Share on social media: Editorial Highlights Outlook Key figures Contact English ANNUAL REPORT 2020 An extra-ordinary year ... Welcome on the EuroAirport Annual Report 2020 website! This Annual Report 2020 offers offers an opportunity to look back and take stock of a very extra-ordinary year. Discover month by month the challenges that confronted EuroAirport and see how the Airport and its passengers, visitors and employees coped. Scroll through the year in pictures, view the key figures, and read about the outlook for 2021. Enjoy your read! Download the PDF version EDITORIAL 2020, an extra-ordinary year ... Luc Gaillet, President of EuroAirport and Raymond Cron, Vice-President of EuroAirport 2020 was an extra-ordinary year: no preceding crisis has ever had an impact similar to what we are experiencing in these times of pandemic. Aviation is one of the most severely impacted industries: EuroAirport saw passenger traffic plunge by 71% compared with 2019. In 2020, after years of uninterrupted growth between 2010 and 2019, with a record 9.1 million passengers in 2019, the number of passengers nosedived to 2.6 million. Despite this context, EuroAirport has stayed open throughout. It has enabled medical and repatriation flights as well as ensuring the transport of health protection equipment and medical products via air cargo. Faced with a complete lack of visibility into the development of air traffic, the Board of Directors and Airport Management took strong action to control cash flow, imposing a hiring freeze and part-time work, and reducing investments. Accordingly, in December 2020, the Board shelved the Terminal Facilities Modernisation project. Unlike the strategic passenger business, the Airport’s two other business areas (cargo and industry) weathered the crisis and managed to contain the steep decline in turnover, which will have been cut almost by half (€84m in 2020 as against €158m in 2019). Notwithstanding the collapse of passenger traffic, EuroAirport has not dampened its efforts in favour of the environment - quite the contrary. In 2020, major progress was made towards reducing the Airport's noise footprint: on 7 May, the Board of Directors approved the results of the Balanced Approach study and asked the French Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) to ban all scheduled take-offs between 11pm and midnight, and to implement stricter noise standards for aircraft serving night flights between 10 pm and 6 am. As for the reduction in CO2 emissions, at the end of the year, EuroAirport signed a partnership agreement with the City of Saint-Louis connecting the Airport to the urban heating network with a new biomass boiler room. This project is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the Airport's heating facilities by 90% by 2025. A number of Franco-Swiss issues posing major challenges, such as labour law and the CO2 tax projects of the individual States, demanded a strong commitment in 2020. With the support of local elected officials, the members of the Board of Directors rallied to devise balanced solutions for these complex and sensitive issues. 2020 will leave a profound mark on us, both professionally and in the private sphere. The crisis affected the Board of Directors directly and most cruelly with the loss of Jean-Marie Zoelle, one of its own members, in April. He was succeeded by Philippe Knibiely in July. Other members also joined the Board of Directors during the year: Louis Laugier, Prefect of the Haut-Rhin and Daniel Adrian, Conseiller Départemental (Councillor). Besides, Sylvain Rousselle was appointed Financial Controller. We wish here to thank the members of the Board of Directors for their hard work throughout the year to facilitate the necessary decision-making in these exceptional circumstances. We also extend our warmest thanks to all staff members for their collective commitment and solidarity during this testing year. In 2021, we shall pursue and strengthen our efforts to overcome the consequences of the crisis. The outlook for the aviation industry in the short, medium and long term remains uncertain. But we are prepared to cope with the situation and will continue, come what may, to accomplish our mission to serve the territory in abidance with the principles of sustainable development. Luc Gaillet President of EuroAirport Raymond Cron Vice-President of EuroAirport HIGHLIGHTS 2020 The year in pictures Jan. Feb. March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Concl. A year that started like any other … 2020 started with a resolute focus on the environment, one of the pillars of sustainable development and enshrined in EuroAirport’s very mission: in January, the undertaking to achieve net zero carbon for airport infrastructure by 2050 was signed. As part of its efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, EuroAirport acquired six additional electric vehicles in 2020. The Airport had already reduced its carbon emissions by 14% between 2015 and 2019. All passenger buses run on gas. At the service of its passengers, the Airport continues to implement innovations with an eye to enhancing customer satisfaction. An Automated Fast Track Crossing at External Borders system has been installed to streamline passenger traffic by reducing queue times at passport control. Five gates at the North Pier allow passengers to pass through identity checks autonomously by combining passport scans with facial recognition technology. Bon voyage! 