Birgit Hegerding, Hartmut Beyer, UNICONSULT Universal Transport Consulting GmbH, Hamburg

1. SEAPLANE Final Conference, Bruges / Ostend June 2nd and 3rd, 2005 The SEAPLANE Project - Review and Evaluation - Birgit Hegerding, Hartmut Beyer, UNICONSULT Universal Transport Consulting GmbH, Hamburg

2. 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 Background of SEAPLANE

3. Overall Approach • SEAPLANE Project • To improve spatial and regional development aims by supporting the development of regional air transport. • Similar challenges and constraints at European airports and regions exist. Networking and information exchange on the same issues might lead to easy solutions. ____________________________________________________________________________________

4. Contribution by SEAPLANE : Cross Sectoral Integration Sustainable Development Economic and Social Cohesion Spatial Development of the NSR Interregional and tran-national co-operation Equal Opportunities The Environment Final Project Report to INTERREG III B Secretariat Transnational Strategy of the INTERREG III B Programme

5. Objectives, Activities, Outputs O.: To identify the actual status but also the possible future development of the North Sea Region’s air transport network Activity 1 - Status Analysis Air Transport • Draft/ Final Status Report inclusive airport data sheet (Sept 2003) • Economic Impact Analysis for Airports at Växjö and Inverness • Development of the Resolution (May 2004) • Lobbying, distributing and handing over of the resolution to DG TREN representatives (Nov 2004)

6. Objectives, Activities, Outputs O: To improve the regional airports’ efficiency, economic sustainability, quality and inter-modality function Activity 2 - Airport Development • Draft/ Final Report completed in June 2004 • Airport Ownership report • Airport Benchmarking incl. workshop • Air cargo market analysis Cuxhaven in fall 2004 • Air cargo market analysis Ostend in June 2005 • Installation of PTS info terminals BRE, HAJ, GRQ • Development concept for Växjö, • Development concept for Ljungbyhed

7. Objectives, Activities, Outputs O: To identify the air travel needs to and from peripheral areas and implement new air routes Activity 3 - Airport Passenger Potential Analysis • Draft/ Final Ex-Post Report completed in Jan 2004 • Draft/ Final Ex-Ante Report completed in September 2004 • Passenger potential on 90 new routes for 2006 • Action Plans distribute to 10 regions/ airports • Workshop in Hanover Nov 2004 • Route spiders new routes, catchment areas for selected SEAPLANE airports, passenger hours saved • Implementation of selected routes by supporting presentations at Hanover and Groningen

8. Objectives, Activities, Outputs O: To develop concepts for the implementation of airport safety and security requirements Activity 4 - Airport Safety and Security • Interim Report was distributed in Feb 2004 • Contract was ceased by Kortrijk Airport in April 04 • GAC German Airport Consulting GmbH / Airport Hamburg re-started in June 2004 • Safety workshop in September 2004 • Draft Final Report in November 2004 • Final Report in March 2005

9. Objectives, Activities, Outputs O: To improve co-operation and information exchange between regional spatial planners and airline/ airport representatives Activity 5 - Promotion and Publication /Networking • SEAPLANE homepage was established in summer 2003 by BMT • SEAPLANE Flyer in December 2003 • SEAPLANE resolution flyer in August 2004 • SEAPLANE Project Brochure in Apr 2005 • SEAPLANE Poster in June 2005 • general assemblies, workshops and working groups

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14. Networking by partners Understanding of different perspectives and way of working Integration of authorities, airports and airlines Numerous additional external administrations, partners, institutes and airlines were involved 10 out of 13 partner locations have been visited (except Kristianstad, Stavanger and Ljungbyhed - still a chance ?) Overall Achievements (1)

15. SEAPLANE Auditor presented the SEAPLANE financial system at the Lead Partner Seminar in Gothenburg in June 2004 Article 4 visit of the secretariat went well in Sept 04 Additional values/ spin-offs (Gothenburg-Stavanger link by Welcome Air) Execution within the given project budget and time frame Overall Achievements (2)

16. Wider utilisation and dissemination of project results Intensifying communication among the SEAPLANE partners plus all adjacent regional authorities Particular view on best practise approach and trans-national co-operation Bremerhaven: Large tourism infrastructure activity for airport and regional development (03.-04. March 2005, 27 participants) Shetland Islands: Tourism in peripheral regions, accessibility (20.-22. April 2005, 24 participants) Additional Networking Events

17. - Continuation of networking by bilateral meetings and communication - Utilisation of existing information and analysis - Representation of SEAPLANE project at events - Maintaining of project structures, networking and information flow (co-ordination) - Lobbying of the SEAPLANE resolution - Additional networking events - Support in the implementation of new routes Follow-up Activities by the SEAPLANE partners by the SEAPLANE project set up and / or