1. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 Birgit Hegerding, Hartmut Beyer, UNICONSULT Universal Transport Consulting GmbH, Hamburg SEAPLANE and the Networking Event SEAPLANE Networking Event, Bremerhaven, March 3rd to 4th, 2005

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 Outputs/ Results Airport charges: take-off / landing fees Passenger and cargo handling fees Aeronautical revenues Retail, advertising, rents Car rental and parking charges Non-aeronautical revenues Joint promotion of regional cultural and historical resources “Regional” revenues Regional SWOT Analysis Växjö Region Tourist Development Astrid Lindgren Scandinavian Pilot Centre, university co- operation Bremen and Lund University 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 Airport business development concepts

5. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 Passenger market potential analysis for 10 airports 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 Outputs/ Results

7. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 SEAPLANE Resolution 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 Outputs/ Results

9. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNICONSULT March 2005 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 Bremerhaven Agenda