V.1. Detailed analysis of selected European airport regions

V.1.1.1. Geographical situation

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More than 1,6 million people (1,3 million in the city of Munich and another 0,3 million in the neighbourhood of the city) live in the immediate catchment area of the airport. The population of the broader region is more than 4,6 million people. Munich, and the broader Oberbayern region is one of the most important economic centres of Germany and Europe as well. The GDP per capita (on the PPS basis) is EUR 40 thousand/person. The role of the tercier sector, in particular the info-communication is very important: it represents almost 73,7% and 7,5% respectively of the GDP.

The Munich Airport is one of the Europe’s largest hubs and serves more than 37 million people and 286 thousand tons cargo. This airport is dedicated mainly for passenger transport, the difference between its ranking by passengers and cargo are 6 positions. The airport is a complex and his revenue is growing in the last years constantly. In 2011 the total revenue was €1.150,6 million.

The Munich Airport as a company is generating profit for his shareholders, the EBIT in 2011 was €334,6 million which represents 29,1% of the total revenue. This ratio belongs to the higher profitability ratios of the European Airport operator companies.

Munich Airport represents all the key “Airport City” characteristics. The air-traffic-related activities represent about 52% of the total revenue and the other (commercial, real estate, etc) are the other part of 48%. At and around the airport there are different offices, hotels and other service providers active including medical centre. The airport is one of the considerable employers, employing 6.864 persons Summary on “what does this airports successful” – special services/activities at/around the airport

The Munich Airport is one of the largest hubs in the European air traffic market. With a strong, strategically managed system it has an acceptable profitability which is based mainly on passenger transport and the development of non-aeronautical activities like special medical services.

The airport buildings and service areas are surrounded on two sides by the runways. Between the airport and the highway those buildings are located that belong to the close neighbourhood of the airport but residential areas or other activities are located further away from the airport.

V.1.2. Zurich Airport

The Zurich Airport is situated on the Nord of Zurich next to the “Unterland” highway (see . figure). The city centre could be arranged within 13 kilometres by car but there are public transport service connections by “S-Bahn” too.

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In the closer catchment area live almost 1,4 million people, the population of the broader region is more than 3,0 million people. Unfortunately there are no comparable data in EUROSTAT database for the region’s economy.

The Zurich Airport is one of Europe’s regional hubs and serves about 23 million people and 286 thousand tons cargo as well as Munich. Therefore this airport is dedicated mainly for passenger transport too, but the difference between his ranking by passengers and cargo is only 1 position. The airport is a complex company and his revenue is growing in spite of the bankruptcy of Swissair which used the airport as base airport for the insolvency. In 2011 the total revenue of the airport reached CHF 905,4 million.

The Zurich Airport as a company is generating profit for his shareholders, the EBIT in 2011 was CHF 283,8 million which represents 31,3% of the total revenue. This ratio belongs also to the higher profitability ratios of the European Airport operator companies.

The Zurich Airport is functioning also as an “Airport City”, although the air-traffic-related activities represent about 64% of the total revenue and the other (commercial, real estate, etc) activities gives the other part of 34%. At and around the airport are different offices, hotels and other service provider active. At the airport are employed 1.570 persons.

The Zurich Airport is one of the regional hubs in Europe. The new development plans include the enlargement of the offer of hotels, restaurants, offices and other facilities, including also a medical centre until 2017.

In the semi-circle in the South are situated the airport buildings and services, the two runways crosses each other around the buildings. The airport is surrounded by the residential areas of the neighbouring settlements

V.1.3. Vienna Airport

The Vienna Airport is situated on the East of Vienna next to the A4 highway (see . figureError: Reference source not found). The city centre could be arranged within 20 kilometres by car but there are public transport service connections by direct train, “S-Bahn” and 3 bus lines too.

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In the closer catchment area live more than 1,7 million people, the population of the broader region is more than 3,4 million people. Wien is the political and economical centre of Austria with a strong and developed economy. The GDP per capita (on PPS basis) is about EUR 40 thousand/persons. The strongest sector is the tercier sector (88,0% of the total GDP in the region) and the info-communication business is also very strong (8,6% of the region’s GDP).

The Vienna Airport is one of Europe’s regional hubs and serves almost 20 million people and 200 thousand tons cargo. Therefore this airport is dedicated mainly for passenger transport too, but the difference between his ranking by passengers and cargo is only 2 positions. The Flughafen Wien Group provides complex infrastructure service. From the development and maintenance of the infrastructure required for flight operations and handling to diverse retail, gastronomy and parking management services and real estate marketing, nearly all activities are supervised directly by Flughafen Wien AG or indirectly by their subsidiaries. As a consequence, the Flughafen Wien Group covers the entire added value chain at Vienna Airport. In 2011 its total revenue reached EUR 582,0 million, which represents a growth of 9,0% on a yearly basis.

