Porto Airport (OPO)
New routes and frequency possibilities and why these routes would work
Modern airport; modern art: the brand new terminal and Porto's Casa da Musica plenty of futuristic reasons to start a new service to like-minded centres such as Berlin, Copenhagen, Munich.
|
||||||||||||
| Other opportunities | |
| Oslo | Venice |
| Prague | |
Cheap flights to Majorca – destination demand from the 4m Porto catchment is surprisingly strong and diverse.
Other Major reasons to serve this airport
- Porto Airport has the biggest catchment area in Portugal – 4m within 90min. The catchment area includes Porto and the major cities of the North of Portugal as well as the South of Galicia (Spain)
- Average traffic growth of 10% in the past five years.
- There is no special traffic seasonality, an important factor for the stability of our clients. However, there are peaks in July and August.
- Porto Airport has an outstanding brand new terminal ready to receive 6 million pax/ year with very high standards of quality and operations. In 2008 and 2009 4.5 million passengers were processed.
- Porto Airport commercial traffic is well balanced. In 2009 LCC’s represented 43,7% of the total traffic. The three major airlines were TAP Portugal, Ryanair and easyJet.
- Our commitment with service quality was once again awarded in 2009. We were distinguished as the “3rd Best European Airport” by the ACI Airport Service Quality (ASQ) monitor.
Desirable destination: Start a new route here and Porto Airport will help you with a promotional campaign.
Marketing and other support
Porto Airport Marketing Support:
- Monthly Traffic statistics provided
- Market analysis provided on request
- Promotion campaign for route startups
- Direct mailing with/to Porto Airport database
- Free advertising in Porto Airport information monitors (Around 100 monitors)
- Organisation of promotional press conferences (inc. TV coverage)
- Daily press clipping
- Organisation of inbound and outbound press trips
Catchment Area
- Portuguese largest catchment area, 3.8m inhabitants within 90min.
- 30m: 1.38m
- 60m: 2.90m
- 90m: 3.82m
- 120m: 5.46m
- Porto Greater Metropolitan Area: 1.5m inhabitants
- Closest Airports
- North: Vigo-150Km & Santiago de Compostela -230Km
- South: Lisbon – 300Km
- East: None within 4 hours
Obvious economic impact factors: Port is unique of course and generates more tourism than actual air freight. The airport also does well out of fans travelling to see FC Porto at its 50,000 all-seat stadium. Reigning Portuguese champions FC Porto were UEFA Champions League winners in 2004, when the ‘Special One' Jose Mourinho was manager.
Under-served freight opportunities and other economic impact factors
The Maia Industrial Zone, within Porto metropolitan area, is one of the the most industrialised in Portugal. Major resident businesses include Sonae Indústria (wood products), CIN (paint and coatings) and Sonae SGPS owner/operator of the country's largest hypermarket chain and Portugal's biggest private sector employer. Maia also includes a motor industry research and development centre - CEIIA - located within the TECMAIA science park in the zone
Facilities provide for either full-service of low-cost services(currently 40% of traffic).
Functionality
- Excellent Road connections
- Metro connection to the city centre
- Airport Layout for different traffic needs (full service, low cost or cargo)
- All-modern cargo facilities
Service
- Excellent Airport conditions
- Easy to find the best slot
- Quick turnarounds (20min)
- High level of punctuality
- The Best European Airport - 2007
Guimarães castle – one of four Unesco World Heritage Sites in the catchment. And when you have seen enough Porto has some of the best seafood in the world – gastronomy for unbelievably good value.
Costs
- Very Aggressive Incentive Scheme
- Marketing Support
- Tourism support from regional bodies and private companies
- Handling prices
- Cheap Ground Transportations
Geography
- The region's pull factors
- 4 Unesco World Heritage Sites (Porto, Guimarães, Douro and Foz Coa)
- Ethnic traffic
- Gastronomy and wines
- Year round mild climate
- Tourism opportunities: Tours & City breaks
- Great facilities to MICE
- Beautiful beaches and sea coastline
- Marketing Support
- Major nationalities are Portuguese, German, Spanish, French and British.
- Major Travel motivations: Business, Tourism/holidays, visit family and friends.
- 38.2% of passengers travel two-three times a year. 33.3% only once a year.
- 49.2% of passengers travel alone. 35.5% travel with their families.
- The average stay is of 11.1 days.
- 43.6% of air tickets are purchased in travel agencies. 22.3% are bought on internet
- 77.8% of the passengers buy only the air ticket.
- 14.2% of the passengers are senior business executives; 25.6% are highly qualified; 23,9% are company employees
- 35.4 % of the passengers are 30-39 years old.
Passengers…and more of them – Porto’s throughout grew by 13.7% in 2008 to 4.5m
Vital statistics
- Average traffic growth of 11% in the past five years.
- 2008 Traffic Data
- Passengers - 4,5M (+13,7%);
- Movements – 58.134 (+8.8%) ;
- Cargo – 36.647 tonnes (+1,4%)
- Largest carriers: TAP Portugal; Ryanair ; easyjet
Financials
Detailed information concerning Porto Airport charges and other information is available to airlines at http://routedevelopment.ana.pt
