MANCHESTER – Up to 300 route-development planners and decision makers gathered in Cancun, Mexico for the only network-planning event for all the Americas – the 2nd Routes Americas (February 15-17), hosted by ASUR, Mexico’s leading airports. Over the three days of the event, they discussed air service expansion and performance in an effort to pair up strategies for a way out of the current economic crisis. The general consensus amongst the attendees: route maintenance is a top priority.
"Akote Routes Americas pou de ane konsekitif se te yon opòtinite san parèy ranfòse relasyon nou ak kliyan nou yo, montre potansyèl Cancun, epi pozisyone li kòm yon premye destinasyon," te di Alejandro Vales Lehne, kliyan ak direktè devlopman wout nan ASUR. "Nou konvenki ke fowòm nan te bay yon platfòm ekselan pou ankouraje devlopman nan nouvo sèvis."
Otan ke 50 transpòtè te nan prezans, soti nan Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, ak US Airways rive Delta Airlines ak American Airlines. Konpayi asirans ofisyèl la te Mexicana. Plis pase 140 ayewopò yo te reprezante ki gen ladan Akron-Canton Ayewopò, Infraero-Brezilyen Ayewopò, Louis Armstrong New Orleans Ayewopò Entènasyonal, Ayewopò Entènasyonal Quebec City Jean Lesage, Ayewopò Entènasyonal Dallas/Fort Worth, ak Ayewopò Entènasyonal Toluca. Evènman an te sipòte tou pa jiska 30 otorite touris ki gen ladan Biwo Touris Panama a, Ministè Touris Meksik la, ak Komisyon Konsèy Touris St. Lucia, pou nonmen kèk.
David Stroud, COO nan RDG, sou siksè fowòm nan, te di, “Nou kontan ke evènman an te etabli tèt li tèlman vit. Nan dezan sèlman, li te vin premye evènman planifikasyon rezo nan rejyon an, e rezilta 2yèm Routes Americas nou an te pwouve yon lòt fwa ankò li enpòtan pou konekte diferan mache rejyon an, espesyalman nan moman difisil sa yo.”
In addition to the one-to-one meetings, delegates enjoyed a conference on ‘Route Development in Tough Times – Strategies for Survival.’ Also collocated was the 2nd Tourism and Air Services Summit (TAS). Speakers explored the developing markets in the Americas, focusing in particular on Guatemala and Colombia against the backdrop of the current global economic crisis. The mood was surprisingly upbeat with industry experts looking forward to and planning for the next upturn. Brand Canada was presented in a co-ordinated session involving the stakeholders, creating a new and very successful partnership to market a nation with speakers from the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) and the recently-formed National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC).
Divès delege konfime siksè fowòm nan ak siyifikasyon platfòm sa a, ki konekte tout mache yo nan rejyon an. John Gibson, vis prezidan, maketing soti nan John C. Munro Hamilton Ayewopò Entènasyonal te di: “Mwen te vin isit la pou jwenn fidbak nan men konpayi avyon yo ak evalye sitiyasyon aktyèl la sou mache a. Evènman an te yon lòt fwa ankò gen anpil valè, kòm mwen te jere rankontre ak plis pase 16 transpòtè. Soti nan yon pwen de vi rezo, Routes Americas pèmèt nou rankontre transpòtè ki soti toupatou nan Amerik la. Akòz pozisyon èstratejik la, nou jwenn rankontre ak transpòtè Amerik Latin yo ke nou, kòm yon ayewopò Kanadyen, anjeneral pa ta jwenn yon chans pou nou pale.
Lee Lipton, direktè planifikasyon estratejik rezo Southwest Airlines te ajoute: “Youn nan objektif prensipal nou kounye a se jwenn entèlijans sou mache epi mete yon enfrastrikti an plas. Nou isit la nan Routes Americas pou poze baz pou relasyon fiti yo. Evènman an satisfè bezwen nou yo trè byen, paske li ba nou opòtinite pou nou bati yon baz konesans ak rankontre lòt pwofesyonèl endistri fas a fas.”
