AOA Summer 2021 Magazine

Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE, has told The Airport Operator that his organisation is very worried that the economic and financial problems of Europe’s airports will make it very difficult for them to invest in sustainability, digitalisation and capacity.

Jankovec said that the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on European airport revenues had been devastating, with losses of €30bn last year expected to be almost matched this year by a further €29bn of losses. ACI EUROPE anticipates that revenue recovery will lag behind the recovery of air traffic as airlines insist on rebates and incentives from airports to secure restoration of capacity

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