International Transport Forum Airport Regulation Investment and Development of Aviation

This report is based on the workshop organised to examine Gateway Airport Investment

and Development of Airline Services for a Global Economy at the ITF's 2009 Forum on

Transport and Globalisation. The workshop focussed on financing airport infrastructure through

airport charges in light of the competitive interaction between airports and airlines. Participants

discussed the circumstances in which pricing and investment should be regulated and how this

might be most successfully done.

The workshop brought together airlines, airports and regulators to explore ways to improve

the functioning of the aviation industry to ensure adequate airport infrastructure. The exchange

focussed on ensuring that in the future airport charges foster airport and airline development

that best serves the interests of both air passengers and the wider community.

The panel of speakers at the workshop was as follows:

Moderator Jeff Shane, Hogan and Hartson LLP, former Under Secretary for Policy,

US DoT

Introduction Hans-Martin Niemeier, University of Applied Sciences, Bremen

Regulators Hartmut Spickermann, Federal Ministry of Transport, Germany

Nick Fincham, Civil Aviation Authority, United Kingdom

Catherine Lang, Federal Aviation Authority, USA

Ulrich Stockmann, MEP, Rapporteur on airport charges, Transport and Tourism

Committee

Airports Stefan Schulte, Fraport AG

Normand Boivin, Aéroports de Montréal

Dominic Schuster, Sydney Airports Corporation Limited

Jos Nijhuis, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Airlines Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht, Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Candan Karlitekin, Turkish Airlines

Tim Clark, Emirates

David Hamm, Delta

Rapporteur David Thompson, Independent Expert

This publication compiles the conclusions drawn up by the ITF secretariat at the workshop

and a fuller report on the conclusions of the discussions written