BEST AIRPORTS CROWNED AT THE FIRST REGIONAL HEAT OF THE ROUTES-OAG AIRPORT MARKETING AWARDS
Wout ak OAG (Gid Ofisyèl Avyon) nan Lendi selebre premye chalè rejyonal la nan rekonpans yo Rout-OAG Ayewopò Maketing Prim ak anonse ganyan yo pou rejyon Amerik la. Trofe yo te prezante nan dine a prestijye gala nan 2yèm wout yo Amerik, kote 200 delege te jwi selebrasyon yo nan bèl Broadwalk Plaza Flamingo a pa Lagoon a nan kenken, Meksik.
Winners were chosen from three categories: North America, South America, and the Caribbean. While Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport picked up an award for best airport in North America, Quito International Airport scooped in the South America category. Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo (Aerodom) was crowned best of its kind in the Caribbean.
The overall winner for the entire Americas region is Dallas/Fort Worth. The airport will now automatically be shortlisted in the relevant category for the World Awards, to be held at World Routes in Beijing from September 13-15, 2009. There, they will compete against winners from the other regional Routes events: Routes Asia (Hyderabad, March 29-31), Routes Europe (Prague, May 17-19) and Routes Africa (Marrakech, June 7-9).
Vòt pou prim Wout-OAG Amerik yo te kòmanse nan mitan mwa janvye e li te ouvè jiska fevriye. Pandan peryòd sa a, konpayi avyon nominasyon èpòt yo pi pito sou sit entènèt ofisyèl Routes nan www.routesonline.com lè l sèvi avèk kritè tankou aktivite rechèch sou mache ayewopò a ak aktivite kominikasyon maketing. Ayewopò yo selèksyone Lè sa a, te soumèt yon etid ka sipòte nominasyon yo nan yon panèl ekspè nan endistri ki te chwazi ganyan yo.
The Airport Marketing Awards were previously held solely at the World event. The regional heats were introduced to give all airports within each region the chance to be considered and win an award purely based on their marketing activities. Roll call of winners:
Amerik di Nò
Ayewopò Entènasyonal Dallas / Fort Worth
www.dfwairport.com
Highly Commended:
Cancun International Airport, John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport
Amerik di Sid
Quito International Airport
www.quiport.com
Trè felisite: Ayewopò Entènasyonal Jorge Chávez, Lima
Karayib
Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo (Aerodom)
www.aerodom.com
Trè lwanj: Curacao Ayewopò Entènasyonal, Nassau Ayewopò
An jeneral gayan
Ayewopò Entènasyonal Dallas / Fort Worth
www.dfwairport.com
LIMA AS 2010 HOST FOR THE ONLY NETWORK
The Route Development Group (RDG) has announced that the 3rd Routes Americas is to be held in Lima, Peru. Taking place on February 14-16, 2010, this only network-planning event for all the Americas will be hosted by Lima Airport Partners (LAP). “Having the honor of hosting Routes Americas in 2010 gives us the opportunity to demonstrate not only what Peru can offer as a destination and the advantages that Lima has as a South American hub, but also our commitment towards route development in our region,” commented Jaime Daly, LAP’s CEO. “Routes Americas 2010 will prove that doing business in this region is good business, despite the crisis, and will give us airports the chance to attract airlines that have traditionally looked towards the east.”
Created to operate, maintain, develop, and expand the infrastructure of the Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, LAP was awarded a 30-year concession that began in February 2001. In only eight years, Lima Airport has been transformed, becoming not only a world-class airport, but also one of the fastest-growing operations in the region. The number of passengers grew from 4 million in 2001 to 8.3 million in 2008.
Following on from the phenomenal success of this year’s event in Cancun, the 2010 forum promises to be even bigger and better. The strategic location of the Jorge Chávez International Airport at the center of South America makes it an important point of interconnection for passengers from all over the world and, therefore, a great location for the premier airport/airline networking event in the region. “The airport’s location coupled with LAP’s growing route network, which serves North America and offers connections across South America, makes Lima the ideal location for Routes Americas – the only network-planning event that recognizes the vital interdependence of the north, south, and central America markets,” commented David Stroud, COO of RDG.
The announcement comes at the end of the 2nd Routes Americas in Cancun. To find out more or to secure your place at next year’s strategically important event, visit www.routesonline.com.
