Community

Social commitment
From infrastructure to environmental impact to collaboration with various organisations, CPH is an important part of the local community, the nation and the international community. In 2009, CPH put focus on the competitiveness of the region, including in particular promoting the region and continuing development of the region’s infrastructure. The work on these areas of focus will be further developed and intensified in 2010.

Promoting the region
Copenhagen Airport plays a crucial role in the development of business and tourism in Denmark’s Capital Region. A strong and accessible airport benefits the entire Øresund Region and all of Denmark, not just the Capital Region. CPH therefore forms part of a new regional collaboration for the benefit of Danish society as a whole.

CPH considers it important to work closely with the key stakeholders in promoting Copenhagen and the Øresund Region as a whole, and as a destination in cities and regions. CPH has a key position in the activities to set up a route development fund. The fund is intended to help promote Denmark at the destinations to which new services are launched or to which the number of frequencies to and from Copenhagen are increased. More flights enhance the accessibility to the entire region and thus create better conditions for companies and for the tourism industry. Thus, CPH focuses on the region’s competitiveness and how it is promoted in order to support growth and the generation of jobs.

Infrastructure
In 2009, CPH worked with local and national government to improve infrastructure and mobility in the region. A prerequisite for the development of the region is that the infrastructure ties together the various parts of the country, ensuring improved integration of the Øresund Region. An enhanced infrastructure will also increase Copenhagen Airport’s catchment area from four million to six million people, which will be necessary in order to maintain the airport’s position as an international traffic hub and in order to be able to compete with other major European airports in attracting new airlines and establishing additional routes.