1. Delft University of Technology – Erasmus University Rotterdam University of Twente – Radboud University Nijmegen University of Groningen – Eindhoven University of Technology Fitting Airport Privatisation to Purpose: Aligning governance, time and management focus Timothy Donnet, Dr Robyn Keast and Dr Arron Walker Airport Metropolis

2. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl The Issue Changing role of airports No longer just providers of aviation facilities Regional impacts Global increase in airport development Many modes of privatisation used to achieve many different things Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC

3. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl Privatisation What is it? How is it? What does it do? Any divestment of authority or ownership by government Manifests in different modes GOCs, BOTs, JVs, etc. Quick fix? Strategic need? Manages risk and other strategic goals Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC

4. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl Airport Operation and Administration Many different goals for airports Privatisation used to achieve these goals BUT Different modes suited to different prime agendas for operators and administrators –Operations vs project vs strategic Stevens 2007, Carney and Mew 2003, Graham 2003 Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC

5. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl Governance A deeper look at privatisation Who is accountable –To who? How? When? What rules of the game favour different privatisation modes? –Hierarchy? Market? Network? Keast, Mandell & Brown 2006 Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC

6. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl Bringing these fields together Conceptual framework built to overlay these perspectives The result is a figure of what we expect from literature But is this what we see in practice? Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC

7. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl Framework for understanding Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC

8. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl Benefits and limitations Unpacks privatisation by combining several fields of literature Provides a clear picture of the given situation vs what we would expect Proactive and reflective applications as a decision support and evaluation tool Position of an airport is subject to available information and the perspective of the analyser Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC

9. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl Using the framework Argentina and Aeroportuertos Argentinos 2000 Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC AEP BNE Brisbane Airport and Privatisation

10. TRAIL Congress 2008 www.rstrail.nl Where to from here… Fill in the gaps! Can the void spaces indicate likely difficulty –The data suggests it does Airport Metropolis Project QUT, TUDelft, UNC