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

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

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.
  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 premier 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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