Transcript The SEAPLANE Project Sustainable and Efficient Air

Seminar ”Regional Economic
Development and Air Access to
Heathrow and Gatwick”,
London, May 4, 2004
„You Are Not Alone“
Hartmut Beyer,
SEAPLANE Project Co-ordination,
UNICONSULT Universal Transport Consulting GmbH,
Hamburg
Why am I here… ?
• UNICONSULT is a transport consulting company,
engaged, i.a., in air transport
• Contributed to the SEABIRD project (airports BSR)
• Co-ordinate the SEAPLANE Project on behalf of EU
Regions (i.a. objective 1 and 2 areas)
• The Highland Council including Inverness Airport
(HIAL) are in the focus of one SEAPLANE project
activity
All project partners (regions) were/ are
looking for improved accessibility by air
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UNICONSULT
May 2004
The SEAPLANE Project (1)
EU INTERREG III B ( NSR), objectives i.a.:
economic and social cohesion (requires improved accessibility of
peripheral regions), sustainable (economic) development, ...
SEAPLANE project’s aim:
Development of regions by
strengthening the air transport
network and its airports
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13 regional authorities of
6 countries brought in
21 airports,
7 airlines
Budget 1,4 mEuro
execution 2002-2005
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The SEAPLANE Project (2)
Objectives
• To improve the regional airports’ efficiency, economic sustainability to fulfil
their regional spatial, ecological and social-economic function
• To identify new passenger market potentials and to support the
implementation of air travel needs to and from peripheral areas and implement
new air routes for better accessibility of regions,
• To develop concepts for implementation of EU airport safety and security
requirements
• To improve the trans-national co-operation and information exchange
between region’s, airport’s and airline’s representatives
• To analyse interdependencies between air transport
and the region’s socio-economic and spatial structure
Output: SEAPLANE Resolution
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The SEAPLANE Resolution (1)
Conclusions out of the SEAPLANE Project
1 Regional airports constitute an important element in regional economic
development as they contribute added value to regional economies located
in peripheral regions.
2 Regional airports provide the crucial infrastructure necessary to secure
the lifeline air services and to ensure a region’s accessibility to and from
national and international economic centres is maintained.
3 Linking airports of peripheral regions to national and international
network airports with sufficient frequency to offer suitable interlining
opportunities facilitates the EU policy objectives of social and economic
cohesion, spatial development, and improvement of regional competitiveness.
4 The current process of slot allocation at congested EU national and
international network airports hinders the retention and development of
air services to and from peripheral regions at adequate levels of
frequency and service, and at acceptable schedules.
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The SEAPLANE Resolution (2)
Request to establish policies for the implementation of
following measures
1. Amendment of the existing slot allocation rules at co-ordinated EU national and
international network airports to ensure that existing services to peripheral
regional airports can be retained and developed, and new (or previously served)
routes encouraged to operate.
2. Revision of the rules for Public Service Obligations (PSO) to ensure the
continuity of regional air services to peripheral areas
3. The provision of start-up aid, such as is provided by route development funds,
for the inauguration of new regional air routes from peripheral regions,
including access to network airports, and for promoting non-road and inter modal
transport links
4. The development and monitoring of EU policies to ensure the provision of
sufficient runway capacity and the optimum use of existing runways at European
network airports in order to secure and increase access for existing or future
regional air services to peripheral regional airports.
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The SEAPLANE Resolution (3)
13 regional authorities
April 04
Resolution
EU Aviation
Associations
EU Political
Transport Institutions
CPMR
ERA
ACI
AEA
CoR
EU Political
Institutions
NSC
MEP
DG Regio
EU Parliament
Sep 04
EC DG TREN, Direction F, Airport Policy
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Example: Use of PSO at Rostock-Laage
Airport, Region Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (D)
• Objective 1 area: ‘developing’ economic power, low
accessibility, high unemployment rate,..
• Initiative from airport and regional companies towards
regional Ministry for Economy
• RLG-FRA with good pax potential but slot restricted,
• alternative route RLG-MUC was tendered in 2002,
Cirrus Airline (Team Lufthansa) won
• 3 mEuro for two years, prolongation required in 2004
• results: good start, today challenges due to low cost
carriers serving Berlin-Munich (20’ -> 16’ pax p.a.)
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One Idea….
• INTERREG III C project idea “EUROPLANE”
• similar like SEAPLANE (involves Regional Authorities,
Airports, Airlines)
• focus on: (i) airports in peripheral EU regions,
(ii) interdependencies airport-region,
(iii) airport business development
...to remind the EU Commission about their
responsibility towards peripheral regions
by using their EU INTERREG III C Program
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Peripheral
Regions
in Europe
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