"First-rate discussion forums in a fabulous location,”"
"Aviation Symposium of distinction,"
"An event where one can meet top-class aviation experts in an exclusive atmosphere,"
"A new event on the German-speaking aviation horizon which I wouldn’t want to miss."
Discussions at Palace Urstein:
Theme: Low-Cost Airlines / High-Cost Airports
Low-Cost Airlines have a hard time at traditional "high price" airports. On the other hand, airports can argue that new low-cost airlines constantly challenge them to reduce costs. The first "Salzburg Aviation Days" took place on March 28 and 29, 2006, with this in mind, and was organized by the Academy Urstein in cooperation with Salzburg Airport. Nearly 70 specialists, including many airport and airline general managers from German-speaking areas, participated in two days of discussions at the attractive setting of Palace Urstein.
Europe’s aviation in the hands of the low-cost segment?
Experts anticipate a 37-percent share in 2012 with 591 million passengers in Europe. Other specialists see intra-Europe flights carried out solely by low-cost airlines or low-cost subsidiaries of larger airlines.
Results
Full-proof plans for all kinds of airlines do not exist. There are basically four types of airports (LCC airports, regional airports, hub airports and all-round airports). Specific strategies for ensuring viability were presented in case studies. There was a controversial debate on the subvention issue. Concerning pricing, the goal is to create price structures which allow each side to post a profit. It is doubtful that new monopolies will form in aviation following U.S. deregulation and EU liberalization. It was stressed that the EU’s regulatory provisions were no more than idle legislation seeing as they are all but impossible to enforce.
Salzburg’s four-pillar model delivers what it promises
The "four-pillar" strategy model applied by Salzburg Airport management is well suited for airports such as Salzburg. Scheduled flights operated by network airlines such as AUA, Swiss and Air France should deliver about as many passengers as low-cost airlines or charter business, which is, in turn, divided into incoming and outgoing traffic. Salzburg should not become a solely low-cost airport such as Hahn by Frankfurt, nor should it lose its scheduled flights to European hub airports.
Salzburg Airport CEO Günter Auer stressed in his presentation, Salzburg Airport, as a tourism airport, was already confronted with the problem of low-cost airlines at a so-called high-cost airport as early as 2001. Ever since, we have been hearing how favorable this traffic segment has been in our region from commerce and tourism agencies. Thus we see growth tempered with good judgment for the future. With 24,500 commercial flight movements and 1.7 million passengers per year, today we are operating far below the flight noise curves forecast for 2000 and prescribed by medical experts. The latest studies demonstrate we will be able to keep noise levels within this curve in 2015 as well thanks to quieter airplanes, whereas the most interesting noise curves are within the airport premise. To give you a frame of reference, we project flight movements will be around 30,000 at that time, comparable to Münster-Osnabrück or Bremen.
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List of participants Aviation Days 2006
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