Article
citation information:
Szabo, S, Pilát, M.,
Tobisová, A., Makó, S. Operational statistics
of Kosice Airport. Scientific Journal of Silesian
University of Technology. Series Transport. 2019, 102, 197-203. ISSN: 0209-3324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20858/sjsutst.2019.102.16.
Stanislav SZABO[1],
Marek PILÁT[2], Alica TOBISOVÁ[3],
Sebastián MAKÓ[4]
OPERATIONAL
STATISTICS OF KOSICE AIRPORT
Summary. The main aim of the article is to
bring the understanding of operational statistics of airports closer to readers.
What is the essence of the execution and what belongs to them. For this
article, we chose the Airport Kosice and present its operational statistics in
a specific year. In the introduction are some business companies at the airport
as well as the airport itself. The number of transported passengers as one of
the most basic airport operation services is dealt with in the scheduled and
non scheduled passenger transport for the chosen year. Finally, it is connected
to the global overtaking operations of Kosice Airport. All of these indicators
are graphically displayed for easier comprehension for the reader, the portions
of the transported passengers for each selected transport segment.
Keywords: operational statistics,
airport, scheduled and non-scheduled passengers
1. INTRODUCTION
Monitoring the
operational statistics is based on the overall productivity and performance of
the airport. The main aim is to increase performance and revenue and reduce
company costs.
The number of
transported passengers, the number of take-offs and landings and the land
movements of the aircraft all determine the operating performance of the
airports. The number of these indicators is reflected in the total revenue
which translates into the company’s profit. These indicators are
monitored for airline passengers departing from the airport and transfer
passengers. A more specific indicator may be used for passengers on scheduled
flights, charter flights or classic and low-cost airlines. Several authors have
dealt with this subject and have pointed out that it is an issue in the
performance evaluation of international airports in the region of East Asia by
Chang et. al. In this research, the hierarchical structure of evaluating
airport performance evaluation problem will be constructed based on four
aspects: supply, airline demand, passenger demand and management side [12]. In
the commercial performance of global airports, Fuerst
et al. stated that the revenues from non-aeronautical business have received
increasing attention from airports seeking to enhance their
profitability [13].
Malavolti talked about State Aids granted by regional airports:
a two-sided market analysis and there is a lot of cases had risen in the past
decade about agreements between regional airports and low-cost
carriers [14]. Dynamically
interdependent business model for airline airport coexistence by Minato et. al. observed that the
load factor guaranteed
a dynamically interdependent business model for
airline-airport coexistence where an airline and an airport agree on the load
factor of a flight, after which either party compensates for any discrepancies
between the actual and the agreed-upon load factor [15]. Kratudnak et. al. in the paper
“Analysis of key factors for airport service quality: A case study of three
regional airports in Thailand” commented that airports open their
doors to visitors and investors from around the world crucially boosting
the economy, trade, investment, and tourism of countries throughout the
world [16].
2. SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT
AIRPORT AND AIRLINE COMPANIES
Kosice
Airport history was basically a military airport until 1910. Today, it is an
international airport with a market share of 66% for Vienna airport and 34% for
the Department of Transportation SR. Airport capacity is differentiated for
800,000 passengers per year. Passengers can get to over 500 destinations around
the world with one transfer from Vienna, Warsaw, Prague and Istanbul. [1] [2]
Wizz Air is a low-cost
carrier Hungarian company founded in 2003. The first aircraft took off from
Katowice in 2004 and currently, it has 600 lines with 25 bases. As of August
2018, the company transported 3,476,091 passengers around the world. [3] [4]
Czech Airlines have its
main base in Prague founded in 1923 offering a classic transport product.
Travel Service is current a major shareholder (97.735%) with the rest of the
share owned by Česká poisťovňa (2.265%). The latest
passenger data is 2,900,590 from 2017. [5]
Austrian Airlines is a
part of the Lufthansa Group covering approximately 130 destinations in Central
and Eastern Europe. The company’s history dates back to 1918, however, the
company was officially founded in 1957 and took off for the first time in 1958.
