Edinburgh Chambers of Commerce Gordon Dewar Chief Executive Edinburgh Airport

The first Scottish airport to ever surpass 10m passengers

Significant increase in connectivity Gatwick Heathrow Frankfurt Paris Copenhagen Amsterdam 114Newark ROUTESLONG HAULHUBS Pre GIP June 2012

Significant increase in connectivity Summer 2015 Abu Dhabi JFK Doha Chicago Toronto Istanbul GatwickAbu DhabiGatwick HeathrowJFKHeathrow FrankfurtDohaFrankfurt ParisChicagoParis CopenhagenTorontoCopenhagen AmsterdamIstanbulAmsterdam 114Newark 130Newark ROUTESLONG HAULHUBSROUTESLONG HAULHUBS Pre GIP June 2012

Role of non-London airports Direct point to point preferred. New technology allowing better economic and operational reach Focus on direct services National role to improve European network

50 Flights per weekday (average over summer) 5 airports 5 airlines Serving London

Reliance on London Access to hubbing wherever the airline chooses to offer Heathrow is currently a constrained Gatwick already showing desire for ‘self connection’ Need expanding connectivity over London

Developing Connectivity through Partnership Partnership is at the heart of everything we do Partnership with airlines first and foremost Partnership with Scottish agencies –Transport Scotland –Visit Scotland –Scottish Enterprise –Marketing Edinburgh/City of Edinburgh

Onward Connection Partnerships Access to/from Scottish destinations –Transport for Edinburgh – Tram and Bus –Glasgow and Fife Coach services –New opportunities with new rail franchise

Operational Partnerships New check-in technology –Technology providers and airlines New security technology –Working with Gatwick and MacDonald Humfrey ‘Record breaking’ extension build in 18 months –Balfour Beatty Educational Partnerships –Napier and Edinburgh Universities for placements, research and Intern projects –Saltire Foundation internships

Tourism Partnerships £9bn of spend in Scotland 14,000 businesses serving the visitor economy; and 211,000 jobs over 8% of all jobs in Scotland A sector that can grow rapidly A sector that responds to investment quickly A sector that needs partnership across public and private sector

Summary A great year delivering growth A great year delivering choice A great year delivered in partnership 2015 a year for even more Edinburgh Partnerships!