Local economic development in airport catchment areas
Aviation is deemed to be one of the most dynamic industries in the world and airport planning requires intensive study and fore thought. The most efficient plan for an airport has to take into account many variables and still there are adjacent areas that are not considered yet but increasingly regarded as catalysts for local economic development. Integrated economic development linked to airports poses a major challenge. Ambition to achieve this calls for the functional division of tasks and scope of responsibility between cities and settlements in the vicinity of airports, and also the strengthened cooperation between various stakeholders, such as municipalities, development agencies and private companies.

Within the AIRLED project the partners, representing public bodies, join their forces to work out a strategic framework along the vision of becoming an “Airport City” that is suitable to its needs and also boosts development in other territories. Working out the complex approach to the local development of airport surrounding areas various stakeholders will be involved.
