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Annual Report 2009 Annual analyses of the European air transport market Annual Report 2009 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Air Transport and Airport Research Annual analyses of the European air transport market Annual Report 2009 German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum German Aerospace für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. Center in the Helmholtz-Association Institute of Air Transport and Airport Research February 2011 Linder Hoehe 51147 Cologne Germany Head: Prof. Dr. Johannes Reichmuth Authors: Erik Grunewald, Amir Ayazkhani, Dr. Peter Berster, Gregor Bischoff, Prof. Dr. Hansjochen Ehmer, Dr. Marc Gelhausen, Wolfgang Grimme, Michael Hepting, Hermann Keimel, Rainer Kiehne, Alexandra Leipold, Dr. Sven Maertens, Melanie Murphy, Dr. Peter Meincke, Dr. Janina Scheelhaase web: http://www.dlr.de/fw Final Report 2011-02-15 Release: 1.8 Page 1 Annual analyses of the European air transport market Annual Report 2009 Document Control Information Responsible project manager: DG MOVE Project task: Annual analyses of the European air transport market 2009 EC contract number: TREN/05/MD/S07.74176 Release: 1.8 Save date: 2011-02-15 Total pages: 203 Change Log Release Date Changed Pages or Chapters Comments 0.1 2010-01-21 0.2 2010-04-15 0.21 2010-04-23 1st Draft Report 2009 0.3 2010-07-26 Final Draft Report 2009 0.31 2010-09-02 0.32 2010-09-08 0.33 2010-09-20 corrections after review 0.34 2010-10-21 Final Report 2009 - Draft 1.0 2010-10-28 final language check Final Report 2009 1.1 2010-10-29 internal 1.2 2010-12-10 internal 1.3 2010-12-13 internal 1.4 2010-12-20 Final Report 2009 1.5 2011-01-21 1, 2 Final Report 2009 1.6 2011-01-27 1 Final Report 2009 1.7 2011-01-28 Summary detail Final Report 2009 1.8 2011-02-15 Disclaimer Final Report 2009 Disclaimer and copyright: This report has been carried out for the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport in the European Commission and expresses the opinion of the organisation undertaking the contract TREN/05/MD/S07.74176. These views have not been adopted or in any way approved by the European Commission and should not be relied upon as a statement of the European Commission's or the Mobility and Transport DG's views. The European Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the information given in the report, nor does it accept responsibility for any use made thereof. Copyright in this report is held by the European Communities. Persons wishing to use the contents of this report (in whole or in part) for purposes other than their personal use are invited to submit a written request to the following address: European Commission - DG MOVE - Library (DM28, 0/36) - B-1049 Brussels e-mail (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/contact/index_en.htm) 2011-02-15 Final Report Page 2 Release: 1.8 Annual analyses of the European air transport market Annual Report 2009 Content Summary...................................................................................................................................6 1 Air traffic........................................................................................................................15 1.1 Global passenger and freight volume.........................................................................15 1.1.1 Global passenger volume..................................................................................15 1.1.2 Passenger traffic in the world regions ...............................................................17 1.1.3 Global freight volume.......................................................................................17 1.1.4 Comparison of freight tonne kilometres of Europe and the other world regions ...................................................................................................19 1.2 Air traffic in EU-27.....................................................................................................19 1.2.1 European passenger traffic ...............................................................................19 1.2.2 Passenger traffic flows between EU Member States ..........................................20 1.2.3 Passenger traffic flows between the EU-27 and other world regions .................21 1.2.4 European air freight traffic volume ...................................................................22 1.2.5 Freight traffic flows between EU-27 Member States .........................................23 1.2.6 Freight traffic flows between the EU-27 and other world regions......................24 1.3 Air traffic in EU Member States..................................................................................26 1.3.1 Passenger volume.............................................................................................26 1.3.2 Freight volume .................................................................................................27 1.3.3 Flight volumes in the European countries..........................................................28 1.4 General Aviation........................................................................................................31 2 Airlines...........................................................................................................................44 2.1 Passenger airlines.......................................................................................................44 2.1.1 Worldwide scheduled departures......................................................................44 2.1.2 European departures and routes.......................................................................45 2.1.3 Supply by airline type........................................................................................47 2.1.4 Air transport demand .......................................................................................56 2.1.5 Passenger aircraft fleet .....................................................................................76 2.1.6 Airline financial performance ............................................................................83 2.1.7 Alliances...........................................................................................................92 2.1.8 Competition ...................................................................................................101 2.2 Cargo Airlines..........................................................................................................107 2.2.1 Cargo Airlines – Supply...................................................................................107 2.2.2 Cargo Fleet.....................................................................................................113 2.2.3 Cargo Airlines - Financial Performance............................................................116 3 Airports........................................................................................................................117 3.1 Passengers...............................................................................................................117 3.2 Aircraft Movements .................................................................................................120 3.3 Freight.....................................................................................................................123 Final Report 2011-02-15 Release: 1.8 Page 3 Annual analyses of the European air transport market Annual Report 2009 4 Air transport forecasts ..................................................................................................127 4.1 Global forecasts.......................................................................................................127 4.2 European forecasts ..................................................................................................129 4.2.1 Eurocontrol short-term forecast December 2009 ............................................129 4.2.2 Eurocontrol medium-term forecast 2009-2015 ...............................................130 5 Regulatory Developments.............................................................................................132 5.1 International Aviation ..............................................................................................132 5.1.1 Horizontal Agreements...................................................................................132 5.1.2 Bilateral Agreements ......................................................................................133 5.1.3 Common Aviation Area with the EU’s Neighbours ..........................................133 5.1.4 Global Agreements.........................................................................................133 5.1.5 International Cooperation...............................................................................137 5.2 Competition ............................................................................................................137 5.2.1 State aid.........................................................................................................137 5.2.2 Mergers..........................................................................................................139 5.2.3 Antitrust.........................................................................................................140 5.2.4 Infringements .................................................................................................140 5.3 Distribution Networks (CRS).....................................................................................141 5.4 SES II .......................................................................................................................142