Low Cost Airports and Terminals Report (2009 Update)

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The only, and most comprehensive, management report published on low cost airports and terminals.

• 300 page report.
• Learn from 25 airport case studies!
• Detailed examination of the development of low cost airports and terminals at Liverpool, Frankfurt (Hahn), Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
• Prospects for their proliferation worldwide
• The demands placed on airports by low cost carriers and how to cope with them
• The prototype low cost airport
• Market making – methods of improving non-aeronautical revenue streams
• What chance low cost cargo terminals?
• Benchmarking and differentiating the costs and benefits of a separate low cost airlines terminal versus a mixed use one…
• …and much, much more!

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First updated in October 2009.

Table of Contents (October 2009 update edition)

1. The Low Cost Airline Phenomenon and its effects on Airports
   1. A brief history of the LCC
   2. Where is the LCC industry heading?
   3. Is the LCC honeymoon over?
   4. Pressures placed on airports
   5. How do airports position themselves in this environment?
2. The demands placed on airports by low cost carriers
   1. The emergence of the two-tier and low cost airport
   2. What do low cost airlines actually want from airports?
   3. Case studies
   4. How airports can take advantage of the environment created by the LCCs – market creation
3. Creating a thriving new airport: Two case studies from Europe
   1. Liverpool John Lennon Airport
   2. Positive parallels to be drawn
   3. Pitfalls facing other LCAT operators arising from these case studies
4. Low cost airports & terminals in Europe
   1. United Kingdom
   2. Switzerland
   3. France
   4. Belgium
   5. Hungary
   6. Germany
   7. Poland
   8. Italy
   9. Iceland
   10. Spain
   11. Denmark
   12. Finland
   13. Sweden
   14. Latvia
   15. Other LCCT Developments
5. Low cost airports & terminals in North America
   1. Introduction
   2. Pittsburgh Airport
   3. Chicago Midway Airport
   4. Baltimore-Washington International Airport
   5. New York J F Kennedy Airport
   6. Austin Bergstrom Airport, Texas
   7. Dallas Love Field
   8. Canada
6. Low cost airports & terminals in Asia Pacific
   1. Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur
   2. Singapore - Changi Airport
   3. Thailand
   4. Macau Airport
   5. Zhuhai Airport
   6. Diosdado Macapagal Airport (Clark), the Philippines
   7. Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport
   8. Melbourne
   9. Newcastle Airport
   10. Gold Coast Airport, Coolangatta, Queensland
   11. Sydney Airport
7. Prospects for the spread of LCATs
   1. India & South Asia
   2. Indonesia
   3. New Zealand
   4. North Asia
   5. Africa
   6. Latin America
   7. Middle East/Gulf States
   8. Russia
8. Airlines, airports and communities: A European perspective
9. Low cost airports and non-aeronautical revenues
   1. Introduction
   2. The way forward
   3. Assessment of the key revenue streams
   4. The relationship with concessionaires
   5. The effects of the economic recession, 2008-09
10. Other issues affecting LCATs
    1. Opportunities for low cost cargo airports
    2. Economic impact and route development funding assistance to LCCs/LCAs
    3. Who are the passengers?
    4. Provision and use of lounges at LCAs
    5. Implications for ground handling companies
    6. Benchmarking and differentiating the costs and benefits of a separate low cost airlines terminal versus a mixed-use one
    7. The costs and benefits to an LCC
    8. What happens when FSCs and LCCs start to merge?
    9. Can rail seriously challenge LCCs/LCATs?
11. Appendix 1: Retail Concessions - Europe
12. Appendix 2: Retail concessions outside Europe
13. Appendix 3: Existing low cost airports (A) and terminals (T), examples
14. Appendix 4: Examples of projected low cost terminals and airports