Mott MacDonald has developed Computerised Financial Modelling tools for use in airports. The CFM financial model is used for the evaluation of airport developments ranging from $3.5m to $300m. The purpose of the model is to make the decision process of the preferred scheme as efficient as possible. The model was developed by Mott MacDonald with the input of engineers, accountants, bankers and operators to provide a direct link from planning into finance and back again without involving a large number of different specialists taking time and usually at considerable cost.

The financial model allows any particular input item, from numbers of air bridges to dates of development and from interest rates to working capital, to be adjusted and to get an instantaneous sensitivity and full result set including reworked debt finance, rates of return etc. This identifies affordability as a prime output. The model is fully customisable to meet the needs of all developments and can be linked into other Mott MacDonald software tools.

Mott MacDonald also has a wide range of experience in the preparation of and assistance in business plans on a wide range of infrastructure including airports. A number of our airport development projects have included the preparation of a business plan including the production of debt and equity requirements, risk analysis, rates of return and financial ratios. The business plan becomes an integral part of the master plan, marketing plan and financial plan to demonstrate the business case based on our in depth understanding of airport business.