As the negotiations on the EU-Ukraine Joint Aviation Area are in the final stages there has been no better time to attend Routes CIS and visit the Ukraine. Once confirmed the Joint Aviation Area will open up a massive new target market of almost 50 million people as the population of the Ukraine enters the EU marketplace. Furthermore the collapse of Aerosvit has meant there have been a number of changes in the network to and from Ukraine with Ukraine International and Wizz Air picking up some of the routes this may create even more opportunities for several airports.
Routes CIS, is the only network planning forum for the entire CIS region and the 2013 event, taking place at the Shakhtar Plaza Hotel, the largest hotel in Donetsk, is expected to attract around 250 air service decision makers from across the CIS region.
Now in its third year, the event is expected to attract around 40 airlines from across the region and beyond interested in increasing air connections to the CIS countries. Over 30 carriers have already registered to attend including the top four major Russian carriers (Aeroflot, S7 Airlines, Rossiya and Transaero Airlines) along with VIM Airlines, JSC RusLine, Ukraine International Airlines, Wizz Air Ukraine and Etihad. Carriers registered most recently for the CIS event are Vueling, Adria Airways, MeridianaFly, Volotea, Air Onix, Dniproavia, Turkish Airlines Cargo and AK Bars Aero. Click here for a complete and up to date list of airline attendees.
If your delegate package includes a diary of pre-scheduled meetings and you haven’t made your requests yet, make sure you get them in a soon as possible to avoid disappointment. In order to make meeting requests, please contact Kirsty Studholme, Scheduling Manager directly with your requests in priority order.
Attendees at the event, which will take place on 21-23 July hosted by Airport International Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev, will include Volodymyr Kozak, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Konstantin Yefimenko, First Deputy of Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Dmytro Dimidovich, Deputy of Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Anatoliy Kolesnik, Head of Civil Aviation of Ukraine and Oleksandr Grechko, First Deputy Head of Civil Aviation of Ukraine.
Airports from across the region have also been registering to attend the event with strong representation from Ukraine, in light of the impending open skies agreement. Amongst others registrations have so far been received from Kiev - Boryspil International Airport, "Kyiv" International Airport, Kharkiv International Airport, Lviv International Airport and the Ukrainian Airports Association. Other recent registrations include Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Bucharest Airports, Rostov-on-Don International Airport, Lublin Airport, Vienna International Airport and Novaport who have confirmed that they will sponsor the Meetings System at the event.
For more information and to register for Routes CIS 2013 click here
The event is only one week away! If you have not yet secured your flights and hotel reservation, you should do so as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. This year’s Routes CIS event will take place at the Shakhtar Plaza Hotel, the largest hotel in Donetsk offering over 300 rooms, which was built for Euro 2012 and only opened in the autumn of 2011.
The Shakhtar Plaza is the first hotel in Donetsk to contain modern halls ideal for conferences, congresses and formal meetings, with a seating capacity of 500.
A preferential rate for Routes CIS delegates is available. Click here for full details on this offer and information on how to book.
If you have already booked your flight and hotel accommodation for Routes CIS, please ensure the details are forwarded to Sarah Moon to help facilitate event transfers.
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