St. Petersburg to Host First Ever ASM Route Development Training in CIS

AsiaNet 52005

MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 31/PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    For the first time ASM, the world route development consultants, are

running a training course in the CIS region. This inaugural CIS programme gets

off to flying start with not one, but two courses being held in St. Petersburg:

The Fundamentals of Route Development, 5-6 February 2013 and a Traffic

Forecasting Masterclass, 7-8 February 2013.

    ASM has over 15 years experience in running the industry's most recognised

and highly regarded route development training programmes for airports and

organisations interested in making route development happen. Both of these

courses are aimed at route development professionals at all levels and the

promise of cold weather in St. Petersburg in February has not deterred the

delegates! Currently eight delegates are booked onto each course with

representation from several countries and 10 different airports.

    It is symbolic that the location for the first ever CIS based training is

St. Petersburg given that ASM has completed two very successful projects with

St. Petersburg International Pulkovo Airport in the past. ASM provided overall

support and played an important role in attracting Emirates to St. Petersburg.

ASM were also appointed as traffic advisor to the regional government as part

of the privatisation of St. Petersburg. This was the first Public Private

Partnership (PPP) in the aviation sector in the region and one of the first

within all sectors in the region.

    "The CIS region is an exciting market for ASM as there is a lot happening

right now," says Tony Griffin, Senior Vice President ASM. He further explains:

"ASM has extensive experience of the CIS market and this is a great opportunity

for route development professionals in the CIS to get together as well as

further develop their skills & knowledge of their industry."

    Evgeny Ilyin, Chief Commercial Officer of Saint Petersburg International

Pulkovo Airport, commented: "St. Petersburg is delighted to be hosting the

first ASM training course to take place in CIS region and we look forward to

furthering our knowledge and understanding of route development which we can

apply to our future dealings with airlines."

    To date, St. Petersburg International Pulkovo Airport, which is the third

largest airport in Russia (after Moscow Domodedovo and Moscow Sheremetyevo),

remains the only airport in the country to implement a PPP. The "Northern

Capital Gateway" is an international consortium, formed by VTB Capital, Fraport

AG, the world's leading airport operator with its headquarters in Frankfurt,

and the Greek investment group Copelouzos.

    St. Petersburg International Pulkovo Airport currently serves 157 scheduled

destinations with 70 scheduled airlines with 38% of its passenger traffic

generated by Rossiya the airport's base carrier. It is one of the few airports

in Russia to have implemented an incentives scheme for airlines and in 2012 was

the winner of the first ever CIS regional heat of the Routes Airport Marketing

Awards. At present a project is underway at the airport to build a new

passenger terminal with a capacity of 17 million passengers. The expected

completion of this project is during the first quarter of 2014.

    Notes to Editors

    About ASM

    - Manchester UK-based ASM Ltd was founded in 1995 as the world route

      development consultants. http://www.asm-global.com

    - ASM was the founding company of Routes which 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

    - Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.

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    SOURCE: ASM Ltd