MEDIA ADVISORY - YVR Welcomes the 16th World Route Development Forum

Significant announcements herald airport incentives, government fuel tax relief and increased airline capacity

VANCOUVER, Sept. 20 /CNW/ -

    
    What:   Vancouver Airport Authority and The Route Development Group
            invite media to the official opening news conference of World
            Routes 2010 (http://www.routesonline.com/), the world's largest
            airline route development forum, taking place in Vancouver from
            September 19 to 21. This panel follows Premier Gordon Campbell's
            Sunday evening announcement of the elimination of the aviation
            fuel tax and YVR's five-year incentive program to increase
            international flights to YVR.

    Who:    The following aviation leaders will host a panel discussion and
            Q & A session:

            -  Larry Berg, President & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority
            -  David Stroud, Senior Vice President, Routes Events
            -  Nigel Mayes, Marketing Director, Routes
            -  James Terry, Chair, Tourism Vancouver

    Where:  Vancouver Convention Centre West
            1055 Canada Place
            Vancouver, B.C.

            Registration:                     News Conference:
            Routes Media Centre,              Routes Talks Seminar Theatre
            Meeting Room 107, Level One       Exhibition Hall, Level One

            Visit the VCC website
            (http://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/thecity/getting-here/)
            for parking information

    When:   Monday, September 20

            Registration: 8:30 a.m.
            News Conference: 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
    

For further information: Media Relations, Vancouver Airport Authority, 604.880.9815, [email protected], www.yvr.ca, Twitter: @yvrairport