ACI airport report: – economic impacts of non-aeronautical activities

Statistics released by Airports Council International (ACI World), culled from data from airports in all parts of the world in 2016, offer an intriguing insight into the relative values of different segments of non-aeronautical revenue generation.

The key performance indicators (KPIs) are based on an annual survey in 2016 that generated responses from 919 airports in the 2016 financial year. Efforts were made to ensure that a broad range of airport types and locations were included, such as those from advanced economies, emerging and developing economies, ASEAN countries, euro area, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India and China), the 'Next 11' (South Korea, Mexico, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey and Vietnam) and so on. (See glossary)

Total airport industry revenues in 2016 amounted to USD161.300 billion, of which USD89.3 billion (55.4%) was aeronautical revenue and USD64.3 billion (39.9%) non-aeronautical, that is: globally, just less than 40% of airport revenues in 2016 were generated from non-aeronautical sources. Non-aero revenues were the greatest in the Middle East, where they came within USD200 million of the aeronautical total, and in Asia Pacific.

The following report is a brief synopsis of the ACI report into this subject with associated comments.