New Praia Airport

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Introduction

• Geography and Demography
• Political and Social Map
• Environment
• Economics
• Air Cargo Industry
• Main Airports
• Background
• Challenges
• Air Cargo Trade
• Sal Airport
• Tourism
• Summary
• Sal Airport Master Plan

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OverviewLocation Demography

• Archipelago 10 Islands, uninhabited when
  discovered by Portugal in 1460 a.d.
• Land Area 1,557 sq.m
• Population 435,000
• Religion 90 Roman Catholic, 8 Christian
  Protestant, 2 others
• Language Portuguese Local Creole
• Growth 27 in 10 years
• Main Towns Praia, Mindelo
• Time GMT 1hr.

Cape Verde
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Political and Social Map

• Independent Republic since 5 July 1975
• Universal suffrage based on Proportional
  Representation
• Consolidated Democracy
• Peaceful transfer of power in 1991 and 2001
• Private sector orientated economic system
• High level of literacy and education
• Widely spread population
• USA (Boston), Portugal, Netherlands, Italy,
  France, Germany, South America, West Africa

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Environment

• Sahel
• Tropical dry climate
• All year constant Average Temperature 25o C.
• Rare occurrence of low visibility aerodrome
  operating conditions
• Diverse landscapes
• Extensive beaches and mountains
• Distinctive cultural identity

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Steady Economic Growth
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West Africa Economic Indicators
Nation GDP in millions (US) GDP per Capita (US) Population Life Expectancy Literacy rate
Mauritania 5.40 1,966 2,747,312  51.1 47
Ghana 37.4 1,880 19,894,014  57.2 65
Cape Verde 0.670 1,654 405,163  69.2 72
Cote d'Ivoire 26.2 1,598 16,393,221  44.9 49
Senegal 16.0 1,556 10,284,929  62.5 33
Togo 7.30 1,417 5,153,088  54.3 52
Guinea 10.0 1,313 7,613,870  45.9 36
Gambia, The 1.50 1,063 1,411,205  53.6 48
Liberia 3.35 1,038 3,225,837  51.4 38
Benin 6.60 1,001 6,590,782  49.9 38
Burkina Faso 12.0 978 12,272,289  46.4 19
Guinea-Bissau 1.10 836 1,315,822  49.4 54
Mali 9.10 827 11,008,518  47.0 31
Sierra Leone 2.70 498 5,426,618  45.6 31
Source CIA World Fact book, July 1, 2002
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Current Economic Environment

• Potential access to a substantial transatlantic
  consumer base
• Existing Trade Agreements
• USA AGOA, SGP, USAID
• West Africa ECOWAS
• Europe COTONOU
• Privileged relationship with Portuguese speaking
  countries, Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique
• Cape Verde has one of the highest GDP per capita
  in the region
• Currency exchange parity with Euro
• Portugal acting as guarantor

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Air Transportation

• Domestic Flights
• Connecting every island
• Regional Flights
• Connecting 8 Capitals of West African Countries
• Intercontinental Flights
• Connecting 7 European Countries, USA (New York,
  Atlanta), Brazil (Fortaleza)
• Open Skies Agreement with the USA
• Yamoussoukro Decision
• CAT 1 imminent next year

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Domestic Network
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Main Airports
Reference Year 2001
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Airport of Sal

• Main International Point of Entry
• Major En-Route Centre
• Airport 3306m runway
• Major Transit Point for South African Airways
• Nominated diversion for Space Shuttle

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International Network
Cape Verde
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Air Cargo Background

• Global trade has been growing consistently
• Airports are re-evaluating the importance of air
  cargo
• In a difficult political and economic world
  climate, air freight is less vulnerable than
  passenger traffic

