The figures for 2024 speak for themselves, and the outlook for 2040 is nothing short of breathtaking. Over 16% growth in tonnage and over 13% growth in flights. More airlines and more logistics providers operating there. One billion e-commerce packages handled, 11,000 direct and indirect jobs created, and connections with nearly 300 airports.
Liege Airport can thank its teams and Laurent Jossart for the 2024 figures. Mr Jossart, who has been the CEO of Liege Airport for three years, is a builder and a visionary. A former CEO of Charleroi Airport with extensive experience as a CFO and a CEO in other international businesses, including airlines, he has expertly handled Liege Airport's finances and plotted a visionary course for the company.
Alongside working to increase turnover and EBITDA in order to fund the Master Plan for Liege Airport, he also follows and analyses the expectations of the markets in his catchment area, which are constantly evolving, and national legislation, which is also subject to change. Thanks to his insight, Liege Airport shifted to providing more than just cargo transit services by offering innovative, customised multimodal logistics solutions, with a focus on environmental concerns and profitability.
While Liege Airport is now the leading cargo airport in Belgium, the fifth largest in Europe and among the top 20 worldwide, Laurent Jossart wants to go further. “It is not our infrastructure that attracts the market, but our proactive and practical logistics solutions,” he emphasises. LGG Connect will form the basis of these solutions going forward. This extensive logistics ecosystem is empowered by its interdependent, regional and Euregional nature. Mr Jossart believes it will be capable of winning new market share and making Liege Airport a major and reliable economic asset in the scope of the 2040 outlook. With the signature of LGG Connect's operating licence at the end of 2024 and the adoption of a roadmap by the Board of Directors, the way is clear for Liege Airport to reach its ambitious targets for decarbonisation and growth.
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