WORLD ROUTES 2011: World Routes Awards Nominees Announced!

The World Routes Airport Marketing Awards, sponsored by OAG, continue to evolve and further strengthen their position as the most prestigious awards in the industry. Voted for by airlines, they are unique as they recognise excellence in air service development globally.

Airport Marketing Awards

Over the past month, airlines have been voting for those airports whose marketing efforts (since World Routes in Vancouver last year) have made a real impact on their future network development plan.

The nominees comprise:

Americas

  • Boston Logan International Airport
  • Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
  • Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
  • Los Angeles International Airport
  • New York John F Kennedy International Airport
  • Oakland International Airport

Europe

  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
  • Athens International Airport S.A. - Eleftherios Venizelos
  • Budapest Airport
  • Hamburg Airport
  • London Stansted Airport
  • Munich Airport

Africa

  • Accra International Airport, Ghana
  • Bamako Senou International Airport
  • Cairo International Airport
  • Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport

Asia

  • Abu Dhabi Airports Company
  • Auckland Airport
  • Bahrain International Airport
  • Christchurch International Airport
  • Sheremetyevo International Airport
  • Singapore Changi Airport

In addition to the Airport Marketing Awards there are two NEW categories;

Airline Award

The nominees in the best network performance by an airline planning team award are:

  • AirAsia / AirAsia X
  • Air France/KLM
  • Brussels Airlines
  • Delta Air Lines

Tourism Authority Award

The nominees in the best destination marketing campaign by a tourism authority award are:

  • Greek National Tourism Organisation
  • Jordan Tourism Board
  • Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
  • Malta Tourism Authority

Submissions and supporting material will be evaluated by a panel of industry experts drawn from current and former representatives from the airline network planning community.

01092011 Routes Awards “The World Routes Awards are very highly regarded by airports, as they are the only awards in the industry that reward and acknowledge their marketing to airlines,” said Peter von Moltke, Chief Executive Officer, UBM Aviation, parent company of our sponsor OAG. “I am delighted that we have introduced the new categories this year so the Awards are truly representative of the route development community that will gather in Berlin and they are something we hope to further develop in future years. Good luck to this year’s nominees, we look forward to meeting them in Berlin!”

The winners will be announced on Monday 3rd October at the Berlin Networking Evening at World Routes in Berlin, Germany.

Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…