes

every afternoon.

    - Airline Route is the essential source of information for network changes.

With over 30,000 unique visitors and around 1 million page views per month,

Airline Route has quickly become the 'must visit' website for the global

network planning community.

    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

    - These events are supported by an online route development forum hosted on

our website, Routesonline. The site provides airports with the ability to

promote their market opportunities and acts as the airline industry's central

source of market data and route development information.

    - 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

    - Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August

2010. From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference and

Exhibition become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.

    - UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across

five continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products,

promote their brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as

MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC, TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes

portfolio of events, Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions,

conferences, awards programs, publications, websites and training and

certification programs are an integral part of the marketing plans of companies

across more than 20 industry sectors. http://www.ubmlive.com

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@NLPROU, @airlineroute

    About UBM Plc

    - UBM plc is a global events-led marketing services and communications

company. We help businesses do business, bringing the world's buyers and

sellers together at events and online, as well as producing and distributing

news and specialist content. Our 5,500 staff in more than 30 countries are

organised into expert teams which serve commercial and professional

communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively

and efficiently.

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