ACI 10th Annual Airport Economics & Finance Conference & Exhibition

Information on Conference Programme Announced for ACI's 2018 Airport Economics & Finance Conference & Exhibition

The conference will consist of six high-level sessions including cutting edge presentations and panel discussions from industry leaders, top level decision makers and other airport professionals: PURE FINANCE AND ECONOMICS The future growth of the airport industry means committing today to significant capital plans with long time-horizons. …. MORE AIRPORT COMPETITION DYNAMICS Part One - Theory - Airports need to attract both airlines and passengers. Traditional views of airport competition focused on local catchment areas…. MORE Part Two - Case Studies - What have airports done to ‘win’ new routes …. MORE THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF A SLOT The Economist wrote in November that the battle for Monarch Airline’s slots after its bankruptcy “is a sign of how much the system for allocating them harms competition and consumers … MORE AIRPORT  NETWORKS Today, 69% of countries have some sort of airport networks and nearly half of the World’s airports belong to airport networks. Airport networks have also come to support equal opportunities in terms of accessibility, connectivity and economic development…. MORE INVESTORS’ ROUND TABLE Reliance on private investors to provide financing for investment in capacity to meet the future demand will increase as governments step back …. MORE REGULATION:  A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Regulators respond to the situation that they perceive, and have to be careful to not move too quickly …. MORE