tailieunhanh - Economics manual - Airport: Part 2

Ebook Airport economics manual part 2 present the content: This guidance takes into account the wide range of different circumstances faced by airport operators. It is based on international policies and principles on airport cost-recovery that States have developed through ICAO, and describes procedures and practices that are in conformity with these policies and principles. The basis for these policies and principles is set out in Article 15 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Doc 7300), the charter of ICAO. Extensive policy guidance in this area was subsequently developed by the ICAO Council and is contained in Doc 9082. | Chapter 5 DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF NON-AERONAUTICAL ACTIVITIES This chapter focuses on the development and management of non-aeronautical activities. Part A discusses ICAO s policies on the development of non-aeronautical activities at airports and the relevance of the organizational structure under which the airport operates together with the significance of traffic volume for the development of such activities. Part B refers to various types of concessions and rentals airport-operated non-aeronautical activities and free zones. Part C addresses managerial aspects including the planning and selection of non-aeronautical activities internal administrative arrangements and promotional aspects. Part D deals with determining the market value of non-aeronautical activities setting concession fees with separate reference to concessions directly associated with the operation of air transport services setting rental charges and the use and contents of tenders. Part E focuses on contract stipulations and provisions for concessions and leases for premises land and construction sites length of contract periods management contracts and contracts related to free zone enterprises. A BASIC FACTORS ICAO S POLICIES ON CHARGES ICAO s policies on charges recognize the continuing importance of revenues from non-aeronautical activities and recommend the full development of such revenues except in the case of concessions directly associated with the operation of air transport services such as fuel in-flight catering and ground handling Doc 9082 Section II paragraph 10 refers . It should be noted that revenues from non-aeronautical activities are in fact the principal means by which airports that apply the single-till or the hybrid-till are able to recover their total costs because their profits from these non-aeronautical activities more than cover the shortfalls that they incur on their airside operations. A delicate balance has to be found taking into account inter alia the