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Drawing on an integrated model of concession holder, operator and investor, VINCI Airports has unique expertise in airport project management.

The global vision of a concession holder, project manager and operator

One of the main levers VINCI Airports uses to boost growth and create value for its clients and their regions is to invest for the long term in the airports entrusted to it. Steering investment is an important lever in management of airport platforms. As a company within the VINCI group, with operational expertise as operator, VINCI Airports has very close knowledge of operating constraints, enabling it to establish an open-ended strategy as a function of traffic and thereby effectively manage its infrastructure.

VINCI Airports is a demanding project owner equipped with state-of-the-art analysis, planning, and lifecycle management tools. These tools enable the company to construct optimal, scalable, and resilient investment scenarios.

These tools enable a holistic vision of airport platforms, delivering infrastructure that meets the highest operational and environmental standards and anticipates future challenges.

With a €730 million investment plan, VINCI Airports has transformed Belgrade airport into a future sustainable hub for Eastern Europe in just 5 years.

Anticipating needs to invest in the right place at the right time

Thanks to its day-to-day experience in operating a network of airports of all sizes and with very different characteristics (seasonal tourist traffic, scheduled and non-scheduled traffic, business clientele, etc.), VINCI Airports has access to a huge volume of data enabling it to anticipate accurately the short-, medium- and long-term needs of any infrastructure.

As part of the VINCI group, VINCI Airports leverages the synergies of its combined role of concession holder, operator and project manager to anticipate and optimise investments to modernise and expand infrastructure.
Thanks to the use of advanced planning tools (Master Plans) and tools for managing infrastructure life cycle, such as BIM (Building Information Modelling), VINCI Airports teams can build open-ended investment scenarios. These key tools, which respond to the needs of all players, make it possible to prioritise projects and define airport size and capacity.

In Portugal, VINCI Airports is investing to modernize Lisbon airport (3D view)

Controlling all aspects of the worksite

Finding the perfect balance between operational needs and economic constraints requires mastering all aspects of the project. VINCI Airports has several levers to ensure the successful construction and delivery of a project in line with the highest standards of quality and safety. Our teams take on roles in supervising the design and construction, as well as managing project modifications in constant technical communication with the concessionaire.

VINCI Airports can also rely on its position as leader to help optimise purchasing through negotiations with specialised equipment suppliers. The different completed and ongoing works on platforms in the VINCI Airports network make it possible to add to this differentiating know-how on a daily basis.

As a VINCI Group company, VINCI Airports can also call upon specific resources, for example, for large construction projects, in addition to its own expertise in design and project management. This is the case, for example, at Santiago International Airport in Chile, where VINCI Airports leverages all its project management know-how alongside a construction consortium led by VINCI Construction Grands Projets.

Aéroport de Santiago au Chili

The 5-year modernization, improvement and expansion of Santiago airport covers a total surface area of 455,000 m², including 248,000 m² for the new international terminal inaugurated at the end of February 2022

Terminal aéroport de Santiago, Chili

The five-year expansion project for Latin America's 6th-largest airport will increase its capacity from 16 to 38 million passengers per year

Terminal international (T2) de l'aéroport de Santiago

Santiago airport's international terminal (T2) has opted for automated technologies to improve passenger documentation processes.

A focus on specifics for better adaptation

Although airport operation standards correspond to international norms, each airport and each region is unique, with its own culture, challenges and operating characteristics. To take these specifics into account, VINCI Airports adapts the design of each of its projects and defines the level of complexity of its equipment and facilities, while respecting a given operational and financial framework.

How many runways should the airport have? What size should the terminal be? How many passenger registration desks are required? VINCI Airports works with each client to define the size of the installations. This “functional brief” process allows VINCI Airports to achieve its objective: to build infrastructure that is perfectly adapted to the particularities of each airport.

40 million passengers: the new capacity of Kansai International Airport after the modernization work carried out by VINCI Airports and its partners