EU-Russia Air Transport: New Horizons, the 2nd international conference was successfully held on November 30, 2010 in Brussels.

More than 80 delegates from European and Russian airlines, airports, trade associations, industry suppliers, financial institutions and media enjoyed this opportunity to share views of further development of EU-Russian partnerships and air transport market development.

The conference key issues included:

• EU and Russian air transport outlook
• Development of economic and social benefits to regional communities through regional air services
• Russian airline development strategy in the post-crisis period
• European air transport market – new challenges and opportunities
• New realities of the Russian domestic air transport market
• New directions and opportunities for EU-Russian airline cooperation
• Introduction of ETS and its implications

The conference was organized by ATO Events in partnership with Russia’s Air Transport Operators Association and supported by S7 Group and UTair as the conference partners.

Conference audience by industry category:

Conference speakers:

Sergey Likharev General Director BASEL AERO	Vladimir Kamynin Marketing Director Moscow Domodedovo International Airport	Jurgen Hild Managing Partner Aviation Competence
Taras Gerasimov Representative to International Aviation Organizations UTair Aviation	Alexey Sinitsky Editor-in-Chief Air Transport Observer	Anton Eremin Deputy General Director S7 Group
Mike Ambrose General Director European Regions Airline Association	Alain Fournie Head of User Relations and Development Bureau Unit Central Management Flow Unit Eurocontrol	Evgeny Mokeev Counsellor Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Communities
Julius Waller Partner EPPA	Jacques Lafitte Partner Avisa Partners	Stanislav Solomko Director Network Management, Lufthansa Consulting

Participants say:

"These regular high level meetings allow in-depth discussions of the issues of common concern. Delegates get a clearer understanding of the processes in the industry as well as possible scenarios in the nearest future."
Taras Gerasimov, Representative to International Aviation Organizations, UTair Aviation.

"The conference was organized at the highest level. Overview of key market trends along with EU experience was very essential."
Valery Grigoriev, CEO, Perm Airport

"Favourable conditions for the presentation of the company and communicating with colleagues."
Sergey Krasnov, Director of Aviation Activity Department, Basel Aero.