Airport charges – pricing patterns at selected european airports

Abstract

The paper analyses the differentiation of airport charges as well as is aimed at the identification of regularities and factors influencing these charges. A set of ten airports was analyzed with different operational parameters (load factor, transfer traffic share) applied to different aircraft in order to analyze airport charges with regard to the policy of a a given airport towards point-to-point and transfer traffic. Airside and landside charges were analized separately, but cumulative charges were investigated too. Based on the result of this analysis conslusions were made according to the regulatities that can be observed among airports in terms of airport charges. This research can be considered preliminary and shows the need for further investigation of the problem based on a wider sample of airports.