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 trafficadvisor 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. PetersburgInternationalPulkovoAirport, 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 InternationalPulkovoAirport 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
