Our primary role was the development of an extensive suite of 40 year annual and secondary air traffic forecasts (passengers, movements, cargo), along with an analysis of the passenger and airline market at Santiago.

We acted as traffic, commercial and technical advisor to the client, providing an extensive suite of vendor due diligence materials that were made available to bidders.

Our client bid for the 28-year concession to finance, redevelop and operate the two main airports in Madagascar at Antananarivo (capital city) and Nosy Be (its main tourist destination).

For this project, we acted as traffic, commercial and technical advisor to the client throughout the transaction.

With the support of a Tokyo-based partner, we worked closely with the client over a nine-month period, supporting their initial ‘1st screening’ proposal and then their final/’2nd screening’ proposal to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Transport and Infrastructure (‘MLIT’).

Manchester China Forum commissioned Steer Economic Development to explore the broad economic impacts of direct connectivity between Manchester and China, following the first anniversary of a new route between Manchester and Beijing - the first direct flight to mainland China from the UK outside of London.

Passenger demand has grown by over 4% per annum at UK airports since 2011 with 285 million passengers in 2017, setting a new national record. This is set to continue particularly with the London system facing significant demand pressures.