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2nd ACI EUROPE Airport Charges Conference
"Innovative charging methods for enhanced airport/airline relations"
Monday 27 October 2008
Official Opening Party
Conference delegates are invited to attend the Official Opening Party for an evening of relaxed networking and socialising. The Airport Exchange exhibition will be officially opened by Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE and Dr Rainer Schwarz, CEO, Berlin Airports and delegates will be treated to cocktails and canapés whilst enjoying an exclusive preview of the exhibition, with live entertainment from the renowned 18 piece Blue Baba Swing Bigband.
Tuesday 28 October 2008
Delegates are invited to attend working sessions from any of the six other conference programmes.
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Wednesday 29 October 2008
The EC Directive versus the airports’ marketdriven, environmental and new route incentives
Conference chairman: Richard Leigh, Managing Director, AirportCharges.com
09:00 - 10:30 – First Working Session
Chairman’s Appraisal: An examination of the charging trends and principles at Europe’s Top 50 Airports, and how charges pay for future facilities.
Keynote Addresses:
Competition, regulation and low cost carriers - can you have all the colours in all the sizes?
Richard Sharp, Associate Director - Airports Team, Macquarie Capital Funds
Does the Commission now feel it has met the criticisms of the airports community relating to the new Charges Directive?
Rodrigo Vila de Benavent, Head of Unit, Infrastructures and Airports, DG-TREN, European Commission
10:30 - 11:15 - Networking coffee break
11:15 - 12:45 – Second Working Session
What are the likely impacts of the new charges directive and will it bring about airport/airline harmony?
Chairman: Richard Leigh, Managing Director, AirportCharges.com
Panellists will give a 5 minute presentation before moving to a wider discussion.
Declan Collier, Chief Executive Officer, Dublin Airport Authority
Maria-Anna Muller, Managing Director, Rostock-Laage Airport
Ian Clayton, Airport Regulatory Affairs Manager, easyJet
Cathal Guiomard, Commissioner, Commission for Aviation Regulation Ireland
12.45–14.00 - Networking lunch break on exhibition floor
14:00 - 15:30 – Third Working Session
The experimentation and early application of new emission-based charging schemes
Chairman, Richard Leigh, Managing Director, AirportCharges.com
Chairman’s Appraisal: Are there clear and common formulae in environmental charges?
What are the initial results of the Fraport-Munich Airport pilot scheme for NOx charging? Have any important changes emerged during the first year of scheme’s trials? How likely is it that the model will be adopted across Germany and beyond?
Robert Kaertner, Vice President, Business Management Aviation, Munich Airport
What signals are given by airport emissions charges, and what messages are received by stakeholders?
Chris Smith, Managing Director, Seabury Group
15:30 - 16:00 - Networking coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 – Fourth Working Session
New Route and “Route Growth” Incentive Schemes
Chairman, Richard Leigh, Managing Director, AirportCharges.com
Chairman’s Appraisal:
What trends are emerging in the increasingly transparent new route incentive schemes? How prevalent is the presence of risk-sharing “route growth” incentives on existing services?
Barcelona’s Air Route Development Committee (Comitè de Desenvolupament de Rutes Aèries or CDRA) has had the key role in establishing new services worldwide and within Europe since it was set-up in 2005. How will it now adapt and continue to operate in the new era when airlines are likely to demand even more assistance in starting new routes?
Jordi William Carnes, Deputy Mayor for Economic Promotion and the Treasury, City of Barcelona
Shannon Airport Authority’s new hub airport incentive scheme has been specifically designed to encourage services to London-Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. How does this discount scheme work and what measures are built in to ensure its achievements are long-lasting?
Martin Moroney, Director, Shannon Airport
Newquay Cornwall Airport was the first UK airport to introduce an Airport Development Fee charged directly to passengers at check-in. Did the airlines’ promised service reductions materialise and did any cuts neutralise the hoped-for financial benefits? Is the ADF to be considered a financial instrument of last resort?
Chris Cain, Project Director, Newquay Cornwall Airport
Athens has probably the largest and most generous range of charging discounts available from a major European airport. Indicators also suggest that it is one of the most desired city pairs among other European airports seeking to establish new services. With such demand factors how influential is this level of charging incentive in the decision making of airlines?
George Karamanos, Manager, Marketing & Public Relations Business Development Division, Athens International Airport
Chairman’s topical conclusion: “The contribution that airports can make to the viability of air services”
17:30 - Close of Conference