Episode 012 - Airport business models: Adapt or perish

A future

airport business model requires diversification towards many activities beyond

the provision of infrastructure. Successful airport managers need to consider

the volatile traffic developments including changed requirements and

necessities of passenger. In this episode, learn how a wholistic approach in

forecasting can facilitate to develop a successful airport business model.

Moderator:

Dominique Bayer

– Consultant

Experts:

Arvind

Chandrasekhar – Associate Partner and Head of Solution Group Network and Fleet Management

Sascha Vogel –

Consultant and Expert in Airport Operations & Management 

This episode

includes:

00:42

Introduction of our experts

02:00 Lufthansa

Consulting’s approach to forecasting

05:08 Linking

forecasting to airport business models

06:17 Understanding

how passenger activity in the airport might change

07:28 The need

for adapting airport business models

09:30 Infrastructure

rightsizing for airports

11:31 Transformation

and diversification of successful airport business models

14:48 What the

ideal business model might look like 

16:44 Recommended

cycles for revisiting forecasts

18:40 Outlook

for airport business transformations