ACI World Urges Governments to Plan Airport Capacity Now

Key points

• At the ACI-LAC/World Annual General Assembly in Lima, ACI World called on governments to make increasing airport capacity part of long-term national infrastructure and economic planning.
• ACI World urged governments to modernise the frameworks governing slots and market access while adopting stable regulation that attracts the investment the system needs.
• Director General Justin Erbacci said the industry will need to invest USD 4.6 trillion by 2055 just to meet growth already coming its way, but cannot simply build its way out of the challenge.
• ACI World argues capacity creation means getting more from existing infrastructure and working as one system with airlines and air navigation service providers.
• ACI World said slot policy is no longer a technical scheduling matter but a matter of strategic public interest shaping communities and economies for years to come.
• Following the release of its white paper earlier in the month, ACI World is taking the conversation to governments and regulators worldwide.
• Erbacci said that when capacity is scarce, decisions about who can fly, where and when shape connectivity, competition and passenger choice.
• ACI World also called on regulators to provide stable, proportionate frameworks that encourage long-term investment, and on finance ministries to look beyond immediate aviation revenue to the greater economic value connectivity creates.