At the occasion of Airports Council International’s Conference and Exhibition on Europe’s regional airports in Madeira (PT) on 12-14 May, Jan Owe Larsson, Chairman of the AER Working Group on Transport and Regional airports, took part in a roundtable discussion on the economic effect of regional airports to territorial development.

With the aim of increasing the visibility of the important contribution regional airports make for the connectivity of Europe’s regions, he highlighted their direct and indirect benefits for our regions: increasing consumer welfare, stimulating incoming tourism, attracting businesses and raising employment levels, as well as enabling people in remote areas to discover Europe.