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North America-Africa Air Trade
6.4 a year is the average growth for the trade
Source Boeing
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Africa Cargo trade Estimate 2001
Source Boeing
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Cargo Statistics in West Africa
Airport Cargo (tonnes) Change
Accra, Ghana 44,721 -5.0
Dakar, Senegal 25,105 -13.6
Libreville, Gabon 18,052 17.1
Lome, Togo 5,255 -6.1
Bamako, Mali 4,534 -15.3
Sal, Cape Verde 4,179 13.3
Conakry, Guinea 3,885 -18.5
Banjul, Gambia 2,895 15.8
Niamey, Niger 1,270 -9.9
Monrovia, Liberia 461 19.7
Source ACI year 2001
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Air Cargo Challenges

• Security
• Industry change
• From production/operating culture to service
  culture
• Service quality
• Internet
• Track trace

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Potential Air Cargo Routes
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African needs

• Rapid response to emergency situations to be
  organised
• Dedicated facilities
• Bulk Food storage
• Chilled storage
• Perishable products
• High value items (security conscious)
• Spare parts for machinery
• Reduced stock holdings
• Just in Time logistics

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African exports

• Basic trade (Labour intensive jobs)
• Computer equipment
• Car industry
• Apparel
• Dedicated facilities
• Fish handling facilities
• Bulk Food storage
• Flowers storage

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Integrator Requirements

• Attracting UPS FedEx or similar integrators

24 Hours of operation Airfield capacity Airport services Labour practices Customs facilities Safety Service network Market Location Airport Management Support Night flying restrictions Night weather record Security
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Cargo Strengths at Sal Airport

• Unique opportunity for inward investors
• Political Stability Consolidated Democracy
• Cultural Homogeneity European and African links
• Safety and Security
• No disease benign environment
• Good facilities and unconstrained expansion
  potential
• Potential for Intermodal hubbing
• Highly (ICAO) trained aviation personnel
• Strategic location for access to and from Africa

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Tourism Market and Perspectives

• Growth of tourism market
• 40 increase of revenues in 2001
• increase of external investments
• tourism represents 41 of the payment balance of
  Cape Verde
• increase of charters flights, incoming and
  outgoing pax
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Tourism in Cape Verde

• Active sun and beach
• Fishing
• Windsurfing
• Naturalist
• Scuba diving
• Culture events
• Adventure
• Combined tours

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Summary

• Political and Economic stability
• Strategic location of Cape Verde in respect to
  world regions
• African Air Cargo has a sustainable growth in the
  past years
• Good facilities at Sal International Airport
• Unconstrained room for development at Sal
  International Airport
• Highly trained airport personnel
• Developing prime tourist destination
• Weakness of airlines operating in West Africa
• Sal Airport is the place!

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Sal International Airport

• Master Plan Development

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Sal Airport Existing Site Plan
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Sal Airport Existing Aerial View
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LAND SAFEGUARDED FOR FUTURE RUNWAY DEVELOPMENT
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ZONE
REMOTE AIRCRAFT STANDS
CARGO HUB DEVELOPMENT ZONE
PASSENGER TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE
AIRPORT RELATED COMMERCIAL ZONE
Sal Airport Proposed Phasing Development Plan
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Sal Airport Proposed Schematic Site Zoning Plan
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CARGO HUB DEVELOPMENT PHASE 1A
CARGO HUB DEVELOPMENT PHASE 1
CARGO HUB DEVELOPMENT PHASE 2
CARGO HUB DEVELOPMENT PHASE 3
CARGO HUB DEVELOPMENT ZONE
Cargo Hub and Commercial Development Proposed
Site Plan
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PASSENGER TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE
CARGO HUB DEVELOPMENT ZONE
PRELIMINARY
AIRPORT RELATED COMMERCIAL ZONE
Cargo Hub and Commercial Development Proposed
Site Plan
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FUTURE APRON EXTENSION
DEDICATED CARGO APRON CODE (F)
CARGO PHASE 1 and 2 DEVELOPMENT ZONE
CARGO PHASE 3 DEVELOPMENT ZONE
PRELIMINARY
Cargo Hub and Commercial Development Cargo
Complex
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FUTURE APRON EXTENSION
DEDICATED CARGO APRON CODE (F)
CARGO PHASE 3 DEVELOPMENT ZONE
PRELIMINARY
Cargo Hub and Commercial Development Cargo
Complex