Impact assessment of COVID-19 measures on airport performance

Impact assessment of COVID-19 measures on airport performance report

EUROCONTROL commissioned an impact assessment of the COVID measures on airport performance following the EASA and ECDC guidelines for the management of air passengers in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This work was performed by the Airport Research Center GmbH with the support of ACI EUROPE, IATA and four airports, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle, London Heathrow, Stuttgart and Swedavia airports.

The main conclusions of the study are.

  • Airports need to focus on key limiting components – security control/immigration in terms of throughput challenges, and boarding gates and baggage reclaim in terms of space constraints.
  • Airports already congested before the COVID crisis can expect to reach their maximum saturation capacity at just 60-75% of their peak 2019 traffic.
  • To avoid further delays and conflicting requests to passengers, greater harmonisation in terms of COVID measures supporting passenger safety and re-building trust is essential across EU Member States.

For more detail, consult our report available below.

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Impact assessment of COVID-19 measures on airport performance