Our assessments provide airports, their operators and government sponsors with the evidence needed to justify investment and communicate value to stakeholders.
They function as industrial nodes, catalysing the clustering of businesses that depend on fast and efficient connectivity between logistics operators, manufacturers, exporters and the broader supply chains that serve them. That clustering generates synergies and reduces costs throughout the logistics value chain.
Understanding this wider economic footprint is essential for decisions about airport investment, location, expansion and regional development strategy.
StratEcon quantifies the contribution of airport infrastructure to regional and national economies, capturing direct operational impacts, the catalytic effects on associated industries and the broader multiplier effects on GDP, employment and household income. Our assessments provide airports, their operators and government sponsors with the evidence needed to justify investment and communicate value to stakeholders.
Major airport investment decisions, whether to build, relocate or expand, require rigorous cost-benefit analysis alongside macroeconomic impact assessment. StratEcon provides both, producing analyses that meet the standards required by National Treasury and other public sector funders and that can withstand scrutiny in complex, high-stakes decision-making processes.
StratEcon’s airport work includes the economic cost-benefit analysis of the relocation of Durban International Airport to La Mercy, conducted as part of a PricewaterhouseCoopers project for the National Treasury. This was StratEcon’s first CBA assignment in 2003. We subsequently assessed the macroeconomic impact of Cape Town International Airport on the Western Cape economy for ACSA, and the future macroeconomic contribution of King Shaka International Airport and the Dube TradePort Master Plan for the Dube TradePort Corporation.
Airport economics sits at the intersection of infrastructure appraisal, regional development and logistics analysis. StratEcon has been conducting airport economic assessments since 2003 and brings the combination of cost-benefit rigour and macroeconomic modelling capability that these assignments demand. Our track record covers South Africa’s major airports and one of the country’s most complex airport infrastructure decisions.
StratEcon works with airport operators, government departments, development corporations and private sector clients on airport economics across South Africa and Africa. Contact us to arrange a no-obligation introductory discussion.