The Egyptian government is encouraging investment in Cairo Airport
City, a plan for an investment zone around the capital city's airport.
This article 'Airport City project to cement Egypt as a major aviation hub in Africa and the Middle East'
is quite enlightening. It is from the WorldFolio News website, which
states that it 'provides intelligence about the economies with the
highest growth potential in the world, with a focus on understanding
them from within'. There are interviews with 'key' (i.e. most powerful)
government officials and senior business executives.
H.E. Hossam Kamal,
Minister of Civil Aviation is interviewed about Cairo Airport City,
explaining that it will cover 10 million square metres of land (i.e. 10 square
kilometres, actually small compared to the world's largest airport cities - Kuala Lumpur Airport
owns 100 square kilometres of land and Dubai’s new airport, Al Maktoum, has been allocated a
full 140 square kilometres). Anyway, the Cairo Airport City plan is the usual aerotropolis strategy: use the land
around the airport for commercial and industrial activities in order to
maximise revenue from non-aviation activities.
The zones planned
for the aerotropolis are typical: goods handling and logistics areas
linked with the airport's cargo facilities; aviation training; hotels
and restaurants to capture revenue from passengers (along with an
amusement park to squeeze some revenue out of the captive audience of
bored transit passengers). The solar panels planned for Cairo Airport
City are not an unusual feature for an aerotropolis. Solar energy will reduce the airport city's fuel bill
but they are just a
green garnish; as a whole the commercial and industrial development will lead to a
massive increase in greenhouse gas emissions as it is designed to be
aviation dependent, feeding airport growth.
The
article makes the standard claims about supposed economic benefits to
the region i.e. job creation and revenues. The latter must be weighed
against incentives (subsidies such as tax breaks) which are granted to
investors. Incentives are not specified but H.E. Hossam Kamal states
that the marketing plan 'significantly takes into account offering many
incentives and facilities to attract investors'.
No surprise
that Cairo Airport City is linked with surface transport infrastructure
projects: there is plan for a rail link between the aerotropolis
development, Ain Sokhna Port and an investment zone near the Suez Canal
where, according to Kamal 'certainly there will be a need to establish
airports at the region'. Which shows that the infrastructure development
will trigger more infrastructure development.
The
interview ends with an outline of the incentives (i.e. subsidies) that Egypt's Ministry
of Aviation offers to international airlines. It's quite an insight into
the high level of government support for the aviation and tourism
industries. International airlines are given reduced landing and waiting
fees for operating at airports in 'touristic cities'. In fact there is a
100% exemption from these fees at Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel and Assiut
airports, for airlines using these airports as a base.
The Ministry of
Aviation also pays towards the services provided to passengers at
Egyptian airports: $20 per passenger on international, regular and
charter flights and $4 per passenger on domestic routes. Ministers have
also intervened to exempt certain airports from loading bridge fees and
fire services, and duties have been reduced on aircraft weighing more
than 200 tons.
Basically, the Egyptian government is falling over backwards to
facilitate aviation growth.
Thursday, 2 April 2015
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Egyptian government is encouraging investment in Cairo Airport City, a plan for an investment zone is really a good support for the public the airport will be a good asset.
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