The company has 83 aircraft with a base at Schwechat Airport in Vienna. The
best year for Austrian Airlines was 2017 when 12.9 million passengers travelled
around the world using the airline. [6] [7]
LOT Polish Airlines
classic airline established in 1929, currently operates 73 aircraft. The main
hub is Warsaw Chopin Airport and the approximate number of transported
passengers per year is 7 million. [8] [9]
Turkish Airlines founded
in 1933 with a vision to operate more than 500 aircraft for passenger and cargo
transportation by 2023. The company has 78 aircraft available and operates over
304 destinations in 122 countries. As of April 2018, the company has
transported 23 million passengers. A point of interest to note in 2017 is
Turkish Airlines which transported 68,616,740 passengers all over the world. [10]
Travel Service is the
largest Czech airline operating under the SmartWings trademark scheduled
charter and business flights. The company also collaborates on aircraft leasing
with companies such as Air Explore (AXE) and Go2Sky. The foundation of the
company was established in 1997 and it has transported more than 7 million
passengers in 2017. [11]
3. OPERATIONAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 2017
The chosen year of 2017
for this article recorded 436,696 passengers transported by Kosice airport, an
increase of 6.39% over the previous year. The largest increase in passengers
was recorded in the scheduled transportation segment with an increase of up to
18.85 %. This year recorded 9,367 aircraft movements (+ 11.17%) the most
pronounced decline in percentage terms belongs to cargo transport at 65.06%. [2]
3.1 Scheduled passenger transport
Scheduled passenger
transport was operated by five airlines to destinations with scheduled
departure time. These destinations include; Bratislava, Prague, Vienna,
London, Istanbul and Warsaw. Figure 1 is the percentage impression of each
airline's share of scheduled transportation for the selected year. The largest
share of passengers belongs to the low-cost company, Wizz Air with 57.7%.
The second place belongs to Czech Airlines with a percentage of 20.6% on
scheduled flights. In the current year, Austrian Airlines carried 15.5% of
passengers en route from Košice to Vienna. LOT Polish Airlines contributed
4.3% and Turkish Airlines 1.9% where it should be recalled that Turkish
Airlines flew from Košice until June 2016. It is possible to understand
the percentage of Turkish Airlines for the half year at 1.9% which is really a
good number for a newly established route from Kosice to Istanbul. [2]
Table 1 listed below
shows the number of passengers transported with airlines concerned at the
Kosice airport. [2]
Tab. 1
Transported
passengers on scheduled flights.
|
Airline |
Number of transported
passengers |
|
Wizz
Air |
201,366 |
|
LOT
Polish Airlines |
14,997 |
|
Turkish
Airlines |
6,485 |
|
Czech
Airlines |
71,987 |
|
Austrian
Airlines |
54,144 |
Fig. 1. Scheduled transport for the chosen
year 2017
The largest number of
passengers was transported by the low-cost airline, Wizz Air (201,366) and the
least transported by Turkish Airlines (6,485). For Turkish Airlines this
average number is due to the later start of operations at the airport compared
to other airlines. [2]
3.2 Non
Scheduled passenger transport
Kosice Airport due to
the global predicament and crisis in Turkey had a significant drop in the
number of passengers carried on chartered flights. The year on year decline was
25% which represents the worst balance for the summer season during the last
ten years. The largest share of passengers that travelled with airline Smart
Wings was 43.78%, while Travel Service was 39.14%. Third place belongs to the
Bulgarian Air Charter with 7.23% transported passengers. [2]
In table 2 are the
percentages of visited destinations for the selected year. As you can see the
largest number of passengers was transported to Bulgaria (34.1%) and the least
to favourite destinations of previous years, Egypt and Israel (0%). Croatia had
the smallest non-zero number (0.9%). Kosice Airport has tried to prolong the
charter season in spite of unfavourable conditions but has failed without
success. This is due to the fact that the summer season starts from June to
mid-September which is a very short time for the summer season and
non-scheduled flights. Travel agencies work on the principle of limiting
business risks as much as possible. The summer season has been shortened due to
product demand forecasts of weak competition in the market and absence of
a year- round offer of at least one holiday destination and a number of
other factors that have significantly affected the selected summer season. [2]
Tab. 2
Non-Scheduled passengers.
3.3 Global
operational statistics
In the global scale,
low-cost charter scheduled and general aviation flights were involved in the
operating performance. The detailed share is shown in figure 2 which is
expressed per percentage point for each factor contributing to the overall
airport operating performance. [2]
Fig. 2.
Global operational statistic segments
The largest percentage
in the global operating performance was the low-cost transport (46.1%), second
place to scheduled transport (33.8%), third place (19.7%) for charter
passengers and last general aviation terminal with 0.4%. [2]
4. CONCLUSION
The main aim of this
article was to point out the operational statistics of Kosice Airport for the
selected year 2017. As can be seen, the largest proportion of passengers
transported by Wizz Air low-cost airline is worth up to 58% of total scheduled
flights. The second place has Czech Airlines with 21%, Austrian Airlines with
15%, LOT Polish Airlines with 4% and Turkish Airlines with 2%. On the global
scale, this meant 46.1% for low-cost, 19.7% for charter flights, 33.8% for
scheduled flights and 0.4% for General Aviation Terminal. Burgas in Bulgaria
and Greek destinations such as Heraklion or Rhodes was the most visited
destinations in the non-scheduled perspective. The chosen year of 2017 had a
record number of passengers transported close to almost half a million per year
which is a very positive figure for a small international airport.
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Received 18.11.2018; accepted in revised form 15.02.2019
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