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Introduction into the French Airport System

• Data
• Role of the French state
• Regulation
• Privatization trends
• Aéroports de Paris

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Data

• gt100 airports in France
• gt125 Mio passengers in 2004, that is 6,5 of
• worldwide air traffic by only 1 of worldwide
  
• population
• 12 biggest airports 90 of traffic
• Regional airports often highly subsidized by
• departments/regions

Data OECD 2004
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Data
Data DGAC 2005
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Role of the French state

• Traditional much influence
• Planification and nationalization after WW2 in
  the
• French economy
• Market is not seen as guiding- and
  coordination-system
• Central control and guidance of state necessary
• Logic of grands corps and grandes écoles in
  France
• for public enterprises (e.g. France Telecom,
  Air
• France, SNCF and ADP) and administration

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Role of the French state II
Data OECD 2004
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Regulation

• Direction général de laviation civile
• Fixation of charges over 5 years, proposal of ADP
  to
• the ministry ?veto
• Single-till approach

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Privatization I

• April 2005 new law opening of capital of ADP and
  12
• biggest airports in France
• ADP change into societé anonym, 100 of shares
  in
• public hand
• opening of capital expected in April 2006
• Majority of shares will still be owned by the
  French
• government, approx 30 will be sold
• Full privatization not possible due to French
• constitution of 1946
• Strikes ADP 100 public, 0 privé

Data Transport Actualités, 2005
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Privatization II

• 12 regional airports with gt 1 Mio passengers
• State will first keep gt 50 of shares but in the
  law it is
• not fixed that state will stay with majority
• a long terme, tout est possible
• System facultative for CCI to create sociétés
• aéroportuaires under private law and enter
  with own
• capital
• At least 25 of shares will be proposed to the
  CCI
• 15 to the collectivité territoriales

Data Transport Actualités, 2005
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Aéroports de Paris I

• gt 60 of passenger traffic, 90 of fright
• Charles de Gaulle, Orly, Le Bourget, 10 small
  airports
• and 1 heliport in Ile-de-France other
  businesses
• Passenger traffic 2nd in Europe after BAA
• Freight 1st in Europe (Air France, Fedex Europe)
• gt500 directions in 135 countries

Data ADP 2004
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Aéroports de Paris versus regional airports

• Weakness of regional airports
• Dominance of Air France
• Concentration Hub
• SNCF with TGV offer
• Low development of LCC

Example international connections of the 4
biggest regional airports
Data A.D.Little
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Aéroports de Paris II
expenditures 2004
Revenue structure 2004
other
aviation
non-aviation
Data ADP 2004
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Aéroports de Paris III

• critics
• Structure of charges
• Under-use of capacity
• Architecture
• Quality/price ratio

Cours de comptesthe value for money of Paris
airports is not very good
2006-2010 2,5 billion investment
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Aéroports de Paris IV capacity development
CDG
Orly
Data ADP 2004
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Aéroports de Paris IV capacity development
e.g. for arrival of Airbus A380
CDG
Orly
Data ADP 2004
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Aéroports de Paris V

• Change of image in 2005
• Face lift of terminals
• new logo,
• new slogan Le monde entier est notre invité
• New webpage
• Awareness 30 ? goal same brand awareness as
• SNCF (80)
• Advertising campaign of DDB TV and press
• Increasing commerce new surface and airport
• journal, coupons, fashion shows, exhibitions

Data ADP 2004
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Aéroports de Paris VI - comparison
Data ADP 2004
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Aéroports de Paris VI comparison TRL data
Data TRL 2004
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Aéroports de Paris VI comparison TRL data
Data TRL 2004
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