Speaker Biograghy: Mathieu is a Principal within the Travel & Transportation practice of Arthur D. Little. For more than 12 years he has been supporting leading players across the aviation industry in designing and implementing strategic projects, with a focus on corporate and M&A strategy, portfolio management and CAPEX/resource allocation strategy. Mathieu has also been involved in major transaction projects, assessing and optimising business plan and value creation opportunities. Mathieu is regularly supporting major airport operators and investors across the globe on those topics, with experience in airports ranging from 3Mpax to >60Mpax.


Day 3 - 27 March
Session: Airport Cities and Transport Connections

09:05 - 09:35 - Mega-aviation cities: leveraging pioneer experiences to build for success
Synopsis: Beyond the airport city concept, mega-aviation cities are now emerging. New Istanbul Airport, Dubai World Central, Denver International and Incheon Airport are becoming global aviation service centres and secondary urban centres within their megalopolis. Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Miami and others are following the same ambition. Based on the example of pioneer airports, this presentation outlines the challenges ahead for airports aiming to become mega-aviation cities, and the way forward to overcome them. It also shows key success factors to create huge value and mitigate risks of those multi-billion projects that might change the face of a city or an entire country.

Audience will learn:

• Dos and don'ts for mega-aviation city projects based on real-life examples
• Key success factors to attract traffic flow at mega-airports
• Key success factors and value captured from the 'core aviation city'
• Key success factors and value captured from 'extended aviation city'