The Vienna Airport as a company is generating profit for his shareholders, the EBIT in 2011 was EUR 67,2 million, which represents only 11,5% of the total revenue because it was less by nearly 35% as in 2010. The EBIT sunk in every segment: in airport activities by 27,6% (from EUR 78,9 million to EUR 57,1 million), in handling by 98,9% (from EUR 15,1 million to EUR 0,2 million), in retail and properties by 20,2% (from EUR 38,0 million to EUR 30,3 million). Only in others was changed from EUR – 3,4 million to EUR 4,7 million.

The Vienna Airport is functioning also as an “Airport City”, although the air-traffic-related activities represent about 78% of the total revenue and the other (commercial, real estate, etc) activities gives the other part of 22%. At and around the airport are different offices, hotels and other service provider active. With nearly 19,000 employees, of which the Vienna Airport company is employing 4.525 persons, the airport region is one of the largest employers in the eastern region of Austria.

The Vienna Airport is one of the regional hubs in Europe. The company’s strategy is based on its success factors – an advantageous geographical location, capacity, attractive tariff system, high-quality services and security standards, close customer ties and opportunities outside the airport site. This strategy is supported by the company’s growth potential: solid financial management, sound growth in passengers and an extensive offering of destinations.

With the rental of office space outside the terminal, the Flughafen Wien Group has created a further profitable area of business as a supplement to traditional airport operations. Not only the airlines, forwarding agents and air traffic control, but a growing number of companies are also benefiting from this close proximity to the airport and its dynamic business environment. The properties owned by the Flughafen Wien Group therefore represent an important location advantage and are in great demand, as is illustrated by the current high occupancy rate of over 85%.

V.1.4. Prague Airport

The Prague Airport is situated on the West of Prague, within the metropolitan area, next to the beltway around the city (see . figure). The capital centre could be arranged within 16 kilometres by car but there are public transport service connections by direct train and 2 bus lines connected to the metro lines too.

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In the closer catchment area live more than 1,2 million people, mainly in the capital city of the Czech Republic. To the broader catchment area could be counted almost the whole republic because the quite good connections. Prague is the political and economical centre of the Czech Republic with the strongest economy of the country. The GDP per capita (on PPS basis) is about EUR 42 thousand/persons. The strongest sector is the tercier sector (75,80% of the total GDP in the region) and the info-communication business is also very strong (6,2% of the region’s GDP).

The Prague Airport is one of Europe’s regional airports, which serves almost 12 million people and 57 thousand tons cargo. This airport is dedicated also mainly for passenger transport, while the difference between his ranking by passengers and cargo is only 2 positions as well. The Václav Havel Prague Airport is a part of the Czech Aeroholding Group, created in 2011, together with the Czech Airlines and several air traffic related service providers as ground handling, technical maintenance of aircraft etc. The company is a fully state owned enterprise. In 2011 its total revenue reached CZK 2.287,3 million (EUR 91,5 million).

The Prague Airport as a company is generating profit for his shareholder, the EBIT in 2011 was CZK 302,0 million (EUR 12,1 million), which represents 13,2% of the total revenue.

The Prague Airport is functioning as a “Low cost base”; unfortunately there is no data regarding on the share of air-traffic-related and other (commercial, real estate, etc) activities. At the Czech Aeroholding are employed 1.814 persons. At and around the airport are some offices, hotels and other service provider active.

The Prague Airport is one of the regional airports in Europe. The company was recently restructured with the aim to make it a more profitable and efficient entity of the group. As a “low cost base” could offer good services for Czech citizens and foreign tourist for their leisure and business flights within Europe.

The success of the airport is depending very much on the surrounding area’s success like Prague itself and the neighbouring locations.

V.1.5. Cologne-Bonn Airport

The Cologne-Bonn Airport is situated between the two cities (see . figure). The former German capital centre could be arranged within 24 kilometres, Cologne within 15 kilometres by car but there are public transport service connections by direct “S-Bahn” lines with both cities too. The airport is also connected to the Cologne- Frankfurt high-speed railway line. The airport is situated near to one of Europe’s most dense highway network, to the German one also.

