Measurement of Airport Efficiency. The Case of Colombia

Abstract

Since the mid-1990s, Colombia’s main airports (including those with the highest traffic) have been privatized, transferring governance to private operators. The remaining airports in the network (the smallest ones) continue with public governance. Based on this, the objective of this research article is to know, analyse and even measure the airport efficiency in a context of structural reform and at the same time compare this with the measure in airports with public governance. The methodology used to carry out the study is the Data Envelopment Analysis, and this methodology uses only “technical variables” (that is, only those related to infrastructure). The main results of the research reveal higher efficiency indices in the major (or more important) airports, almost all of them under private governance, although there is also a group of them (usually very small airports) with very low efficiency levels.

Airport privatisation: A successful journey?

“…(2003) , Holvad and Graham (2004) , Vasigh and Gorjidooz (2006) , Lin and Hong (2006) , Barros (2009) , Barros and Weber (2009) , Ahn and Min (2014) , Tsui et al (2014) , Vasign et al (2014) No impact on efficiency Vogel (2006) , Barros and Dieke (2007) , Assaf (2010), Botasso and Conti (2012) , Perelman and Serebrisky (2012) , See and Li (2015) , Marques et al (2015) , Chen at al. (2017) , Olariaga and Moreno (2019) Positive impact on efficiency Curi et al (2010) , Gutiérrez and Lozano (2016) Negative impact on efficiency Oum et al (2006) , Oum et al (2008) , Curi et al (2010) , Adler and Liebert (2014) Public majority ownership is less efficient than private majority ownership. Assaf and Gillen (2012) Private involvement has positive impact on efficiency, but regulation rather than ownership is the key performance driver.…”

Contribución del transporte aéreo a la conectividad territorial. El caso de Colombia

“…La cuarta generación de concesiones dio inicio el 30 de diciembre de 2014, con la concesión del Aeropuerto Internacional de Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz. Con posterioridad y finalmente, a mediados de 2017, se concesionó el aeropuerto de la ciudad de Pereira (Díaz Olariaga & Pulido, 2019).…”

Performance Financeira de Aeroportos Concedidos de um País Hipotético

“…Os aeroportos de menor movimentação de passageiros continuaram com o Estado. Hoje, são dezenove aeroportos concedidos (OLARIAGA; MORENO, 2019).…”