20 minutes for free! To streamline passenger access flow with due regard for security, an express car park was set up on the Swiss side similar to the express parking facility realised on the French side in 2017. The car park offers 235 parking spaces in the immediate vicinity of the Airport; it replaces the hundred or so outdoor spaces previously available on the accessway to the Airport and which caused congestion especially for the Basel public bus service line. Henceforth, the accessways to the departure and arrival halls are only available to buses, taxis, and vehicles with special permits. The month in pictures OUTLOOK 2021 What visibility for the coming year? A crystal ball would be most welcome! But even without one, EuroAirport is preparing for the future. 2021 will be a difficult year. The first few months have hardly been encouraging. Passenger traffic was down 80% at the start of the year. The COVID-19 virus is mutating, and its variants are spreading fast, vaccine production is lagging, and travel restrictions still are not harmonised from one country to the other. The Airport draws no benefit from testing since, even with negative tests, numerous countries continue to require travellers to self-isolate. In 2021, therefore, EuroAirport will focus on the very same priorities as last year i.e., on securing cash flow while strictly containing expenditure. To underpin its planning, the Airport has prepared several different scenarios. This should ensure the necessary flexibility to cope with a constantly evolving environment. The crisis has also underscored the Airport’s dependency on passenger traffic. That is why, as part of its strategic marketing, EuroAirport is tackling the new challenges in the aviation industry and keeping a close eye on long term trends. In this context, EuroAirport is exploring new forms of mobility and considering how to participate in the long term. Environment remains a fundamental subject. Ongoing work on the balanced approach and noise limitation curve projects will be pursued in 2021. EuroAirport will thus be prepared to implement these effective noise reduction measures as soon as air traffic picks up and noise levels start rising again in the sensitive night-time hours. Lastly, EuroAirport is constantly adapting its infrastructure to changing conditions, as it did when it set up the screening centre for departing passengers and staff members. To conclude on a positive note: in 2021 Basel-Mulhouse Airport -- a unique example of transnational cooperation whose foundation stone was laid in 1946 -- is celebrating its 75th anniversary. KEY FIGURES 2020 Summary of the year .st0-1967612487{fill:none;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:2;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1-1967612487{fill:none;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st2-1967612487{fill:#FFFFFF;} 84 million euros turnover .st0-1819952888{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:none;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:3;} 2.6 million passengerss .st0-1280573349{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:none;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:3;} 32,600 commercial flight movements .st0-1359644405{fill:none;stroke:#FFFFFF;stroke-width:2;stroke-miterlimit:10;} 6,050 jobs on the airport platform Figures at a glance Key Financial Data (in EUR million) 2018 2019 2020 Turnover 143.1 157.5 84 Net result 22.9 24.3 -17.8 Net debt -22.4 -50.5 -19.4 Investments 24 33.1 19.7 Traffic figures 2018 2019 2020 Transported passengers (in millions) 8.6 9.1 2.6 Commercial flight movements 78,839 81,500 32,600 Carried freight (in tons) 110,000 106,000 108,500 Jobs at EuroAirport 2018 2019 2020 Jobs on the airport platform 6,300 6,475 6,050 in the Swiss sector 4,815 4,877 4,600 in the French sector 1,485 1,598 1,450 Jobs* at the public institution Basel-Mulhouse Airport 381 402 381 subject to the French social security system 341 357 337 subject to the Swiss social security system 40 45 43 * Total jobs as of 31 December The Basel-Mulhouse Airport Board of Directors will approve the financial results in May 2021. 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