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Airport Express Directory 2015 Airport Express Directory Interlined air-rail ticket distribution In-Town Check-In Clear Waynding Seamless Air-Rail Terminal Integration 33% Airport Market Share Dedicated Luggage Space 25min Journey Time GLOBAL AIR-RAIL MARKET SHARE BENCHMARKING REPORT 2015 [email protected] Director’s Word The Global AirRail Alliance, or GARA for short, was created to provide a platform for professionals from around the world to share their best practice in developing rail links to airports, innovating in airline-railways partnerships, or improving customer service for seamless and painless transition from one transport mode to another. GARA is a community of rail operators, airlines, airports, suppliers, associations, city councils and researchers that work together in creating a simpler, faster and more co-operative future. Our goal at GARA is to provide all the necessary tools for our members to better understand this growing market and form successful air-rail partnerships around the world. At the moment we are continuing to build a comprehensive online database and community sharing platform where our members can access various statistical data about the market, contribute to academic research and connect with other air-rail professionals. This brochure gives you a glimpse at what we are developing and gives you a glimpse at what we are developing and will introduce to you the currently operating dedicated airport expresses around the world. I would like to invite you to join GARA and help us build a stronger air-rail family. Milda Manomaityte Director The Global AirRail Alliance Milda Manomaityte Director The Global AirRail Alliance Milda has some 10 years experience in publishing, event management and mar keting in the transport industry. She has established the airrail NEWS five years ago and since has been running the dedicated publication, conferences and the Global AirRail Awards for the growing air-rail market. The Global AirRail Alliance Link House 140 Tolworth Broadway SURBITON KT6 7HT UK www.globalairrail.com e: [email protected] t: +44 (0) 0208 339 6124 © Global AirRail Alliance 2015 GARA MEMBERS AccesRail, an IATA Strategic Partner, has for close to 15 years distributed rail travel using its IATA code 9B on the neutral AccesRail display on all major GDSs in the world, enabling railway partners’ products full visibility alongside airlines. Aeroexpress is a dynamic Russian company providing intermodal and local rail transport services in compliance with the Aeroexpress license of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. Aeroporti di Roma – ADR S.p.A. - was established in 1974 as exclusive concessionaire for the operation of the main Italian Aeroporti de Roma airport system consisting of both Fiumicino “Leonardo da Vinci” airport and Ciampino “G.B. Pastine” airport. Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), a not-for-profit corporation, is the local authority responsible for the management, Aéroports de Montréal operation and development of Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and Montréal-Mirabel International Airport. Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia SpA is the company that has been running Trieste airport (TRS IATA Code) since July 1997, while in August 2007 it was awarded by ENAC-Italian CAA and the Ministry of Transport with a 40-year-long airport Giulia SpA management concession. Airport Link is the 9 km rail connection between Sydney Airport and Sydney City. The Sydney Airport Link operates more Airport Link than 80,000 train services each year, carrying more than 6 million annual passengers to or from Sydney Airport. Amadeus Total Rail provides the technology and expertise that makes rail booking easier - from the initial search to Amadeus making a booking and staying in touch with your customers before, during and after their journey. Arlanda is Sweden's largest airport and acts as an important hub for the Stockholm region and Scandinavia - owing to Arlanda Airport flights to 172 destinations around the whole world, and good ground transportation to and from other parts of the Stockholm region. ARUP are an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad ARUP range of professional services. Birmingham Airport is directly connected to over 100 towns and cities via Birmingham International Station and the free Birmingham Airport 'Air-Rail Link' system. Brisbane’s Airtrain is the sole rail service connecting Brisbane Airport to Brisbane CBD, suburban stations and the Gold Brisbane’s Airtrain Coast and is integrated into the Queensland Rail passenger rail network. More than 19 million passenger trips have been made since its launch in 2001. Changi Airport was , previously as part of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, has established Changi Airport as the Changi Airport world’s most awarded “Best Airport”. City Airport Train (CAT) offers a rapid connection between the Vienna city centre and airport in only 16 minutes. CAT City Airport Train, Vienna takes passengers nonstop from the airport to the Vienna city centre and vice versa without stress and traffic jams and in an environmentally friendly way. Crossrail Ltd (CRL) is a company which was established in 2001 to promote and develop these vital links to meet the Crossrail needs of people and businesses throughout the South East, and to ensure that London continues in its role as the Europe's leading financial and business centre. Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL) is the operator of KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit train services that connect Kuala Lumpur Express Rail Link International Airport (KLIA) and the Kuala Lumpur city centre. FGW provides high speed, commuter, regional and branch line train services, carrying more than 97 million passengers First Great Western every year across the Greater Western rail franchise area, which includes South Wales, the Westcountry, the Cotswolds, and large parts of Southern England. Flytoget is a high-speed train which brings the passengers to and from Oslo Airport - Gardermoen, with Drammen being Flytoget the end station on the West side. FOGTEC Rail Systems, a business unit of FOGTEC Brandschutz GmbH & Co. KG, have specialised in developing and selling FOGTEC Rail Systems user-specific fire protection system solutions in railborn means of transport. London Gatwick is the UK’s second largest airport and the most efficient single-runway airport in the world. We serve Gatwick Airport around 200 destinations (more than any other UK airport) in 90 countries for 34 million passengers a year on short and long haul point-to-point services. Gatwick Express Gatwick Express is the fastest and only non-stop train service between central London and Gatwick Airport. The Gautrain is a state-of-the-art rapid rail network in Gauteng. The rail connection comprises of two links, namely a link Gautrain between Pretoria and Johannesburg and a link between OR Tambo International Airport and Sandton. Hahn Air is founded as an independent regional carrier operating intra-German routes. It is based at the former military Hahn Air airbase Hahn, known today as the Frankfurt Hahn Airport. Heathrow is the UK’s only hub airport: a vital engine for local economic growth, with 76,000 people working at the Heathrow Airport airport and thousands of firms based in and around Heathrow; and a national asset connecting passengers throughout the UK to destinations around the world. Heathrow Express is a non-franchised, non-subsidised private company which owns its own trains, the stations at Heathrow Express Heathrow, and the entire below-ground section of the line between London Paddington and the airport. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade association for the world’s airlines, representing some 240 IATA airlines or 84% of total air traffic. Kadeco is an Icelandic development company specialized in real estate and business development. Kadeco is the leading Kadeco developer behind the Ásbrú Enterprise Park located next to the Keflavik International Airport. London Luton Airport is the UK’s 5th largest passenger airport. 9.7 million passengers used the airport in 2013. 89% of London Luton Airport passengers were on international flights and 11% of passengers were on domestic flights London Stansted is London’s third-busiest airport, currently serving around 18 million passengers a year. Many leading London Stansted Airport low-cost scheduled airlines have made Stansted their base. Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario under the Metrolinx Act, 2006, was created to improve the Metrolinx coordination and integration of all modes of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Carrying an average of 4.9 million passengers every weekday, the MTR is regarded as one of the world's leading railways MTR for safety, reliability, customer service and cost efficiency. North Star Consultancy writes the standards for Air-Rail links globally with a 15 guidelines approach which contains the North Star Consultancy blueprint for success. It can be applied help develop concepts and strategy for new air-rail links or be used to benchmark existing ones to identify the key levers for improving market share. The Rhônexpress Express Tram is the fastest, most reliable and a seamless link between the centre of Lyon and the Lyon- Rhônexpress Saint-Exupéry Airport, with a journey time of less than 30 minutes and no risk of congestion. SEA - Società per Azioni Esercizi Aeroportuali – and the SEA Group companies manage the airports of Milan Malpensa SEA and Milan Linate. In 2013, the Milan airport system (Linate and Malpensa) registered 26.9 million passengers in total, with 17.9 million at Malpensa and 9 million at Linate. 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