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Center in the Helmholtz-Association Air Transport and Airport Research May 2010 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 Annual Report 2008 2010-05-05 Release: 3.6 Page 1 Annual analyses of the European air transport market Annual Report 2008 Document Control Information Responsible project manager: DG Energy and Transport Project task: Annual analyses of the European air transport market 2008 EC contract number: TREN/05/MD/S07.74176 Release: 3.6 Save date: 2010-05-05 Total pages: 245 Change Log Release Date Changed Pages or Chapters Comments 0.03 2009-02-24 1st Draft Report 2008 0.07 2009-05-13 all Final Draft Report 2008 1.0 2009-06-17 Final Report 2008 1.1 2009-06-17 format items Final Report 2008 1.2 2009-06-19 new tables 2-15, 2-16 Final Report 2008 1.3 2009-06-30 summary added Final Report 2008 2.0 2009-07-24 Working draft 3.1, 3.2 2009-11-09 Chapter 1, 2, and 3 Working draft 3.3 2009-12-29 Chapter 1, 3, and Summary Full Year Updated Final Report 2008 3.41 2010-03-09 Full Year Updated Final Report 2008 3.5 2010-04-28 minor modifications Full Year Updated Final Report 2008 3.6 2010-05-05 chapter 3 Full Year Updated Final Report 2008 Disclaimer and copyright: This report has been carried out for the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport in the European Commission and expresses the opinion of the organisation undertaking the contract TREN/05/MD/S07.74176. 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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 Energy and Transport - Library (DM28, 0/36) - B-1049 Brussels e-mail (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/contact/index_en.htm) 2010-05-05 Annual Report 2008 Page 2 Release: 3.6 Annual analyses of the European air transport market Annual Report 2008 Content Summary...................................................................................................................................7 1 Air traffic........................................................................................................................17 1.1 Global passenger and freight volume.........................................................................17 1.1.1 Global passenger volume..................................................................................17 1.1.2 Passenger traffic in the world regions ...............................................................19 1.1.3 Global freight volume.......................................................................................20 1.1.4 Comparison of the passenger and freight volume of Europe and the other world regions ..........................................................................................21 1.2 Air traffic in EU-27.....................................................................................................22 1.2.1 European passenger traffic ...............................................................................22 1.2.2 Passenger traffic flows between EU Member States ..........................................22 1.2.3 Passenger traffic flows between the EU-27 and other world regions .................24 1.2.4 European air freight traffic volume ...................................................................25 1.2.5 Freight traffic flows between EU-27 Member States .........................................25 1.2.6 Freight traffic flows between the EU-27 and other world regions......................26 1.3 Air traffic in EU Member States..................................................................................28 1.3.1 Passenger volume.............................................................................................28 1.3.2 Freight volume .................................................................................................29 1.3.3 Flight volumes in the European countries..........................................................31 1.4 General Aviation........................................................................................................33 2 Airlines...........................................................................................................................44 2.1 Passenger airlines.......................................................................................................44 2.1.1 Supply by airline type........................................................................................47 2.1.2 Air transport demand .......................................................................................55 2.1.3 Passenger aircraft fleet .....................................................................................73 2.1.4 Airline financial performance ............................................................................81 2.1.5 Alliances...........................................................................................................90 2.1.6 Competition .....................................................................................................98 2.2 Cargo Airlines..........................................................................................................106 2.2.1 Cargo Airlines – Supply...................................................................................106 2.2.2 Cargo Airlines – Demand................................................................................108 2.2.3 Cargo Fleet.....................................................................................................112 2.2.4 Cargo Airlines - Financial Performance............................................................114 2.2.5 Cargo Airlines - Alliances ................................................................................115 2.2.6 Cargo Airlines - Competition ..........................................................................118 3 Airports........................................................................................................................120 3.1 Passengers...............................................................................................................120 3.2 Aircraft Movements .................................................................................................124 Annual Report 2008 2010-05-05 Release: 3.6 Page 3 Annual analyses of the European air transport market Annual Report 2008 3.3 Freight.....................................................................................................................129 3.4 Ground handling .....................................................................................................132 3.4.1 General ..........................................................................................................132 3.4.2 Economic contribution....................................................................................133 4 Air transport forecasts ..................................................................................................135 4.1 Global forecasts.......................................................................................................135 4.2 European forecasts ..................................................................................................137 4.2.1 Eurocontrol short-term forecast ......................................................................138 4.2.2 Eurocontrol medium-term forecast 2008-2014 ...............................................139 4.2.3 Eurocontrol long-term forecast 2008-2030.....................................................140 5 Regulatory Developments.............................................................................................142 5.1 International Aviation ..............................................................................................142 5.1.1 Horizontal Agreements...................................................................................142 5.1.2 Bilateral Agreements ......................................................................................143 5.1.3 Common Aviation Area with the EU’s Neighbours ..........................................143 5.1.4 Global Agreements.........................................................................................146 5.1.5 International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) ..............................................149