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ContentS winter 2012 Airports Council International European Region, 6 Square de Meeûs, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Director General Olivier Jankovec 07 Olivier Jankovec, Director Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 72 Fax: +32 (0)2 513 26 42 General, ACI EUROPE e-mail: [email protected] The Financing Cliff Communications Manager Robert O'Meara Warsaw Chopin Airport Warsaw Chopin Airport is investing Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 82 77.7 million to rebuild Terminal A. € Set for completion at the end of 2014, the work will integrate Terminal A with the recently-completed existing Fax: +32 (0)2 502 56 37 AIRPORTS IN terminal facility. e-mail: [email protected] THE NEWS Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport opened the new ‘Pier A-Plus’ – the latest addition to Swedavia existing terminal facilities. Together 08 Sweden’s national airport group, with Piers C/D and B, the new facility Swedavia, has become the world’s first will form the main focus of Lufthansa’s carbon neutral national airport group. A380 handling activities at Terminal 1. The group gained carbon neutral status within Airport Carbon Accreditation for all of its airports. Aerodrom Ljubljana, Airports in the News Dublin Airport Slovenia Senior Manager Membership and Dublin Airport is aiming to cut its Bidders have been announced for the energy use by up to a third by 2020. planned construction of the second New measures will include replacing passenger terminal at Ljubljana’s 5 existing airport operational vehicles airport. The estimated cost of the new with fully electric models on a trial terminal will be €72 million and it is basis. Dublin Airport is Airport Carbon scheduled to open in spring 2015. Commercial Services A snapshot of stories from Accredited at the ‘Reduction’ level. BAA Airport company BAA is no more after it decided to drop the name. Each of Napoli Capodichino Danielle Michel the airports previously under the BAA Airport around Europe name – London Heathrow, Glasgow, Napoli Capodichino Airport has Aberdeen, Southampton and Stansted opened the first full-service pizzeria – will now operate under their own with a wood-fired oven in the Italian standalone brands. airports network. The restaurant specialises in pizzas and dishes inspired by recipes from the Campania region. Aéroports de Paris Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 78 Aéroports de Paris (AdP) has released details of a six-year redevelopment programme for Paris-Orly Airport. A central element of the project will see the two terminals merged into a single Athens Airport facility, with the aim of drastically Athens International Airport Fax: +32 (0)2 502 56 37 improving the passenger experience. introduced new improved services recently for customers travelling through its airport to enhance the overall travel experience. Some of these services include Branded Departure Gate Lounges, ‘Time to e-mail: [email protected] ANA Gate’ informative monitors and Virtual Portugal has moved a step closer Assistants, in an effort to promote in selling its airport operator ANA Athens Airport’s high-tech profile and has attracted eight preliminary and increase the efficiency of airport offers in a deal that could help the operations. indebted country raise up to €2 billion. German airport operator Fraport, Brazilian construction group Odebrecht, Portuguese road operator CCR, Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial and investment group Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) were among the bidders. 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ACI EUROPE and Swedavia becomes world’s PPS Publications accepts no responsibility or liability whether direct or indirect, as to the currency, first carbon neutral accuracy or quality of the information, nor for any consequence of its use. national airport group © PPS Publications Ltd 2012 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 04 WINTER 2012 COMMUNIQUÉ AIRPORT BUSINESS CONTENTS CONTINUED CONTENTS CONTINUED 22 34 Solar Impulse Aviation Security Helping high ambitions get Developing the 2020 airport off the ground security model 24 38 Aerodrome Airport Operations Rulemaking Process Delivering future efficiency Communicating to the EASA stakeholders 25 40 Airport Regions Conference Airport Development Researching Check-in 3 enhances VIE’s decarbonisation… from green credentials the ground up 26 42 Innovative passenger initiatives Future Travel Improving the airport Experience Europe experience LAX plans multi-sensory passenger experience 30 44 Frankfurt Airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol FRA inaugurates Schiphol’s award-winning Pier A-Plus passenger focus 32 45 Brussels Airport Airport Exchange 2012 Brussels prepares for Exhibitor highlights long-haul growth ARINC_ITS_2013-ACIeuropeWinter.pdf 1 12/11/2012 10:20 EDITORIAL COMMUNIQUÉ AIRPORT BUSINESS WINTER 2012 07 THE FINANCING CLIFF By Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE As I write these lines, Eurostat sort of financing cliff – by analogy has just released its latest figures Many airports are finding to a well-known situation across showing that the Eurozone has the Atlantic. fallen back into recession. At the themselves between a rock Yet, it is puzzling that the revised same time, the EU is engaged in State aid guidelines on airports tense negotiations over its budget and a hard place – public being prepared by the European for the next 7 years – with Member Commission appear to be oblivi- States arguing for cuts and the financing is retreating while ous to that situation. From what European Commission pleading for we have been told, the objective is more money to be spent on growth- access to private financing to curb the public financing of air- enabling sectors and projects. port infrastructure, based on the While all these discussions remains difficult. assumption that there are too many behind closed doors about how airports in Europe. Hence, the pri- much EU money should be ear- vate sector should foot the bill, with marked for the Common Agricultural needed from all parties involved – in to financing their modernisation airports moving towards full cost Policy or Nuclear Fission seem excess of €30 billion. For Europe’s and development. This is noth- recovery and airlines paying for it. very remote from the daily worries airports, the bill is expected to ing new, as airports’ capital costs If confirmed, such an approach of airport managers, they do actu- reach up to €5 billion by 2030. already increased by +23% in 2010 would clearly stand in the face of the ally matter for our industry. Indeed, And this is where the CEF matters, alone, adding a staggering €1.7 bil- economic reality of airports, negating what will be decided by the end of because it will be the only oppor- lion to our cost base – in spite of the essential role they play in Europe’s November is also how much EU tunity to get EU financing. Without much reduced capital expenditure. connectivity and for local develop- money will go to the Connecting it, some airports are unlikely to Unfortunately, there does not seem ment. It would also be at odds with Europe Facility (CEF), which will make the necessary investments. to be much hope for improvement. the Trans European Network and the provide financing for theEU ‘s Trans Alongside the challenges of current This was just recently confirmed by EC’s own Growth & Jobs agenda – European Network and the deploy- trading conditions, the business Standard & Poor’s, which noted that not to mention the way in which the ment of the SESAR project. case of deploying SESAR may lower economic growth prospects new economic powerhouses of Asia SESAR is the technological and not be obvious for all airports – as do not bode well for the credit rating or the Gulf are financing their own operational component of the Single related investments will not neces- of European airports. airport infrastructure. European Sky. It will bring about a sarily bring local benefits given the The risk is of course further Ultimately, the challenges of whole range of new technologies priority SESAR places on improve- reductions in investments.