09.07.2008
Copenhagen Airport receives Top European Efficiency Award

Copenhagen again boasts the most efficient airport in Europe. The Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) has rated Copenhagen Airport the most efficient airport in Europe for the fourth time. The award was presented to the airport’s passenger manager at the ATRS Annual World Conference in Athens.

The ATRS, an academic forum whose members are professors specialising in aviation from a number of universities worldwide, has rated Copenhagen Airport the most efficient airport in Europe for the fourth time. More than 140 airports, 43 of them in Europe, participated in the survey carried out by the ATRS as a basis for the award.

Efficient and inexpensive
The ATRS uses a number of different criteria to identify the most efficient airports, including productivity, competitiveness, charges and financial performance.

“It is unusual to be both among the best and the most inexpensive, but the award proves that it is possible. When we compare ourselves with 18 peer European airports, CPH is the 9th most inexpensive and number 6 in terms of passenger satisfaction; and we now have the ATRS’ word that we are again the most efficient airport. This proves that we are operating a sound business in an efficient way,” said Brian Petersen, President and CEO of Copenhagen Airports A/S.

Most efficient airport for three consecutive years
Copenhagen Airport is the only airport that has been rated the most efficient airport in Europe for three consecutive years – from 2004 to 2006. The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, USA, has been rated the most efficient airport in the world for the second consecutive year.

The award was presented to Passenger Manager Susanne Frank as a representative of CPH at the ATRS Annual World Conference in Athens.

Susanne Frank, Passenger Manager, Copenhagen Airports A/S, received the award and visual proof that CPH has been rated the most efficient airport in Europe again this year. The award was presented by Professor Nicole Adler of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Adler is a member of the ATRS Airport Benchmark Task Force.