The World Routes Awards have grown and developed over the last 15 years and are unique within the industry because they are voted for exclusively by the airline network planning community. The awards recognize the excellence in air service development by airports, and over the last few months, airlines have been voting for the airports who they feel have made the most efficient use of their marketing over the last 12 months.
Shortlisted airports have now 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.
โThe prestige of the Routes Marketing Awards comes from the fact that they are nominated for purely by the airportsโ direct customers, the airline network planning community,โ said Nigel Mayes, VP & Commercial for Routes. Mayes continued: โWe 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.โ
From the airports nominated, the following have been shortlisted within each category:
AMERICAS (Over 4 Million Passengers)
โข Chicago OโHare International Airport
โข Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
โข Houston Airports
โข Portland International Airport, Oregon
โข Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
โข Southwest Florida International Airport
ASIA (Over 4 Million Passengers)
โข Bangalore International Airport
โข Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd.
โข Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DEL)
โข Incheon International Airport
โข Melbourne Airport
โข Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd
โข Singapore Changi Airport
โข Sydney Airport
EUROPE (Over 4 Million Passengers)
โข Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
โข Athens International Airport
โข Birmingham Airport Ltd
โข Brussels Airport
โข Budapest Airport
โข Hamburg Airport
โข Munich Airport
โข Rome FCO Airport
CIS (All Airports)
โข Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport
โข Novosibirsk International Airport Tolmachevo
โข Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow
โข Saint Petersburg International Pulkovo Airport
AFRICA (All Airports)
โข Accra International Airport, Ghana
โข Entebbe International Airport, Uganda
โข Jomo Kenyatta international Airport, Kenya
โข Julius Nyerere International Airport, Tanzania
โข Mombassa International Airport, Kenya
AIRPORTS UNDER 4 MILLIONS PASSENGERS (excluding Africa & CIS)
โข Darwin International Airport
โข Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba
โข London City Airport
โข Friedrichshafen Airport
โข 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.
Winners of these highly-regarded awards will be announced during a ceremony, which will take place during the 18th World Route Development Forum at the Abu Dhabi Networking Evening on Monday, October 1, at the Yas Marina Circuit, home of the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix racing circuit.