RNS Number:9874I
Alpha Airports Group PLC
15 September 2006





               Alpha Airports Group PLC ("Alpha" or "the Group")

                                  Appointments

The Board of Alpha Airports Group Plc is today delighted to announce the
appointments of Mark Adams as Finance Director and Andrew Magowan as Company
Secretary and General Counsel.

MARK ADAMS

Mark Adams (42) was previously Chief Financial Officer for STA Travel Group, the
world's largest travel company focused on the student and youth market with
sales of US$1.3 billion. Mark worked closely with the Chief Executive as well as
leading the finance team and was involved with all aspects of the strategic
development and operational management of this international business. He joined
STA Travel in 2000 from Prism Rail plc, the UK's largest group dedicated to the
operations of rail franchises, where he was Finance Director. Prior to this Mr
Adams held the roles of Finance Director, Field Group Plc (1997-1999), and Group
Financial Controller and subsequently Finance Director of Burnfield Plc
(1994-1997) where he played a leading role in the turnaround of the group before
it was acquired by Fairey Group in 1996. Mr Adams qualified as a Chartered
Accountant with Spicer & Oppenheim before joining Bromsgrove Industries plc in
1989 as Group Accountant and then Group Financial Controller and Company
Secretary. He brings to Alpha Airports Group extensive experience in public
company finance roles and is a welcome addition to the new management team.

Mark will join the Main Board of Alpha Airports Group on 16th October 2006 and
will work alongside the interim Finance Director, Timothy Redburn, for a period
of time to ensure a smooth handover process.



ANDREW MAGOWAN


Andrew Magowan (32) joins Alpha Airports Group on 20 November 2006 as Company
Secretary and General Counsel. He has previously been a Senior Lawyer for
Associated British Foods plc, which he joined in 2003. He ran the in-house legal
team that was responsible for dealing with all legal matters relating to M&A,
Commercial, Marketing, Litigation and Regulatory & Compliance activities within
the company. Prior to that Mr Magowan was at Berwin Leighton Paisner, where he
advised on a wide variety of business transactions. From Berwin Leighton
Paisner, he was seconded to the New Millennium Experience Company where he
worked with the Corporate Service Director. He qualified as a solicitor at Field
Fisher Waterhouse.



Peter Williams, Chief Executive and Chairman, commented:



"We are delighted to welcome Mark and Andrew to Alpha.  Both bring a wealth of
financial, legal and commercial expertise and will add further depth to the new
management team."



                                                               15 September 2006

Enquiries:
College Hill
Mark Garraway/Kate Pope         020 7457 2020




Mark Adams

Mr Adams has been a director of the following publicly quoted companies in the
previous five years:


Company                            Appointed                          Resigned
Prism Rail plc                     6 September 1999                   1 November 2000
Burnfield Plc                      11 July 1995                       24 January 1997
Field Group Plc                    23 April 1997                      10 March 1999



Mr Adams was an executive director of USIT World plc (an unquoted Irish company)
at the time that an Examiner was appointed (19 Feb 2002) and subsequently when
that company went into liquidation (15 May 2002).

There are no other matters required to be announced in respect of this
appointment under paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules.

Notes to editors

Alpha Airports Group Plc is one of the world's leading aviation support services
companies, providing retailing and catering services for airlines and airports.
Alpha's 6,900 staff service over 100 airlines worldwide and operate from over
200 outlets at 83 airports in 15 countries.






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