Leveraging Airports for Economic Development

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Leveraging Airports for Economic Development

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UNITAR The United Nations
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What is a CIFAL Center?

• UNITAR is the training arm of the United Nations
  and a sister organization to IMF, WHO, FAO, ITU,
  UNDP and other similar UN affiliated
  organizations
• CIFAL Centers, or International Centers for the
  Training of Local Authorities, are created by
  UNITAR to support the leaders of large urban
  areas
• 12 CIFAL Centers have been established in
  partnership with leading municipalities around
  the world to cover specific regions and areas of
  expertise
• Atlanta selected by UNITAR in September 2004,
  with strong early support of Atlantas local
  community

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Organizations Supporting CIFAL Atlanta

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UNITAR CIFAL CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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CIFAL Atlanta Target Audience

• Training for leaders of urban areas with more
  than 500,000 inhabitants throughout the Western
  Hemisphere
• Participants Mayors, local government, elected
  officials, key local executives, civil society
  leaders, and businesses involved in economic and
  social development

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CIFAL Atlanta Programs 2005-2006

• AIDS competency for Municipalities
• Managing Homelessness in large urban areas
• Private/Public Partnerships for Social Housing
• Web based services for citizens
• Managing Immigration

• Commercial Diplomacy
• Airports and Economic Development
• Knowledge Hubs and Economic Development
• Mass Transit Implementations
• Water Strategies
• Broadband Wireless Internet for Municipalities

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Why a Program on Airports and Economic
Development?

• Airports are critical economic growth engines for
  large urban areas in a globalized economy
• 42 of global trade in value via air cargo
• Airports quality of services and competitiveness
  have a strong impact on surrounding regional
  economies
• Airports can be leveraged in many areas to create
  jobs and new activities in support of economic
  development
• Airports are an essential component of urban
  planning
• Cooperation among local leaders and
  Public-Private partnerships are key factors of
  success for economic development initiatives
  around airports

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Why a Program on Airports and Economic
Development?

• Airports in the U.S. alone create over 500
  billion each year in total economic activity
  (Source ACI). In 2001, there were
• 1.9 million jobs on U.S. airports
• 4.8 million other airport-related jobs created in
  local communities,
• For a total of 6.7 million airport-related jobs,
  with a payroll of 190 billion.
• Most countries in the Western Hemisphere are
  increasingly dependent upon Airport activities
• Tourism
• Business Centers
• Specific industries relying on air cargo such as
  fresh produce, fisheries, garment and electronics
  etc.
• Island states in the Caribbean

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Your Opinion Key economic drivers that you see
for the future growth of your airports
Cargo hub aeronautic industries
Others
Garment industries
Fisheries
Agriculture
Other high added value manufact.
Electronics and High Tech
Air travel of local population
Regional hub for airlines
Tourism
Regional business center
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Participants in this Workshop

• General managers of airports
• Heads of authorities overseeing or owning
  airports
• Corporations managing or servicing airports
• Civil aviation authorities
• Transportation Ministers
• Urban planning institutes
• Stakeholders of local economies and chambers of
  commerce

Objective of Workshop Facilitate the sharing of
best practices in leveraging airports for
economic development
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Your Opinion Aligning Strategic Planning with
Local Economic Stakeholders Priorities

• Your Level of Interest
• 4.55/5.00
• Topics you would like to know more about
• Airport Master Plan Development
• Tendencies
• Roles for airport to promote regional development
• Economic sector participation
• Successful cases of airport based industries
• Key elements needed to sell a strategic plan
• What is the type of relationships between
  airports and regional communities in the Unites
  States which support significantly economic
  development

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Your Situation Strategic Planning

• Do you have a strategic planning process in place
  at your airport?
• YES 82
• If yes, are local economic stakeholders and local
  authorities involved?
• YES 67 (or 55 of total respondents)

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Your Opinion Real Estate and Urban Planning in
Support of Airports and Economic Development

• Your Level of Interest
• 4.00/5.00
• Topics you would like to know more about
• Restrictions and trends
• How to integrate urban and airports development?
• Ground access alternatives
• Integrating different modes of transport
• Sizing up for future development

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Your Opinion Financing Airports Infrastructures

• Your Level of Interest
• 4.45/5.00
• (Ranked 5.00/5.00 by Airports General Managers)
• Topics you would like to know more about
• Sources of financing
• Structuring airport financing
• Funds to develop airport infrastructure in Mexico
• Recovery/upgrade non-aviation revenue streams
• Bidding processes for concessions

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Your Feedback What Kind of Financing is
Available to Participating Airports?
Private Placements
Privatization
International Devt Agencies
Central Government
Muni Bonds
Bonds
Bank Loans
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Your Opinion Optimizing Airport Revenues and
Competitive Cost Structure

• Your Level of Interest
• 4.18 /5.00
• (Ranked 5.00/5.00 by Airports General Managers)
• Topics you would like to know more about
• Consulting and software services
• Tariffs
• Airport costs and airlines competition
• Maximizing return maintaining competitive tariffs
• Reducing operational costs in Cargo Terminals
• Aeronautical and non-aeronautical activities

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Thank you for your participation!
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Your Levels of Interest for Key Topics

• Aligning strategic planning with local
• economic stakeholders priorities 4.55 / 5.00
• Real estate and urban planning in support
• of airports and economic development 4.00 /
  5.00
• Financing airports infrastructures 4.45 / 5.00
• (Ranked 5.00/5.00 by Airports Executives)
• Optimizing airport revenues and
• maintaining competitive cost structures 4.18 /
  5.00
• (Ranked 5.00/5.00 by Airports Executives)