Istanbul Airport: “Enhancing Istanbul’S Position at the Very Top of the Global Airports League”
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SPRING ISSUE 2021 Every flight begins a t the airport. Interview: Kadri Samsunlu, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, iGA Airport Operation Istanbul Airport: “enhancing Istanbul’s position at the very top of the global airports league” Destination Urban Air Taxi bots, drones, 2050 Mobility multimodality European aviation Electrically Powered Air Taxis – New SESAR innovations for embraces net zero vision coming to an airport near you? airports in the pipeline HIA - EXPANSION AD - ACI MAGAZINE -A4.pdf 1 4/7/21 11:19 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K HIA - EXPANSION AD - ACI MAGAZINE -A4.pdf 1 4/7/21 11:19 CONTENTS 07 08 10 OLIVIER JANKOVEC, AIRPORTS IN ISTANBUL AIRPORT DIRECTOR GENERAL, THE NEWS ACI EUROPE Istanbul Airport: “enhancing A snapshot of stories from Istanbul’s position at the very Editorial: Investment Crunch, around Europe top of the global airports Cost Recovery & Sustainability – league” All Part of the Same Equation 16 22 23 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K DESTINATION 2050 SWEDAVIA SESAR JOINT UNDERTAKING European aviation embraces Swedavia, first in Europe to net zero vision achieve Net Zero emissions at Taxi bots, drones, multimodality all 10 airports – new SESAR innovations for airports in the pipeline Airports Council International Director: Media & Magazine staff PPS Publications Ltd European Region, Communications Rue Montoyer, 10 (box n. 9), Virginia Lee Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Paul J. Hogan 3a Gatwick Metro Centre, Balcombe Road, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 82 Editor Ross Falconer Horley, Surrey RH6 9GA, United Kingdom Fax: +32 (0)2 502 56 37 Commercial Manager Julian Bidlake Director General [email protected] Head Designer Joel Mitchell Tel: +44 1293 783851 Fax: +44 1293 782959 Olivier Jankovec email: [email protected] Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 72 Director: Membership [email protected] Services & Events © PPS Publications Ltd 2021 Danielle Michel Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 78 Fax: +32 (0)2 502 56 37 [email protected] The opinions and views expressed in Communiqué Airport Business are not necessarily those of ACI EUROPE or the Publisher. ACI EUROPE and PPS Publications accepts no responsibility or liability whether direct or indirect, as to the currency, accuracy or quality of the information, nor for any consequence of its use. CONTENTS CONTINUED 24 26 28 29 URBAN AIR MOBILITY EUROCONTROL 16TH ACI EUROPE BEST 16TH ACI EUROPE BEST Electrically Powered Air Taxis – Leaving COVID behind: Preparing AIRPORT AWARDS AIRPORT AWARDS coming to an airport near you? for recovery Lisbon Airport wins ACI EUROPE Rome Fiumicino wins ACI EUROPE Best Airport Award in ‘25-40 million Best Airport Award in ‘over 40 million passengers’ category passengers’ category 29 30 30 31 16TH ACI EUROPE BEST 16TH ACI EUROPE BEST 16TH ACI EUROPE BEST 16TH ACI EUROPE BEST AIRPORT AWARDS AIRPORT AWARDS AIRPORT AWARDS AIRPORT AWARDS Hamburg Airport receives ACI EUROPE Budapest Airport wins Malta International Airport Torino Airport wins ACI EUROPE Best Best Airport Award in ‘10-25 million Eco-Innovation Award recognised twice at ACI EUROPE Airport Award in ‘under 5 million passengers’ category Best Airport Awards passengers’ category 31 31 32 34 16TH ACI EUROPE BEST 16TH ACI EUROPE BEST AMADEUS HAMAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AWARDS AIRPORT AWARDS Amadeus Flow: “with an integrated AIRPORT cloud platform, airports can digitally Copenhagen Airport receives To70 B.V. wins World Business Partner transform more quickly and with Qatar’s Hamad International Airport Accessible Airport Award Recognition Award simplicity” goes touchless in a nod to “airport of the future” 36 38 40 42 ADB SAFEGATE BELFAST CITY AIRPORT ENVIROSUITE SELF-SERVICE BAG ADB SAFEGATE completes turnkey – AIRCHAT Envirosuite and Toronto Pearson TAGGING electrotechnical infrastructure for looking into future operations and new Munich Airport apron Belfast City Airport enhances digital changes in community concerns Thinking global – acting local innovation with AirChat omnichannel communication platform 44 46 48 51 TCR GROUP INNOVATION SHOWCASE AIRPORT SECURITY OUTSIDE IN TCR Group collaborating with Passenger-focused innovation Bolstering air freight transportation Errol McGlothan, Managing Director aviation partners on solutions that through safe, secure and speedy (EMEA & APAC), Airport Dimensions are “affordable, sustainable and cargo screening guarantee continuity” Tag it easy. Self-Adhesive Linerless Tags for Baggage at Airports. Easy. Fast. Clean. Passengers love the fact Airports & Airlines increase Creating no waste saves that they can’t make a the bagdrop capacity by cleaning cost and keeps mistake tagging their bag. 200% and staff will enjoy the terminal floor free from the increased service role slippery paper. towards passengers. If you have any questions about this