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 Winter season 2003-2004
 Record traffic for ski charter operations. In 4 months more than 142,120 skiers (up 63.17%) travelled via Grenoble airport.
The airport was originally built for the 1968 Winter Olympics - Rhône-Alpes has hosted the Games on three occasions, in Chamonix, Grenoble and Albertville. For a long time it was managed by the local authority. In December 2003 its management was entrusted to the Lyon Chamber of Commerce.
Then in January 2004 the Isère Departmental Council awarded a contract for the management and development of the airport to a privately owned joint venture set up specifically for the task: Société d’Exploitation de l’Aéroport de Grenoble (SEAG). This is the first contract of this importance for a regional airport in France. SEAG is a 50/50 joint venture held by two internationally renowned private partners, Kéolis and Vinci Airports.
SEAG immediately set up a marketing department, which set to work contacting airlines to attract additional regular and charter flights.
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Presentation of the two companies
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| Kéolis is a privately owned European company, specializing in multimodal public transit services operated under contract for local and regional authorities. It currently manages five urban networks, in particular the Lyon transit system. Kéolis is also active in seven other countries, in Europe and Canada. With 40% market share in the urban transit sector it makes sense for Kéolis to also serve airports, which constitute major transport hubs. It operates coach services between neighbouring towns and airports such as Paris and Lyon. Angers Marcé airport is the firm’s first significant reference. It is also a partner in the consortium managing Vatry Europort, Europe’s first trimodal transport platform. Kéolis reported €1.58m revenue for 2002. |
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VINCI Airports is a wholly owned subsidiary of VINCI, the world leader for concessions, construction and associated services. VINCI Airports is a major player in air transport and number three worldwide for ground services. It has interests in airport services and management.
VINCI Airports manages directly, or with other partners, more than 15 airports worldwide accounting for total traffic of 15m passengers. It also holds shares in several airport companies. In all VINCI Airports has a share in almost 30 airports representing a total of 50m passengers. VINCI Airports positions itself as an operator capable of taking charge of a complete airport concession in every dimension - financial, technical and commercial - while providing a service tailored to the demands of airlines, thanks to its ground-service expertise. In 2002 VINCI reported €17.6bn revenue, VINCI Concessions €1.9bn and VINCI Airports €504m. |
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