OREANDA-NEWS. March 27, 2012. The winner of the international Estonian Air Management Challenge (EAMC) is the team of Rimess Baltic, who will fly to Kiev on 17 April to represent Estonia in the international final, reported the press-centre of Estonian Air.

“Estonian Air shares the same values as the EAMC – teamwork and constant self-development – and this competition is an excellent representation of these qualities. We will be keeping our fingers crossed for the Estonian team!” said Gunnar Magi, Director of Development and Marketing at Estonian Air.

Global Management Challenge, the biggest strategic management game in the world, started in Portugal in 1980. The competition is based on a business simulator created in a virtual environment, where companies managed by the teams compete with each other in a business management that is constantly changing and similar to the real world. 450,000 competitors from more than 30 countries of the world currently participate in the competition.
In Estonia the competition was held for the first time in 2012 under the name Estonian Air Management Challenge.

The strategic simulation that takes place in the virtual environment gives companies a good opportunity for the development of their teamwork and management skills. “The competition encourages company managers to step out of their everyday routine and challenge themselves in an unfamiliar and constantly changing environment whilst trying to beat their competitors,” said Katre Kaarenperk, the organiser of Estonian Air Management Challenge.

The main round of the local competition Estonian Air Management Challenge lasted for five weeks and the final was held on 9 March. Five teams representing Estonian companies took part in the management competition. The other two teams that took part in the competition in addition to the finalists Rimess Baltic, Ernst & Young and Tallinn Airport, were Estonian Air and Saku Brewery.

Estonian Air offers business travellers and tourists direct flights from Tallinn to European cities. The national airline of Estonia focuses on improving flight connections between Estonia and the rest of the world in order to become more competitive as a regional airline with an extensive flight network.

This year Estonia Air will launch new routes and add extra flights to the most important European cities as well as less known regional centres in the Nordic countries. Estonian Air currently offers direct flights to 24 destinations in Europe, Scandinavia and CIS countries. The airline recently announced the new destinations it will fly to from spring, incl. Helsinki, Riga, Jyvaskyla, Hannover, Vienna, Venice, Joensuu, Kajaani and Tbilisi.

The prices of one-way tickets from Tallinn start at EUR 39.90 if the ticket is purchased on Estonian Air’s website at www.estonian-air.ee. The price includes all taxes, checked-in luggage, snacks and drinks, and drinks on shorter (up to one hour) regular flights.

Estonian Air is also the national partner of the 2012 World Championships of the International Ice Hockey Federation and its official airline in Helsinki, Finland. Estonian Air supports the organisation of the tournament in March and April to promote this sport and the tournament in Finland and Estonia. The ice hockey tournament will visit 18 cities in two months, including Tallinn. The events will take place in city centres, such as main squares. Approximately 650 million people in 120 countries watch the World Championships of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Single tickets to the games played in Helsinki are sold at www.lippu.fi. Further information about fixtures, news and tickets in Stockholm is available on the 2012 World Championships page of the International Ice Hockey Federation.