When the economy catches a cold, airlines are in intensive care and airports are in an open ward,” says Airports Council International director general Angela Gittens. Airports operators may be at a lower risk of fatality than airlines, but their vital signs are not looking good. In 2007 just 13 of thetop 100 ranked airports posted traffic declines. In 2008 that number widened to 53.

As the two patients languish in their sick beds, airlines are fighting for survival while airports are preoccupied with life after the recovery. Gittens says: “It is hard to have a conversation when one party is sitting there, wondering if it will make it through the night, while the other is wondering whether it is going to be able to satisfy the customer it knows i

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