Speaker Biograghy: Ainhoa is a civil engineer and MBA specialised in multimodal transport planning and economics. She has 15 years of working experience both for private companies and public administrations internationally, as a consultant in INECO and as a National Expert in the Trans-European Network Policy Unit of the European Commission. She has been involved in and managed a wide range of transport projects including national and strategic transport planning; studies on transport costs, fees and financing; feasibility studies of new transport links and services; institutional and organisational advice. She is currently Director of INECO's Economics, Planning and Environmental Consultancy directorate.


Day 3 - 27 March
Session: Airport Cities and Transport Connections

12:20 - 12:50 - High-speed train and air transport – impacts and cooperative strategies
Synopsis: For a long time, several experts have been studying the impact of the HST on the air transport sector. The main factors taken into account by the traveller/passenger when taking a decision are door-to-door time, cost, frequency, etc. We will summarise the high impact that the HST has had in Spain, which is a big competitive problem for the main key players in the air transport sector. Our idea is to analyse it from a different point of view, trying to identify successful cooperative strategies between airports/airlines and other agents, and when and where they could be applied.

Audience will learn:

• Mobility as a citizen's right – responding to traveller/passengers needs from a global point of view
• The fact: high-speed train's impact on air transport – case study: Spain
• The problem: lack of air transport competitiveness
• Looking for solutions: cooperative strategies (what, when, who, where, why). Guidelines for a transport plan