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In the closer catchment area live more than 1,3 million people, mainly in Köln. In the broader catchment area could be reached almost 4,4 million people; it is one of the most dense populated areas of Germany. The Köln region is a very developed region of Europe, the two cities belong to the most developed areas of the continent. The GDP per capita (on PPS basis) was EUR 30,3 thousand/persons in the region but in the two cities it was considerably higher: in Bonn EUR 56,4 thousand/persons and in the city of Köln EUR 43,0 thousand/persons. The role of the tercier sector and the info-communication also was very strong in the last years. The share of the tercier sector of the region’s GDP was 75,8%, and the info-communication companies gave the 9,3% of the added value.

The Cologne-Bonn Airport is one of Europe’s cargo centres and regional airports as well, which serves almost 10 million people but more than 726 thousand tons cargo. The airport is dedicated mainly for cargo transport, the difference between his ranking by passengers and cargo is 34 positions! This is the 5^th largest cargo centres in Europe. The sales amount was EUR 271.5 million in 2011, of which 65.5 % relate to airport tax and ground handling services, 31.0 % to rental, leaseholds and supply services, and 3.5 % to other revenues.

The Cologne-Bonn Airport as a company is generating profit for his shareholder, the EBIT in 2011 was EUR 21,2 million, which represents 7,8% of the total revenue. The company could overcome of the decrease of the last years caused by the economic crisis and could almost reach the same figures as in 2007.

The Cologne-Bonn Airport is functioning – beside to be one of the greatest cargo bases in Europe – as a “low cost base”. 65.5 % of the sales revenue is related to airport tax and ground handling services, 31.0 % to rental, leaseholds and supply services, and 3.5 % to other revenues. At the Cologne-Bonn Airport company are employed 1.785 people.

The comfortable three-runway system together with the intercontinental runway as well as the provision of numerous terminals and cargo halls provide for additional increase in air traffic movements. The existing motorway and railway networks back up this development. The extremely favourable climatic conditions are another positive aspect, since the airport is located in a hardly fogbound region which is rarely affected by snow falls. These climatic conditions are especially favourable for the cargo traffic, but also the passenger traffic, and primarily promote services and the production industry.

Ten years ago, Cologne Bonn Airport was the first major airport in Germany to venture into this new traffic segment. Thanks to low-cost, the airport was able to overcome the worst crisis in its history. Many of the Germanwings passengers flew out of or into Cologne/Bonn. This Lufthansa subsidiary based in Cologne is today the third largest low-cost airline in Europe, after Ryanair and EasyJet. Alongside Germanwings, other low-cost airlines, such as Air Berlin, EasyJet, Norwegian, Air Maroc, Wizz Air, and as of May 2012 also Ryanair, fly into Cologne/Bonn Airport, which after Berlin-Tegel continues to be the second largest low-cost airport in Germany. The fact that the network carriers are integrating the low-cost model more and more into their business programme underlines this success. The low price, the general availability and online ticket reservation in the Internet have dramatically changed the air traffic landscape.

Cologne Bonn Airport is successful with low cost. This model has created and safeguarded many new jobs. At the same time, since 2002, the non-aviation area has almost trebled from 3,500 m² to approx. 10,000 m². The sales turnover in the shops, restaurants etc. has since doubled to more than € 80 million. Today, passengers and visitors have excellent opportunities of shopping in 33 stores and eating and drinking in 20 restaurants and bars.

V.1.6. Brussels South Charleroi Airport

V.1.6.1 Geographical situation

The Brussels South Charleroi Airport is a typical regional airport which is situated next to the A15 – A7 highways (see . figure). The Belgian capital city centre could be arranged within 45 minutes (60 kilometres) by car but there are public transport service connections by direct bus and railway lines too. The airport is close to different important economic centres of West Europe.

Situation of Brussels South Charleroi Airport to the city centre

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V.1.6.2. Population and economic situation in the catchment area

In the closer catchment area live only 0,4 million people, but in the broader catchment area, including Brussels could be reached more than 2,4 million people. The catchment area is slightly developed than the Hainaut province. The GDP per capita (on PPS basis) was EUR 21,4 thousand/persons, while on province level it was only EUR 19,0 thousand/persons. In the province the most important sector is the tercier sector: 75,2% of the total GDP but the info-communication activity represents only 2,9% of the added value of the province.

V.1.6.3. Revenue

The Brussels South Charleroi Airport is a typical “low-cost base”. It serves more than 5 million people but there is no cargo traffic. The airport is a very important base of Ryanair but other low-cost carrier as Wizzair and Jetairfly represent a considerable share of traffic too. The yearly sales revenue of the airport were EUR 87,5 million in 2011.

V.1.6.4. Profitability

The Brussels South Charleroi Airport is generating profit for his shareholders, the EBIT of the airport were EUR 16,6 million, which represents 19,0% of the total revenue. The result was increasing comparing with the years before.

