Member regions 2010

ARC today30+

Cities and Regions18 Countries

100 mill CitizensMajor airports70% of

airports >20 mill pax

675 mill pax

Why Airport Regions Conference?

� Aviation is a global industry

� that generates local and regional economic growth

� brings Europe together and connectsEurope regions to the world

Why Airport Regions Conference?

� Aviation is a global industry

� with local and regional impact

� depending on local infrastructure and public investments

� with severe local environmentalimpact

Airport regions play a key rolein European development

� Airport regions are the engines for economic growth and global competetiveness.

� Airport regions are focal points for bringing Europe together.

The ARC MissionBy working in partnership:

� Enhance the role of regional and local governments as active partners in the development of European Transport Policies

� Undertake common initiatives for the exchange of information and best practice among its members

� Co-operate at European/International level to pursue common interests

Key issues� Noise

� Noise mitigation� Legislative aspects

� Airport Mediation� Competence Centre

� Economic growth� Opens skies� Tourism � Labour market and

education

� Climate change� Surface access� Intermodality

� Quality of Life� Integrated airport and

local/regional planning� Air Traffic Management

impact� Investments and

compensation� Land use planning

An innovative approach to meet airport expansion AND improved living conditions

� What are the common key elements for improved quality of life in European airport regions and a level playing field?

� How are the key elements related to national and regional governance structures?

� What steps can be taken to meet demand for additional capacity and at the same time improve living conditions?

QLAIR objective

Create competitive airport regions in which economic development and

the improvement of quality of life are equally balanced

Key elements – identification of QLAIR framework and topics

short term projects -2008/2009

� Improved information and communication

� Inclusion of ground noise in airport nuisance reduction policies

� Innovative approaches to compensation schemes

� Impact of Air Traffic Management on spatial planning

Information and communication� Collect experiences of ARC regions and other

relevant airport regions on (web based) information to citizens

� Assess strengths and weaknesses of policies and systems

� Provide best practices regarding policies

� Discuss framework for policy position

Information – airport operations

� Availability (of data/information)� Accessibility (how and where to find information)� Basic information� (Pre-)notification of airport operation:

� Current runway use� Flight paths� Real time flight data (noise tracking)

� Noise measurement data� Complaints

Results� Airport websites available

� Not user friendly access to aircraft noise information

� Variety in information provided in different regions

� Objectivity of data questioned� Various information/sources with unclear status

� Communication operations ( handling complaints)� Mixed results (from successful to unclear to ineffective)

� Communication airport expansion� Mostly informal, difficult to formalise

Ground noise

� Ground noise is a relatively new and growing area of concern around major hubs and growing airports

� The challenge� Finding solutions for a phenomena not included in noise

policies

� Noise reduction schemes and noise models mainly focus on ‘general’ noise

Definition of the problem

� Ground noise problem increases with � flight intensity (3 flights/hr is different from 30)

� hugh aircrafts entering the market

� Wind, weather conditions

� GN relates to housing development/ runway use/ runway expansion

� Current noise contours inadequate in representing

� the GN problem

Ground noise - results� First report made to identify the issue in

Europe

� Brought to the attention of the EU and the Industry

� Second report in 2011 with global perspective

� Conference in Frankfurt 2011 to recognise ground noise at a high level.

Mitigation and compensation� Mitigation:

� Reduction or elimination of noise annoyance� Sound insulation schemes

� Demolition and buy-out schemes

� Compensation:� Payments for disproportionate effects

� Damage caused by spatial planning

� Other compensation schemes

findings� Mitigation (insulation) present in most regions

� Efficiency? Scope?� Mix of voluntary and legal agreements

� Compensation� Depending on noise zones – planning issue� Mutual agreement provides satisfactory results� One sided (airport) programs has limited effects

� Other financial compensation schemes� Scientific basis inconclusive� Damage needs to be proven� Large potential for regions

� Very few innovative approaches

Air traffic management

� Structure� How are ATM and spatial planning linked today?� What ATM concepts and technologies are foreseen and what are

their effects?� Does new technologies of tomorrow impact on spatial planning

today and vice versus?

� •Documentation� Booklet: “ATM and spatial planning in Airport Regions”

� Workshop with Eurocontrol and ATM and political rep/planners� Confirms that regions should be involved

Projects 2010-� INTEREG Capitalisation project – implement

QLAIR policies in action plans� Barcelona LP + 8 ARC members

� Optimal land use strategies –� Dublin Region LP

� Investments in noise restricted areas-� Amsterdam Region LP

Projects 2010-� Communication policies with citizens-

� Amsterdam LP

� Ground Noise continued� Frankfurt LP

� ARC policy statements

The time perspective

� What can be achieved in:� Short term 1 to 5 years.

� Financial incentives, administrative, regulations etc.� Administrative improvements, financial incentives for traveller to

reduce carbon footprint, on line national travel planners, better regional travel experiences.

� Medium Term 5 to 10 years.� Technological developments, implementation of new techniques.

� Integrated ticketing using new or adapted technologies, on lineinternational travel planners using new or adapted technologies.

� Long term 10 to 20 years.� Infrastructure projects;

� new/enhanced rail access to airport, airports as intermodalinterchanges, high speed train/air substitution over short hauljourneys.

The geographical perspective

� Start at the centre, the airports;� Airport catchment area accessibility

� Intermodality at the airport -> administrative routines -> ticketing in the metropolitan area ->Seamless door to door journey -> Integrated ticketing -> Air/Rail substitution.

� Analysis of traveller behaviour� different customer needs are dominant in

different airports – find “tailor made solutions”

ARC projects in member regionsfeed European policies

Working with the Commission Observatory on Airport Capacity

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