Options for Traffic Growth at Smaller European Airports Under the European Commission’s Guidelines on State Aid

Grimme, Wolfgang; Maertens, Sven; Schröpfer, Adél

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2018.12.020

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“…The last element recalled mitigates the effects induced by the Public Service Obligations (PSO) imposed at European level for certain air routes. The literature reveals how public authority intervention in favour of minor airports can determine even substantial changes in the network (Grimme et al, 2018;Pilar Socorro & Betancor, 2020).…”

Section: Demand-driven Network Definitionmentioning

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The centrality of Italian airports before and after the COVID-19 period: what happened?

Tesoriere¹

2023

European Transport/Trasporti Europei

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Air transport in Italy accounts for around 1,8% of national production and employment. This sector has undergone a series of transformations during the recent pandemic period. The main focus of this research is the analysis of the network of national airports with more than 50.000 passengers per year both outbound and inbound and the estimation of their centrality in the presence of significant exogenous events such as the recent pandemic. The change in centrality was examined over the period 2019-2021. The methods of network analysis were applied and the results show an increased and growing centrality of some southern airports in the network, a downsizing of Rome Fiumicino airport during the pandemic period and a marginalisation in the national network of some smaller airports in the centre-north. This first step in the research lays the foundations for better actions to promote sustainable transport planning, considering local authorities, airport managers and airlines.

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Section: Demand-driven Network Definitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The centrality of Italian airports before and after the COVID-19 period: what happened?

Tesoriere¹

2023

European Transport/Trasporti Europei

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“…Airport policies should include a strategy to promote destinations and local development and not just air traffic [33]. Grimme et al identified feasible ways for airport management and (regional) governments to cope with the legal framework for airport managers and owners and for policymakers [34].…”

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Updating National Air Passenger Demand from Traffic Counts: The Case of a Secondary Airport in an Underdeveloped Region

Russo

Fortugno²,

Merante³

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Sustainability

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Demand models allow to estimate the choices made by users on different alternatives. Demand models depend on the characteristic attributes of the users and transport networks, as well as on parameters. Their significance translates into the reliability of the model in reproducing users’ choices as demand values. Traffic counts are aggregated data that can be used to update demand values of O/D matrix and/or for re-calibrating parameters from sets of parameters obtained in different situations or at different times in the same scenario using a reverse assignment modal. This paper provides the use of passenger counts to update national air transport demand by calibrating a hierarchical logit model. The application focuses on estimating the demand values for a secondary airport of an underdeveloped European region with the calibration of the logsum parameter working between distribution and modal choice. The updated model can be used to test new conditions for the supply of a new service or to increase the frequency or to modify the ticket level by means of public service obligations. The results show that the introduction of public obligations in the secondary airport in an underdeveloped region is crucial for future sustainability. Considering the decline in the economic, social and environmental sustainability in the region, the airport is central to economic and social development at the same time as being important for environmental sustainability, as it limits the impacts on the territory related to the construction of large transport infrastructures.

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“…Although very small airports, with passenger volumes below 200,000 per year, are exempt from this directive, the new guidelines are expected to have far-reaching implications. It is estimated that more than 50% of all airports within the EU operate on state aid (Grimme et al, 2018). Additionally, the current ramifications of the global COVID-19 pandemic further accelerate the situation such that many regional airport operators are set to face existential problems in the near future.…”

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Regional Airports and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Single European Aviation Market

Volkhausen

2022

REDR

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This paper exploits market changes induced by the Single European Aviation market liberalization initiative to bring new evidence on the link between regional airports and economic development. Using administrative level data for the EU-15, a difference-in-differences research design is applied to identify the causal effects and spillovers of regional airports on local economic activity, population, and employment. The results suggest that the presence of regional airports on economic activity in the EU is positive and ranges between 2 and 6 percent. Population levels increase between 1 and 3 percent and the effect on employment is in the magnitude of 2 percent. An additional instrumental variable estimation points towards a similar outcome, with each additional 1 million passengers yielding to a positive effect between 2 and 3 percent on GDP.

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Options for Traffic Growth at Smaller European Airports Under the European Commission’s Guidelines on State Aid

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

The centrality of Italian airports before and after the COVID-19 period: what happened?

The centrality of Italian airports before and after the COVID-19 period: what happened?

Updating National Air Passenger Demand from Traffic Counts: The Case of a Secondary Airport in an Underdeveloped Region

Regional Airports and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Single European Aviation Market

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