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30 th Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference. Airport Management in Uncertain Times Tony Storck Director, Air Service Development Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI). Nonstop Scheduled Service at BWI 1985. Nonstop Scheduled Service at BWI 1995.
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30th AnnualFAA Aviation Forecast Conference Airport Management in Uncertain Times Tony Storck Director, Air Service Development Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI)
Low Fare Growth Low Cost Carrier Scheduled Weekly Seats as Percent of Total Airport Seats 1985 - 2005
The Four Cs • The Comparative Advantage • The Cost-Conscious Airport • The Collaborative Airport • The Contrary Approach
The Comparative Advantage • Stretching Location • New York • LGA, JFK, EWR • PHL, ABE, ISP, HPN, SWF • The Bay Area • SJO, SFO, SAC, OAK • New England • PVD, BOS, MHT, BDL, ORH • South Florida • MIA, FLL, PBI
The Comparative Advantage • Multi-Airport + Multi-Airport Operators = Competition
The Comparative Advantage • Euro-Copies • Ryanair has stretched locational advantage: MilesMarket Hahn 75 Frankfurt Torp 75 Oslo Skavsta 55 Stockholm Beauvais 65 Paris
The Cost-Conscious Airport • Airports are fanatical about revenues, yet casual about costs. • Airport Operators, large and small alike, should control costs. • Airlines should concede that some airport costs reduce airline operating costs.
The Cost-Conscious Airport • Must someday abandon average cost (residual) pricing for airfields. • The Concept of Benefit Sharing • Pool the Upside
The Collaborative Airport • What about the other side of the city pair? • BWI — LHR • BWI — DUB • BWI — SEA • BWI — ???
The Collaborative Airport • TAG TEAM® • Approach target airport first • Pool resources: • Consultants • Contacts • Data • Joint presentation to target carriers
The Collaborative Airport • Leverage all public and private resources: • Economic Development Agencies • Convention & Visitors Bureaus • Other Public/Private Entities
The Contrary Approach • Prepare for the Flip Side • Planned Shrinkage • Hub/Spoke Deconstruction • Consolidation • Changing Market Dynamics
The Contrary Approach • Scheduled Passenger Carriers: • In 1978: 41 • Since 1978: 327 • Remaining: • In 1978: 13 • Since 1978: 76
The Contrary Approach PrincetonAir Link Connectair OceanaireLines L’Express
The Contrary Approach • Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 Planning • Should not come as a surprise! • All airport departments (and beyond) are affected: • Customer Service • Media • Operations and Security • Finance/Business • Legal
Time-tested Strategic Innovations • Know your Comparative advantages • Always be Cost-conscious • Seek and exploit Collaboration • Keep the Contrary in mind, too
Thank You! QUESTIONS Tony Storck Director, Air Service Development Baltimore/Washington International Airport