The SEAPLANE Project Sustainable and Efficient Air Transport - ......

1
SEAPLANE Networking Event, Lerwick, Shetland
Islands April 20st to 22nd, 2005
SEAPLANE and the Networking Event
Hartmut Beyer, UNICONSULT Universal Transport
Consulting GmbH, Hamburg
2
Objectives

• INTERREG III B Programme NSR
• spatial and regional development
• interregional and trans-national co-operation
• sustainable development
• economic and social cohesion in the NSR
• equal opportunities

SEAPLANE Project to improve spatial and regional
development aims (plus above) by supporting the
development of regional air transport. Similar
challenges and constraints at airport regions
exist. Networking and information
exchange might lead to
similar solutions
__________________________________________________
__________________________________
3
Background of SEAPLANE

• Facts and figures
• 13 regions from six countries
• 21 airports (0 - 5 mpax p.a.)
• 7 regional airlines
• Idea developed in 2002, start February 2003, end
  June 2005
• 1.4 mEuro budget
• Lead Partner Ministry for Economy, Labour and
  Transport, Lower Saxony, Hanover
• Project management UNICONSULT Hamburg
• Technical support MKmetric, TOI, BMT, UNICONSULT

4
Outputs/ Results

• Airport business development concepts

Development of regular aviation business is
limited by the region (number of people and
strength of business community)... .but every
region might have something special to be
discovered, developed and marketed

• Regional SWOT Analysis
• Växjö Region Tourist Development Astrid Lindgren
• Scandinavian Pilot Centre, university
  co-operation Bremen and Lund University

Regional revenues

Joint promotion of regional
cultural and historical resources
Non-aeronautical revenues

Retail, advertising, rents

Car rental and parking charges
Aeronautical revenues

Airport charges take-off / landing fees

Passenger and cargo handling fees
5
Outputs/ Results

• Airport Comparative Analysis for 21 Airports

• 13 indicators defined (technical, financial,
  mixed) and AP ranked - not for competition but..
• ...to start discussion among AP managers on AP
  efficiency

6
Passenger market potential analysis for 10
airports
Outputs/ Results

• Passenger potential on 90 new routes for 2006
• 10 Airport Action Plans
• Route spiders for selected new routes
• Catchment for selected SEAPLANE airports
• Passenger hours saved for passengers to/ from
  SEAPLANE regions

7
Outputs/ Results

• Info terminals for PTS utilisation
• Objective Improvement of modal split to the
  benefit of the local Public Transport System in
  Bremen, Hanover and Groningen

8
SEAPLANE Resolution
Outputs/ Results

• Problem
• Accessibility of regional airports is restricted
  by slot constraints at network airports
• Regions can not participate in social and
  economic cohesion

• Resolution to EU DG Transport and Energy to
  change slot allocation rules at network airports
  
• Support by European regional transport policy
  associations such as CPMR and NSC
• Presentation at Brussels on 23 November 2004

9
Outputs/ Results

• Several analysis reports on
• Air Transport Industry North Sea Region, Airport
  Security, Air Cargo Potential Analysis.
• Information and communication networking by
• general assemblies, workshops and working
  groups,
• web-site (www.seaplane-project.net),
• flyer,
• brochure.

10
Networking Events

• Utilisation and dissemination of project results
• Communication among the SEAPLANE partners plus
  all adjacent regional authorities
• particular view on best practise approach and
  trans-national co-operation
• 1. Location Bremerhaven large tourism
  infra-structure activity for regional development
  (plus benefits for the airport)
• 2. Location Shetland Islands Tourism in
  peripheral regions, accessibility (20.-22. April
  2005)
• Concept of the Lerwick Agenda