Manila Bulletin
April 27, 2012
by Edu Lopez
The Airports Council International (ACI) has predicted that worldwide and permission to grow is needed if the industry is to continue operating in benefit of communities worldwide.
To accomodate that growth, airports need better collaboration and cooperation from air transport stakeholders in industry, government, regulators and NGOs, said Gittens.
"Many airports are still viewed by regulators as simple providers of infustructure, as regulators have not grasped the evolution of airports into diversified businesses and community partners. In order for airports to provide social and economic benefits to communities, airports need permission to grown from local governments."
Gittens said government regulatory decisions must be structured in way that enables airports to attract the interest of the private sector.
According to the ACI's 2011 economic surveys, some US$135 billion in capital expenditure are planned at airports worldwide between 2013 and 2016, not including the current projects in the Middle East and it onlyincludes two airports in mainland China.
"An increasing number of countries are calling on the private sector for the development aeronautical infrastructure, be it in the form of outright privatizations or public private partnerships. This necessarily implies the need for states to provide the right economic regulatory framework to allow airport companies to generate the type of financial returns required to attract provate investors."
On the aviation side, the industry needs to demonstrate environment stewardship and in keeping with this responsibility, the industry has introduced its CO2 Roadmap and ACI has demonstrated its commitment with ACI Europe's Airport Carbon Accreditation Program.
Airports must also focus on local community issues such as noise, air quality, water, waste and land use if local government and communities are to provide permission to grow.
"At the sixth aviation and Environment Summit last month in Geneva, the leaders of our industry - airports, airlines, air traffic control and manufacturers - stated that will do their part to maintain and grow a vibrant, sustainable air transport industry. However we need permission from governments and society if we are to be allowed to provide local, national and global communities with the economic and social benefits they need", Gitten said.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Global Passenger Traffic Up By 7% In Feb., Says ACI
Manila Bulletin
April 18, 2012
Global passeger traffic posted a 7 percent growth in February 2012 compared to the same period last year with impressive gains observed in all regions, according to the Airport Council International (ACI).
ACI noted that the emerging markets of the Middle East, Latin America, Caribbean and Asia Pacific witnessed buoyant traffic growth with each region posting increasses of 10.9, 10.2 and 7.7 percent respectively.
The Asian airports of SoekarnoHatta, Jakarta (CGK), Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok (BKK) and Beijing (PEK) not only continue to be strong contributors to growth patterns for the region as a whole but are among the fastest growing high volume airports globally.
ACI said the combined effect of rising demand for air travel and a strong deographic weighting have led airports such as CGK to experience exponential growth over the decade.
The residual effects of political unrest on air traffic have now subsided in Northern Africa. The region as whole has increased by 25 percent as compared to the height of the Arab spring in February 2011, said ACI.
"While gains in air freight of 5.6 percent providing some optimism that trade in freight has revived from the previous woes of 2011, it should be viewed in the context of factors distorting or over stating actual growth rates."
Many key high-volume freight airports in Asia had their shipments suspended due to Chinese holidays in February 2012.
"Both Hong Kong (HKG) and Pudong, Shanghai (PVG) experienced gains of 18.6 and 17.9 percent respectively. Growth is not necessarily uniform across regions. Europe as a whole decreased by -1.5 percent."
ACI World's Economic Director Rafael Echevarne said: "Although February traffic growth rates are overstated by certain events and weak traffic growth rates are overstated by certain events and weak traffic volumes in February 2011, particularly with respect to Africa, global passenger growth rates have been 3 and 7 percent over the last 10 months."
"This is on-going evidence of a sustained rise is global demand for air travel over time. Irrespective of the impressive growth for February in some regions, air freight still holds an air of uncertainty."
"As many Eurozone countries continue to struggle with national solvency concerns, downside risk and adverse effects on Eurozone trading partners will continue to linger," said ACI. (EHL)
April 18, 2012
Global passeger traffic posted a 7 percent growth in February 2012 compared to the same period last year with impressive gains observed in all regions, according to the Airport Council International (ACI).
ACI noted that the emerging markets of the Middle East, Latin America, Caribbean and Asia Pacific witnessed buoyant traffic growth with each region posting increasses of 10.9, 10.2 and 7.7 percent respectively.
The Asian airports of SoekarnoHatta, Jakarta (CGK), Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok (BKK) and Beijing (PEK) not only continue to be strong contributors to growth patterns for the region as a whole but are among the fastest growing high volume airports globally.
ACI said the combined effect of rising demand for air travel and a strong deographic weighting have led airports such as CGK to experience exponential growth over the decade.
The residual effects of political unrest on air traffic have now subsided in Northern Africa. The region as whole has increased by 25 percent as compared to the height of the Arab spring in February 2011, said ACI.
"While gains in air freight of 5.6 percent providing some optimism that trade in freight has revived from the previous woes of 2011, it should be viewed in the context of factors distorting or over stating actual growth rates."
Many key high-volume freight airports in Asia had their shipments suspended due to Chinese holidays in February 2012.
"Both Hong Kong (HKG) and Pudong, Shanghai (PVG) experienced gains of 18.6 and 17.9 percent respectively. Growth is not necessarily uniform across regions. Europe as a whole decreased by -1.5 percent."
ACI World's Economic Director Rafael Echevarne said: "Although February traffic growth rates are overstated by certain events and weak traffic growth rates are overstated by certain events and weak traffic volumes in February 2011, particularly with respect to Africa, global passenger growth rates have been 3 and 7 percent over the last 10 months."
"This is on-going evidence of a sustained rise is global demand for air travel over time. Irrespective of the impressive growth for February in some regions, air freight still holds an air of uncertainty."
"As many Eurozone countries continue to struggle with national solvency concerns, downside risk and adverse effects on Eurozone trading partners will continue to linger," said ACI. (EHL)
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