By Forimmediaterelease.net with Ogova Ondego
Published September 7, 2012
Africa’s Jomo Kenyatta international Airport and Mombasa International Airport (Kenya), Entebbe International Airport (Uganda), Julius Nyerere International Airport (Tanzania) and Accra International Airport (Ghana) are among the world’s airports that have been shortlisted for the World Routes Marketing Awards to be announced during the 18th World Route Development Forum at the Abu Dhabi Networking Evening on Monday, October 1, 2012.
The World Routes Marketing Awards, that recognise excellence in air service development by airports,are voted for exclusively by the airline network planning community. Airlines over the past few months been voting for the airports they feel have made the most efficient use of their marketing over the last 12 months.
Shortlisted airports have been contacted and asked for a submission to support their nomination. This submission process is designed to enable the shortlisted airports to provide information for the judging panel as to why they think they should win the award, providing evidence to support their case. There are five main Airport Award categories split by region and airport size.
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“The prestige of the Routes Marketing Awards comes from the fact that they are nominated for purely by the airports’ direct customers, the airline network planning community,” said Nigel Mayes, VP&Commercial for Routes. Mayes continued: “We are delighted to announce these shortlisted airports from the many votes we have received this year and look forward to receiving their submissions for our panel of judges, which includes many senior airline network planners.”
From the airports nominated, the following have been shortlisted within each category:
AMERICAS (Over 4 Million Passengers)
– Chicago O’Hare International Airport
– Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
– Houston Airports
– Portland International Airport, Oregon
– Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
– Southwest Florida International Airport
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ASIA (Over 4 Million Passengers)
– Bangalore International Airport
– Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd.
– Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DEL)
– Incheon International Airport
– Melbourne Airport
– Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd
– Singapore Changi Airport
– Sydney Airport
EUROPE (Over 4 Million Passengers)
– Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
– Athens International Airport
– Birmingham Airport Ltd
– Brussels Airport
– Budapest Airport
– Hamburg Airport
– Munich Airport
– Rome FCO Airport
CIS (All Airports)
– Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport
– Novosibirsk International Airport Tolmachevo
– Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow
– Saint Petersburg International Pulkovo Airport
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AFRICA (All Airports)
– Accra International Airport, Ghana
– Entebbe International Airport, Uganda
– Jomo Kenyatta international Airport, Kenya
– Julius Nyerere International Airport, Tanzania
– Mombasa International Airport, Kenya
AIRPORTS UNDER 4 MILLIONS PASSENGERS (excluding Africa & CIS)
– Darwin International Airport
– Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba
– London City Airport
– Friedrichshafen Airport
– Princess Juliana International Airport, St Maarten
This year, the Airport Marketing Awards will also include a special award for Airports Under Four Million Passengers, and during the ceremony there will be presentations of a Tourism Award for best destination marketing campaign, and the ORBIS Award for Social Responsibility will also take place.