V.1.6.5. Air-traffic-related and non air-traffic-related activities (units, revenue, employees)

Although Brussels South Charleroi Airport is functioning as a “low-cost base” the air traffic related revenues represent only 6,3% of the total revenue of the airport while handling 58,1% and other, non aeronautical incomes are 23,9% of the total. At the airports are employed 406 persons.

V.1.6.6. Summary on “what does this airports successful” – special services/activities at/around the airport

Brussels South Charleroi Airport is successful offering services exclusively for low-cost carriers and their passengers. The airport doesn’t intent to be more than a very cheap airport with the necessary infrastructure and services their clients need.

Even the longer way to the final destinations of the passengers could be compensated by the attractive prices and the very good connections to the main cities of Europe. There are no more and splendent infrastructure as needed for serving passengers of the low-cost carriers. The company’s management is focusing on guaranteeing an acceptable quality of services for passenger’s needs and the appropriate working conditions of the staff.

The company started to elaborate a new Master Plan for the developments for the next 20 years, but the results are not known for the time being.

V.1.7. Basel - Mulhouse Airport

V.1.7.1 Geographical situation

The Basel-Mulhouse Airport is also a typical regional airport which is situated next to the A35 highway (see . figure). Although the airport “belongs” to two cities and two countries, both cities are close to him. Basel could be arranged within 6 kilometres and Mulhouse within 22 kilometres by car.

Situation of Basel – Mulhouse Airport to the city centres

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V.1.7.2 Population and economic situation in the catchment area

In the closer catchment area live only 1,0 million people, but in the broader catchment area, including Alsac and Haut-Rhin in France, Freiburg in Germany and Nord-west Schweiz could be reached almost 5,9 million people. The level of the GDP per capita (on PPS basis) in the Haut-Rhin sub-region is similar to the Hainaut province in Belgium: EUR 21,8 thousand/persons but the whole region (not considered the Swiss and German data) is developed. Not only the GDP per capita data is higher, but the role of air-traffic intensive activities is more important in the region. The share of tercier sector is 74,7% and the share of the info-communication is 3,4%.

V.1.7.3 Revenue

The Basel-Mulhouse Airport is a typical “low-cost base”. It serves more than 7,5 million people but moved only a few tons of cargo. The yearly sales revenue of the airport were EUR 101,3 million in 2011.

V.1.7.4 Profitability

The Basel-Mulhouse Airport is generating profit for his shareholders, the EBIT of the airport were EUR 19,4 million, which represents 19,2% of the total revenue. The result was almost doubled comparing with the year before.

V.1.7.5. Air-traffic-related and non air-traffic-related activities (units, revenue, employees)

As Basel-Mulhouse Airport is functioning also as a “low-cost base” the air traffic related revenues represent 63,0%, handling 26,0% and other, non aeronautical incomes only 11,0% of the total incomes. At the airports are employed 494 persons.

V.1.7.6 Existing development plans

In the passenger sector there are prospects of extending the Eastern European connections, of optimizing the range of classical business destinations and holiday flights as well as of diversifying the choice of flights through attracting additional airlines. In the freight sector the present old infrastructure will be replaced by a modern new freight terminal, which will be adapted to the needs of local industry, particularly pharmaceutical firms. Another important project for EuroAirport and the region is the direct railway connection to the airport.  The current planning of the project foresees its opening in 2017-18. Another future construction project is the erection of a 2- and 3-star hotel complex with 200 rooms in immediate proximity to the Airport Terminal.

V.1.7.7. Summary on “what does this airports successful” – special services/activities at/around the airport

The extremely convenient location of EuroAirport at the heart of Western Europe and at the crossroads of three economically thriving regions explains the airport’s success.

The scheduled flight network includes between 60 and 80 airports in about 30 different countries, depending on the season. Normally they can be reached directly every day or at least several times a week without changing. At EuroAirport more than 20 different airlines handle approximately 80-100 daily scheduled flights. The market leaders are easyJet and Air France, followed by Lufthansa with its subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines, as well as airberlin and British Airways.

V.1.8. Bratislava Airport

V.1.8.1. Geographical situation

The Bratislava Airport is a small regional airport on the North-east of the city and it is situated next to the D1 highway (see . figure). The centre of the Slovak capital could be arranged within 30 minutes, 16 kilometres by car or passengers can travel there by public bus transport too.

Situation of Bratislava Airport to the city centre

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The Bratislava Airport is situated quite near to Vienna Airport (less than 100 km) serving almost the same population, like Charleroi and Brussels due to the possibilities of the common Schengen borders.

