1. Introduction into the French Airport System  Data  Role of the French state  Regulation  Privatization trends  Aéroports de Paris

2. Introduction into the French Airport System  >100 airports in France  >125 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 Data: OECD 2004

3. Introduction into the French Airport System PassagieraufkommenGewerbliche Flüge Verkehr in Tsd.200404/0304/00200404/0304/00 Paris75.000,7+6,3%+2,0%735,2+3,8%-1,6% 1. Paris Charles de Gaulle50.951,3+5,9%+5,8%516,4+2,1%+1,5% 2. Paris Orly24.049,4+7,1%-5,2%218,8+7,9%-8,4% 3. Nice-Cote-d'Azur9.326,9+2,2%-0,4%154,0-8,8%-25,1% 4. Lyon-Saint-Exupéry6.124,8+4,5%+3,2%118,9+4,3%-4,4% 5. Marseille-Provence5.605,0+7,1%-11,6%86,1+6,1%-13,9% 6. Toulouse-Blagnac5.563,1+5,8%+6,0%77,3-1,5%-11,7% 7. Bordeaux-Mérignac2.896,7+3,4%-3,7%45,8-0,0%-8,4% 8. Bâle-Mulhouse2.491,9+3,5%-32,7%56,0-10,3%-45,2% 9. Strasbourg1.919,0-5,8%-4,6%38,9-2,8%+2,3% 10. Nantes-Atlantique1.864,3+3,2%-0,8%32,4-7,8%-25,4% 11. Beauvais-Tillé1.427,6+47,4%+247,4%10,9+22,0%+158,0% 12. Montpellier-Méditerranée1.325,8-15,3%-23,5%15,3-33,8%-42,1% 13. Ajaccio-Campo-Dell'oro975,1-8,2%-8,6%13,2-10,3%-9,1% 14. Lille-Lesquin836,4-3,8%-15,5%17,9-7,8%-27,5% 15. Bastia-Poretta819,6-1,6% 13,5-3,6%-1,5% Summe der 15 Flughäfen116.177,0+5,2%+0,1%1.415,3+0,1%-10,5% Summe der aller 114 FH124.428,1+4,7%-0,2%1.628,6-1,3%-11,6% Data Data: DGAC 2005

4. Introduction into the French Airport System 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

5. Introduction into the French Airport System Data: OECD 2004 Role of the French state II

6. Introduction into the French Airport System Regulation  Direction général de l’aviation civile  Fixation of charges over 5 years, proposal of ADP to the ministry  veto  Single-till approach

7. Introduction into the French Airport System 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

8. Introduction into the French Airport System Privatization II  12 regional airports with > 1 Mio passengers  State will first keep > 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

9. Introduction into the French Airport System Aéroports de Paris I  > 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)  >500 directions in 135 countries Data: ADP 2004

10. Introduction into the French Airport System 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

11. Introduction into the French Airport System Aéroports de Paris II aviation non-aviation other Revenue structure 2004 In `0002004 Total revenue1.711.846 purchases -80.383 Staff costs -543.700 Other operating costs -501.027 taxes -89.893 depreciation -279.639 Net result 128.896 expenditures 2004 Data: ADP 2004

12. Introduction into the French Airport System Aéroports de Paris III  critics:  Structure of charges  Under-use of capacity  Architecture  Quality/price ratio Cours de comptes:“the value for money of Paris airports is not very good” 2006-2010: 2,5 billion € investment

13. Introduction into the French Airport System Aéroports de Paris IV – capacity development CDGOrly Data: ADP 2004

14. Introduction into the French Airport System Aéroports de Paris IV – capacity development CDG Orly e.g. for arrival of Airbus A380 Data: ADP 2004

15. Introduction into the French Airport System 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

16. Introduction into the French Airport System Aéroports de Paris VI - comparison Data: ADP 2004

17. Introduction into the French Airport System Aéroports de Paris VI – comparison TRL data Data: TRL 2004

18. Introduction into the French Airport System Aéroports de Paris VI – comparison TRL data Data: TRL 2004

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