EU-Russia Airlines Cooperation, the 4th international conference held on June 1-2, 2010 in Frankfurt-on-Main, welcomed European and Russian airline management for a dialogue on business cooperation prospects and opportunities.

Organized by ATO Events with official support of the Russian Air Transport Operators Association, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, this conference is now recognized as a unique event integrated into aero political and commercial consultations between EU and Russia.

EU-Russia Airline conference, the event which has proven to become an important platform for discussions of air transport issues in Russia and the European Union. Over the past three years this conference has been one of the few forums where airlines from both sides of the border could meet and talk and maybe get some fresh perspective as well. Russian and European airlines dialogue in Frankfurt gives a new impulse to partnerships.

Over 90 attendees featuring senior management of the EU and Russian airlines, government officials, members and experts from professional associations, airport strategists and management, industry suppliers, service providers, financiers and investors, aviation analysts and consultants, enjoyed this opportunity to discuss the most vital issues of Russo-European interaction in air transport.

The main topics of the conference were:

• EU-Russia business dialogue - political and economic aspects
• New realia of the Russian and European air transport market
• Russian airport infrastructure development - prospects for international cooperation.

During informal discussions in the frame of the panel session debates, CEOs and senior management of the EU and Russian airlines gave their consideration to possible scenarios of the world air transport development, current integration processes as well as to the increasing opportunities for the EU-Russia airlines cooperation.

Participants quote:

“The conference is an essential platform to learn more about the current aviation environment. It offers an excellent opportunity to animate the healthy growth of EU and Russian civil aviation industry.” - Roza Sikon, Senior Manager External Relations & Alliances, Swiss International Air Lines

“The Conference allows to frame direct dialogue between EU-Russia aviation market participants bypassing political and bureaucratic barriers thus encouraging for the development of their relations, searching and implementing of new forms for cooperation.” - Tatyana Sheveleva, Manager, Relations with International Aviation Organizations, UTair

“Efficient, topical and engaging. Good. Thank you!” - Jurate Baltrusaityte, Head of Sales and Marketing Department, Kaunas Airport

“Topics of high interest; clear, well-structured statements.” - Gabor Szabo, Corporate Relations Director, Malev Hungarian Airlines