AIRPORT TYPOLOGY FROM LOW COST AIRLINES OPERATIONS PERSPECTIVE Prof. Antonín KAZDA INAIR AMSTERDAM

.... similar classifications: ACI Europe, ICAO, Eurocontrol, FAA, EC, European Parliament, Committee of the Regions, The Boston Consulting Group... AIRPORT TAXONOMIES

Decision of the European Parliament – 1996 International connecting points 5 mil PAX Community connecting points 5 – 1 mil PAX Regional connecting points and accessibility points 1 – 0.25 mil PAX

The EC Airport financing … and start-up aid to airlines 2005/C 312/01 > Category A > 10 mil PAX Category B mil PAX Category C mil PAX Category D < 1 mil PAX SIGNIFICANTS FOR AIRPORTS?

LOW COST AIRPORTS LOW COST AIRLINES ► Five different strategies ‘pure’ LCC Ryanair cut costs airline Brussels Airlines ►

 secondary airports  small airports  primary airports LCC AIRPORT PREFERENCES low airport charges, fast turn- around times and single-story airport terminals

229 EUROPEAN LARGEST AIRPORTS – 500,000 PAX 2003 – 2013 Eurocontrol’s STATFOR Interactive Dashboard data

... traditional, low cost, charter, business, cargo airlines - IFR flights analyses PREVAILING TYPE OF OPERATIONS

Prevailing type of airlines 2003 Count 2013 Count Traditional Low cost 2688 Charter73 Cargo12 Business51 Not in service 20

LCA 1 – Peripheral regional airports with LCC traffic LCA 2 – Low cost secondary gateways of important economic nodes LCA 3 – Large regional airports with significant share of LCCs LCA 4 – Large primary airports with low share of LCCs

AIRPORT TYPE LCC traffic share (%) IFR movements Coordination LCA 1 15 – – 5,000 No LCA 2 80 – 100 5,000 – 30,000 Both LCA 3 15 – 80 > 30,000 Both LCA 4 0 – 15 > 100,000 Yes

AIRPORT TYPE LCC TRAFFIC SHARE (%) A/D BARGAINING POWER LCA 1 15 – 100 LCA 2 80 – 100 LCA 3 15 – 80 LCA 4 0 – 15 PURE DOMINANT SIGNIFICANT SUPPLEMENT VERY LOW HIGHER HIGH STRONG

One of the new typology merits... allows to asses possition and bargaining power of an airport... allows to asses possition and bargaining power of an airport