Gateway Airport Investment and Development of Airline Services for a Global Economy Workshop organised with Lufthansa and Fraport, Leipzig, 26 May 2009

Workshop Outline Workshop Conclusions  -  also available in Russian  --  Conclusions by David Thompson

Background Documents

Competitive Interaction between Airports, Airlines and High-Speed Rail Summary and Conclusions of Round Table, 2-3 October 2008, Paris JTRC Discussion Paper No.2009-7 Air Transport Liberalization and Its Impacts on Airline Competition and Air Passenger Traffic Tae H. OUM, Air Transport Research Society and University of British Columbia, Canada; Xiaowen FU, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Anming ZHANG, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University The Airport Industry in a Competitive Environment: A United Kingdom Perspective David STARKIE, Economics-Plus Ltd, London, United Kingdom JTRC Discussion Paper No.2008-15

Introduction

Regulation of Large Airports - Status Quo and Options for Reform  --  Slides Hans-Martin NIEMEIER, University of Applied Sciences, Bremen

Session 1.  Views of Regulators

Five Questions on the Economic Regulation of Airports Nick FINCHAM, Director, Economic Regulation & Competition Policy, CAA, United Kingdom Financing Airport Infrastructure in the U.S. Catherine LANG, Acting Associate Administrator for Airports, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration

Session 2.  Views of Airports

Financing Airport Infrastructure: The Fraport Perspective  --  Slides Dr. Stefan SCHULTE, Vice Chairman of the Executive Board, Fraport AG Meeting the Challenge of Financing Airport Development Norman BOIVIN, Aéroports de Montréal Schiphol Group  --  Slides Jos NIJHUIS, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Views of Airports Dominic Schuster, Airport Economist, formerly Sydney Airport Corporation Ltd

Session 3.  Views of Airlines

Principles for Sustainable Growth from and Airline Perspective Dr. Karl-Rudolf RUPPRECHT, Lufthansa Airlines Current Issues of Civil Aviation and Gateway Airport Investments  --  Slides Candan KARLITEKIN, Turkish Airlines Gateway Airport Investment David HAMM, Delta Air Lines