V.1.8.2 Population and economic situation in the catchment area

In the closer catchment area live only about 0,6 million people, but in the broader catchment area, including Bratislavsky kraj in Slovakia, Wien and Burgenland in Austria and Győr-Moson-Sopron in Hungary it could be reached almost 5,4 million people. Bratislava overtop the other Slovak regions in terms of economic development figures. The GDP per capita (on PPS basis) is quite similar than the developed regions of the continent: EUR 43,1 thousand/persons. Also the role of the tercier sector is quite high, it represents the 80,8% of the region’s total GDP and the info-communication activity is important (5,6% of the GDP) as well.

V.1.8.3. Revenue

The Bratislava Airport is also a typical “low-cost base”. It serves almost 1,7 million people but moved only a few tons of cargo. Because of the moderate number of passengers and cargo traffic the yearly sales revenue of the airport were only EUR 27,3 million in 2011.

V.1.8.4. Profitability

The Bratislava Airport is not profitable for his shareholders, it means for the Slovak state. The EBIT of the airport were EUR -3,1 million, which represents -11,3% of the total revenue. The loss was less than one year before.

V.1.8.5. Air-traffic-related and non air-traffic-related activities (units, revenue, employees)

Although the Bratislava Airport is functioning as a “low-cost base”, since the crises the number of passengers are decreasing (in 2007 2,2 million passengers comparing with 1,6 million in 2011) but the moved cargo volume is constantly increasing (2,0 thousand tons in 2007 and 20,5 thousand tons in 2011). The air traffic related and handling revenues represent 72,3%, commercial services 18,8% and other incomes 8,9% of the total incomes. At the airports are employed 621 persons.

V.1.8.6. Summary on “what does this airports successful” – special services/activities at/around the airport

For the time being there is no facts to be highlighted as “success” regarding on the Bratislava Airport. The company suffered recently from a lot of different factors: loss of several domestic carriers; persistent political influence; poor long-term planning for the airport due to frequent fluctuations in top management etc. Nevertheless there are possibilities to find niche markets in Central Europe between two larger airports like Vienna and Budapest, e.g. non-scheduled flights or different destinations of different carriers.

The airport is also very good located for those travellers who are involved in the car industry or in other flight sensitive activities and are visiting the triangle between Vienna, Budapest and Zilina.

V.1.9. Leipzig/Halle Airport

V.1.9.1. Geographical situation

The Leipzig/Halle Airport is one of the most important cargo hubs in Europe on the North-west of the city and on the South-east of Halle, situated next to the crossing point of the A9 and A14 highways (see . figure). Leipzig could be arranged within 16 kilometres and Halle 22 kilometres by car or passengers can travel there by public transport (train, S-Bahn and bus), including intercity connections too.

Situation of Munich Airport to the city centre

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V.1.9.2. Population and economic situation in the catchment area

In the closer catchment area live only about 1,2 million people, but in the broader catchment area, including Sachsen it could be reached almost 4,2 million people. The former GDR regions still are much less developed than the South-west part of Germany. The GDP per capita (on PPS basis) in Sachsen (region of Leipzig and Halle) is still considerably below the level of Bayern or Baden-Würtemberg: EUR 21,1 thousand/persons. In the two cities are a bit higher: EUR 25,4 thousand/ persons and EUR 22,6 thousand/persons. The role of the tercier sector is also less important (56,6%) in the GDP of Sachsen although in Leipzig it is a bit higher: 61,4%. Nevertheless the importance of info-communication activities is similar to other developed regions: 5,8% of the GDP.

V.1.9.3. Revenue

The Leipzig/Halle Airport is also a typical cargo base, although it serves as a small regional airport too. It serves almost 2,9 million people but moved more than 743 thousand tons of cargo. With this figure is the 2^nd largest cargo basis in Germany, 5^th in Europe and 26^th in the world. The airport is the basis of two large air cargo enterprises: Aerologic and European Airt Transport Leipzig. There are other important air cargo carriers active at the airport e.g. DHL. The airport belongs to the Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG. but there is no data available on the web regarding on financial facts of the company.

V.1.9.4. Profitability

The airport belongs to the Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG. but there is no data available on the web regarding on financial facts of the company.

V.1.9.5. Air-traffic-related and non air-traffic-related activities (units, revenue, employees)

The airport belongs to the Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG. but there is no data available on the web regarding on financial facts of the company.

V.1.9.6. Summary on “what does this airports successful” – special services/activities at/around the airport

The success of the airport is based on their important role of Germany’s air cargo activity. It is supported by the good location and connection by highways and railways as well.

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