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Produced in Kuching by:
On behalf of:
E v e r y N e w R o u t e , E v e r y W e e k
S u b s c r i b e t o o u r f r e e w e e k l y n e w s l e t t e r , v i s i t w w w . a n n a . a e r o
Routes
Kuching
welcome reception
The traditional Routes Sunday night Welcome Reception was hosted at the conference venue — the Borneo
Convention Centre, Kuching. With 770 registered delegates, including over 100 airlines, making it to this year’s
event, Routes Asia Kuching becomes the biggest Asian regional conference (beating Mumbai last year which
had 730 registered delegates) since it was launched 12 years ago. Following a glass of Tuak (a traditional
rice wine made from preserved glutinous rice and yeast) upon entry to the venue, guests were served a huge
selection of Malaysian savoury and sweet dishes, which were accompanied by local musicians.
anna.aero’s EditorMarcWatkins (left)
and Mahan Air’s Director Marketing and Route
Development Hossein Hosseini get to meet some
of the locals at the Welcome Reception.
Talking Japanese:
Yasuko Kawabata, Kansai
International Airport; Jinshun Uchima, Okinawa
Visitors and Convention Bureau; Mikikazu
Sasabe and Yasutomo Yamauchi, Kansai
International Airport; and Yamashiro Kenichiro,
Okinawa Prefectural Government.
Enjoying a glass of Tuak
(a traditional rice
wine made frompreserved glutinous rice and
yeast) were (left to right): Robert Breitenfeld, Senior
Manager Africa, Asia andMiddle East, Vienna
Airport; andMelanie Fürsich and Oliver Dersch,
Directors Traffic Development, Munich Airport.
anna.aero’s Business Development
Manager Jon Lassetter
meets Irkutsk
International Airport’s Deputy Head of Marketing
and Sales Sergei Krupennikov to discuss
Russian regional airport new route strategies.
