05/12/2007 FAST Future Airport STratégies
05/12/2007 Page 2 Context Increasing market share of low-cost carriers (LCCs) 5% in 2002 11% in 2004 16% in 2006 of the European flights 5% average annual growth in Europe Legitimates specific LCCs requests Changes in airport strategies: service differentiation Low cost terminals in Marseille (France), Tampere (Finland), Geneva (Switzerland), Lyon (France)
05/12/2007 Page 3 FAST FAST project Aim: –Analysing how European airports strategies could evolve in the future –Analysing the resulting evolution trends in traffic distribution at airports at a 10 years time horizon
05/12/2007 Page 4 Structure Work-packages WP1: Actual air transport situation and market environment WP2: Airport strategic options and future tendencies WP3: Impacts of airport strategies on traffic distribution
05/12/2007 Page 5 WP1 Actual air transport situation and market environment Requirements of: Airlines: traditional, Low-cost, charter Passengers: business & leisure Airport business models: Airport Typology: Regional, Hub, etc Competition between airports: traffic levels, aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues, etc Definition of a typology of airports according to type and level of airport services
05/12/2007 Page 6 WP2 Airport strategic options and future tendencies Two categories of customers: airlines and passengers Analysis of the future airport strategies: Comparison with other industries with two market sides(e.g. TV network, Newspapers, estate agencies, etc.): Two sided market theory Evolution of the competition between airports Identification of possible future airport strategies of differentiation
05/12/2007 Page 7 WP3 Impacts of airport strategies on traffic distribution Past changes on traffic distribution at airports with LCCs traffic Case study airports (e.g. Prestwick, Milano – Bergamo, Luton, Frankfurt – Hahn, Marseille, Geneva, Barcelona, Bratislava, Vienna, etc.) Future airport strategies identified in WP2 Scenarios of evolution trends in traffic distribution at airports in 2020
05/12/2007 Page 8 Partners M3 Systems, leader: Isabelle Laplace French National Aviation University (ENAC-LEEA) Nathalie Lenoir Estelle Malavolti University of Zilina Antonin Kazda Benedikt Badanik Karel Havel Anna Tomova Consultant Marc Houalla (ex-Marseilles airport director, in charge of the business plan for the new “Low cost “ terminal of Marseille airport) Conclusion of the slide.
05/12/2007 Page 9 Planning