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UDC: 656.71:658.23(045)
DOI: 10.18372/2306-1472.72.11982
Maria Tymoshenko1
Kristina Marintseva2
four decades, since the 1980s, there has been competitiveness as an international aviation hub, the
progressive movement globally towards: Airport Authority has decided to expand Hong Kong
− progressive privatization of airports; International Airport according to a three-runway
− commercialization and corporatization of system (3RS). In this regard, airlines started to
airport management; collect the Airport Construction Fee (ACF) for the
− private sector involvement; 3RS project from departing passengers, charging the
− appearance of low cost carriers; same to air tickets issued on or after 1 August 2016.
− emergence of hub and spoke networks; Airlines will charge the ACF to the departing
− establishment of global airlines alliances. passengers, including the origin-destination and
The world industry has been changed by transit/transfer travelers, at Hong Kong International
transnational alliances and mergers, as well as the Airport (HKIA). The ACF collection will be in
bankruptcies of several carriers. While the effect until all borrowings related to the 3RS project
progressive implementation of the uniform aviation are fully repaid.
market has been transforming the air transport The primary goal of the airport corridor model is
market, the passenger traffic has grown rapidly, to develop recommendations to improve safety,
stimulated by new airline business models, a wider mobility, multi-modal accessibility, sustainability,
choice of air services, and lower airfares in Europe, and airport passenger service quality [9].
the Ukrainian aviation market is still in its infancy. The airport cluster concept usually encompasses
Governments began privatization or restriction of an urban complex or a territorial entity located
governmental support of airports. Therefore, within 20-30 km away from a city or inside the city
airports have diversified the sources of revenues, boundaries. The cluster typically revolves around
engaging in non-aeronautical business activities. airport-related technical activity centers, land
Gradually, they entered in the real estate business in delimitations and air traffic zones. At the light of the
the airport's landside and surrounding lands, leading worldwide cluster building experience, some
to the emergence of new airport-centered concepts. historical domestic examples can be found, such as
The most discussed concepts are airport city, airport satellite towns, open industrial towns and remote
corridor, airport cluster and aerotropolis [5]. military bases with allocated transport infrastructure.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the The Airport Cluster Finland (ACF) is a cluster
techniques of the airport-centered concept efficiency example and case study [10]. ACF is a network of
evaluation for Ukrainian airports. Finnish companies operating in the airport industry.
The findings of [10] showed, that one of the biggest
2. Analysis of Recent Research and Publications challenges in cluster branding is involvement of
The airport city model is based on the fact that in stakeholders into the branding process. The lack of
addition to their core aeronautical infrastructure and resources, especially timely investment by the
services, major airports have developed significant participating companies, makes it difficult to include
non-aeronautical facilities, services and revenue everyone into the branding process. The cluster
streams. Still, they are extending their commercial manager and other cluster employees play a key role
reach and economic impact well beyond airport in the cluster branding process. The discussions with
boundaries [6, 7, 8]. At present, airports are airport cluster members also revealed that cluster
important logistics centers, as well as major branding should be the focus, and it is not
employers and sites for business contacts. The Hong recommended to create sub-brands under the main
Kong Airport City and the Amsterdam Schiphol brand in the cluster context.
Airport City are examples of the airport city model. There is still no example of a mature
The following four critical factors for airport city aerotropolis, and no relevant research has been
development were identified by the authors of [5]: conducted, but there are some discussions about
connectivity; economic potential of the hinterland; planning strategies. This type of development
commercial attitude of the airport operator; implied a spontaneous, market-driven and
sustainable development context. entrepreneurial real estate development around
It should be emphasized that the airport taxes airport cities, seeking to capitalize the land-use value
have a vital influence on construction aspects of added by the airports' proximity [5]. Nevertheless,
airport expansion. For instance, to meet the future Kasarda [6] points out the examples of aerotropolis
growth of the air traffic and maintain Hong Kong's in airports such as Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago's
M. Tymoshenko, K. Marintseva. Urban Planning Aspects of Airport Reconstruction 59
O'Hare and Washington Dulles International in the Ukrainian specialists in airfield construction were
United States; Sao Paulo's Viracopos International tasked by the government to create a scientifically
Airport in Brazil; Amsterdam's Schiphol and proven consensus on reconstruction, renovation and
Frankfurt Airport in Europe. retrofit of the airfield infrastructure in the context of
The typical airport cluster planning strategies and the military operations in the East of the country.
layouts are poorly codified and almost non-existent As a result of analysis of the airport cluster’s main
in academic work, thus hindering the technical and transportation infrastructure planning strategies, the
economical retrofit or development of airport-related following results were obtained:
buildings in Ukraine. There are, however, quite − curved railroad and road axes were observed to
many examples of excessive investment into the be twice shorter than straight ones in the 20th century
airport-centered concepts. Since, for instance, there use of civilian and military airports;
are about 160 airports in France, environmental − airports located within 10-12 km away from a
experts are concerned about the lack of efficiency, town and having two main railroads and a road
poor organization and planning in the airports build parallel axis on opposite sides have the lowest
before the 1960’s. They claim that the outdated amount of the commuting transport and pedestrian
functioning system of the airport causes many of traffic. This planning is the most popular in domestic
them to operate at a loss. There are 84 metropolitan and international, civilian and military airport
airports engaged in commercial passenger traffic. 66 construction (fig. 1);
other airports only fulfill 4.3% of the French − the airports using a perimetrical road and a dead-
passenger transport load. 40 of those account only end railroad structure are characterized by a clear
for 0.3%, i.e. 300 thousand passengers per year. In separation between the transportation modes and
the 20th century, the urban planning in France as allow for the most convenient and safest commuting
well as in Ukraine has been aligned with military of goods and pedestrians;
requirements, leading to such an oversized air − the highest territorial use efficiency and density was
transportation network. Local communities generally observed for the “transportation corridor” airports using
insisted on having “their own airport”. However, in the parallel railroad/road infrastructure located at the
the past years, the situation changed and the airports minimal allowable distance;
are becoming less profitable. Economic indicators − construction of a railroad near an airport proved
show that those airports are underused and therefore to be not only unreasonable, but also created
become less profitable. Subsidized airplane tickets unpractical and dangerous conditions for goods and
require the state to spend on average EUR 100 to pedestrian traffic. Also, such a structure greatly
3,500 per passenger. The outlook of 20 French limits the opportunities for further airport expansion.
airports is bleak, so the experts agree on their
closure. This issue is also reported in the other
European countries. The Spanish airport Ciudad
Real was initially build with a 4 million passenger
capacity and is serving only 100 thousand
passengers per year. The cost of this airport
construction was EUR 35 billion and as of 2007 its
sale price dropped down to EUR 10 billion.
The above examples stress the importance of a
methodical approach to the feasibility aspects during
planning and reconstruction of airports according to
the airport-centered approach.
3. Urban Planning Requirements for Airport
Clusters
During the past 20 years, a deep crisis of the air Fig.1. Transportation layout around airport clusters [11]:
transportation in Ukraine led to a quasi-destruction 1-5 Railroad/road in a parallel setup.
of this field and closing of approximately 110 6-9 Railroad/road in a surrounded dead-end setup.
military and civilian airfields. 10-13 Railroad/road in intersecting setups.
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Marintseva Kristina (1979). Doctor of Technical Sciences (Transport Systems), Candidate of Economics.
Professor, Acting Dean of Faculty of Transport Technologies. Department of Air Transportation
Management, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Education: National Aviation University with a Degree in International Transportation Management, Kyiv,
Ukraine (2000).
Research area: Transport Systems
Publications: 60.
E-mail: kristin22@ua.fm