magic tag, please contact us at +31 348 560 077 or send an email to [email protected] www.eezeetags.com eezeetags 210x297.indd 1 29-08-19 10:08 EDITORIAL s I am writing these lines, our industry has been bracing Investment with the COVID-19 pandemic A for more than a year. Yet, with most of Europe still reeling from a third Crunch, Cost wave of infections, aviation remains in the doldrums. Our latest passenger traffic data for Q1 does look pretty miserable, at Recovery & close to -83% across the European airport network – and with airports in the EU, Sustainability EEA, Switzerland and the UK even lower at -89%. Beyond figures, there is so much to say – All Part about this crisis and its enormous human, economic, social and cultural toll. And while we all have been affected in our of the Same personal and professional lives to varying degrees – the two things that our industry Equation and its people have certainly stood for all along these past 14 months are resilience By Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE and cooperation. Despite the echoing empty halls and and develop capacity will not go away. to protect airports in bad times – and disappearing revenues, Europe’s airports With limited financial support and mas- it would actually be both logical and have kept serving their communities sive airline bailouts not trickling down fair to allow airports to recover their – enabling the provision of essential to airports, the extent of our investment costs throughout the crisis. Of course, supplies and emergency services. They crunch will largely depend on whether this should happen gradually and be have ensured the health safety of those regulators allow us to recover at least part smoothed over a number of years – as still taking to the skies, implementing of our costs. nobody questions the hardship also suf- extensive sanitary protocols and offering Cost recovery has been a staple of air- fered by airlines. efficient testing facilities. They have sup- port regulation for decades. It is meant to But there is no escaping the fact that in ported their airlines and other business ensure the stability and continued devel- the absence of public financing, cost recov- partners, whenever possible. Europe’s opment of airports, which in turn enables ery is going to be the only way to keep airports have offered relief to commercial healthy airline competition as well as developing ever greener and digitalised tenants, waived aircraft parking charges, diversified and affordable air connectiv- airport infrastructure. It is the key to ensur- lowered landing and passenger charges ity. But talking about cost recovery does ing a more sustainable, competitive and through incentives, extended payment – prima facie – look impossible right now: efficient air transport system meeting the terms – in a desperate attempt to keep if anything, it is argued, airport charges needs of people, businesses and communi- whatever air connectivity could be saved. should be decreasing. That is indeed what ties. This means airport charges regulation, Crucially, they have stood by their staff, the new IATA CEO was quick to call for when needed, will also need to be aligned trying to limit layoffs by using furlough last month, targeting specifically London- with the new societal imperatives and pol- schemes whenever available. Heathrow – an airport he happens to know icy priorities of the post COVID-19 era. That All this with rather limited exter- quite well. in turn will require Governments explicitly nal financial support: at the last count, Decreasing airport charges in bad times reframing the role and mandate of their Europe’s airports have received just would be both logical and fair… if airports regulators accordingly. €2.2 billion in state support compared were able to charge market rates in good This edition of Airport Business marks to the €36.5 billion extended to the times. But that is not the case. Airport the end of an era, as it will be the last. For continent’s airlines. charges are usually capped to “protect almost two decades, Airport Business has As recovery prospects keep being airlines” from airport’s supposed abuses brought you the very best of our industry pushed back, airports will emerge from of market power – with regulators keen to via news, in-depth interviews, analysis this crisis in an unprecedented state of ensure “airport affordability” for airlines, and more recently digital updates. Our financial weakness. This will impact their without regard as to whether air fares are thanks go to Airport Business’ editor, ability to invest, right at a time when they equally affordable for passengers. Ross Falconer, to all our contributors, need to accelerate decarbonisation and This regulatory asymmetry (or shall we and to you our readers for making Airport further embrace digitalisation – things dare to say double standard?) is a real- Business a go-to staple over the years. that do not come cheap. There is no ity not just at Heathrow but also at many Rest assured that all your industry news escaping that Europe’s airports might be other airports across Europe.