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29.08.2023 - 09:01 / traveldailynews.com / Tatiana Rokou
During the initial phase of the project, development of real estate specific to the aviation sector will take place on the southern side of the runway. An investment of 30 million euros has already been allocated to this area, with the completion of the first structures targeted for 2025.
Tallinn Airport has announced the establishment of a subsidiary company, AS Airport City, focusing on developing the airport’s real estate business. This move will make Tallinn a more attractive location for global aviation companies, thereby increasing corporate and national revenues from aviation support services and the added value created here.
“The unique challenges the last few years have thrown at the aviation business made us realise that we needed to turn even more attention to boosting our non-aeronautical revenue. If you become too reliant on aviation income, you will leave yourself vulnerable,” commented Riivo Tuvike, the CEO of Tallinn Airport. Tallinn airport is situated on the outskirts of Europe, a small population and enormous pressure from airlines mean that increasing earnings from aviation is limited.
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Today, 71% of Tallinn Airport revenue comes from non-aeronautical sources, which has enabled speedy recovery from recent crises. Non-aeronautical revenue accounted for 36 million euros of our turnover in 2022. The exact figure in 2019 was 30 million euros (63% of revenue). The critical source of non-aeronautical revenue – the one Tallinn Airport is growing all the time – is real estate development. Airport City will be a hub for business development projects that are designed to create infrastructure, a business environment and support services with even better growth opportunities for aviation-related companies looking to operate at Tallinn Airport.
In the project’s first phase, aviation-related real estate will be developed on the runway’s south side, where 30 million euros have already been invested and the first buildings are due for completion in 2025. This area is big enough for further development of 179,000 m2.
In 2022 Tallinn Airport completed infrastructure investments which over the next 15 years will result in a six-fold increase in our commercial real estate, i.e. from 50,000 m2 to 300,000 m2. “With the successful implementation of our strategy, in 2033, real estate income will exceed earnings from aviation and non-aviation combined,” concluded Riivo Tuvike.
According to Riivo Tuvike, the airport’s CEO, the airport’s task is to connect Estonia to the world, and the development of clusters related to aviation companies around Tallinn Airport directly supports this. The main strength of the development project is its
Orlando International Airport is making it easier for families to waive off loved ones from the gate, or explore its newest terminal, with a new visitor pass allowing people without a ticket to pass through security.
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