Airport Performance Improvement : Case Mikkeli City Airport
Kapanen, Katja (2014)
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Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015072713874
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015072713874
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The purpose of the study was to find reasons why Mikkeli City airport perfor-mance should be improved and most of all how it could be done. The aim of the study was to find good practices from the best practices example Stockholm Skavsta airport for Mikkeli City airport for improving the airport performance.
This study is qualitative research using case study approach where research data was collected using interviewing and analysing of secondary data. Study was carried out using the benchmarking technique for finding the ways of improving the performance of Mikkeli City airport. Performance indicators used in the study were input: employment effect and production capacity, and output: quantity of passengers. Hypothesis of the study was that from Stockholm Skavsta airport could be learned practises, which can be used to improve the performance of the Mikkeli City airport.
The results of the study show that there is significant potential in Mikkeli City airport to improve the performance of the airport. Employment effect of the Mik-keli City airport is now 5.5 FTE and within 10 years it could be 35 FTE with 500,000 passengers. City of Mikkeli is gaining economic benefit directly from the municipality tax. The amount is now 28 930€ and it could be after 10 years 211 700€. From employees on the Mikkeli region 0.03% are employed by the Mikkeli City airport and after 10 years 0.19%. Production capacity of the Mikkeli City airport is with current facilities 12 planes and maximum 3600 passengers per week. Lengthening the opening hours the production capacity could be 70 planes and maximum 21,000 passengers per week. Lengthening the runway and opening hours the production capacity could be 70 planes and maximum 42,000 passengers per week. These calculations are hypothetical and do not take into account any variables. The study also shows that developing the per-formance of the Mikkeli City airport could gain big economic benefits to the Mik-keli region. Besides the municipality tax, the municipality could gain economic benefit from the passengers arriving to the region. According to the calculations tourism income could be with 500,000 passengers, 25€ million. Also the study confirms the hypothesis that there are practices in Stockholm Skavsta airport the Mikkeli City airport should apply in practice: 1. Segmentation: to become leading tourism airport in Finland, 2. Destinations: offering wide range of tourism destinations and 3. Ownership: privatizing the airport.
This study is qualitative research using case study approach where research data was collected using interviewing and analysing of secondary data. Study was carried out using the benchmarking technique for finding the ways of improving the performance of Mikkeli City airport. Performance indicators used in the study were input: employment effect and production capacity, and output: quantity of passengers. Hypothesis of the study was that from Stockholm Skavsta airport could be learned practises, which can be used to improve the performance of the Mikkeli City airport.
The results of the study show that there is significant potential in Mikkeli City airport to improve the performance of the airport. Employment effect of the Mik-keli City airport is now 5.5 FTE and within 10 years it could be 35 FTE with 500,000 passengers. City of Mikkeli is gaining economic benefit directly from the municipality tax. The amount is now 28 930€ and it could be after 10 years 211 700€. From employees on the Mikkeli region 0.03% are employed by the Mikkeli City airport and after 10 years 0.19%. Production capacity of the Mikkeli City airport is with current facilities 12 planes and maximum 3600 passengers per week. Lengthening the opening hours the production capacity could be 70 planes and maximum 21,000 passengers per week. Lengthening the runway and opening hours the production capacity could be 70 planes and maximum 42,000 passengers per week. These calculations are hypothetical and do not take into account any variables. The study also shows that developing the per-formance of the Mikkeli City airport could gain big economic benefits to the Mik-keli region. Besides the municipality tax, the municipality could gain economic benefit from the passengers arriving to the region. According to the calculations tourism income could be with 500,000 passengers, 25€ million. Also the study confirms the hypothesis that there are practices in Stockholm Skavsta airport the Mikkeli City airport should apply in practice: 1. Segmentation: to become leading tourism airport in Finland, 2. Destinations: offering wide range of tourism destinations and 3. Ownership: privatizing the airport.