Routes Europe 2012, the biggest gathering of airports and airlines, were concluded with another distinction for the Athens International Airport, its eleventh in 8 years: specifically, during the 7th Routes Europe Conference, which, this year, was held in Tallinn – Estonia (May 20-22) with the participation of 1,000 aviation professionals, AIA was highly commended in the “Mediterranean and Southern Europe” category, in recognition of its continuous, dynamic and creative support to the airlines’ developmental efforts, especially during the extremely adverse conditions that the Greek economy is facing at the moment. It is noteworthy that, with 11 top distinctions, AIA is the most awarded airport and the only one that has been awarded continuously for 8 years in the context of the Routes Conferences.
About the latest Routes distinction, AIA Communications and Marketing Director, Ioanna Papadopoulou stated: “This year, by offering extra and targeted incentives in addition to the existing programme and offering discounts reaching approximately 20% of AIA’s total aeronautical charges, keeping up with our risk-sharing philosophy towards our Airline-Partners. At the same time, by keeping all our aeronautical charges ‘frozen’ during the last 4 years, we aim to respond actively to the airlines’ needs during this extremely difficult period, while also trying to contribute to the strengthening of the potential of the city of Athens as a tourist destination.”