ACI EUROPE promotes the exchange of industry know-how through our internal committee structure and extensive schedule of conferences and exhibitions. By actively seeking the views of airport members, we generate comprehensive common policies that serve as a reference to the entire aviation industry. ACI EUROPE has privileged access to EU regulators and policy makers, which no individual airport, however important, could hope to achieve.

SMAG is intended to provide a platform for small and medium sized airports to exchange knowledge, share best practices and discuss issues of common interest. SMAG is also intended to allow ACI EUROPE to get an in-depth knowledge of the issues and interests specific to small and medium sized airports so as to allow a better representation of such interest when lobbying with the EU institutions. Conversely, SMAG should allow small and medium sized airports to get information about EU affairs and access the EU institutions.

SMAG is open to all Regular Members managing airports with less than 5 million Traffic Units (this threshold is indicative); this group is not subject to ACI EUROPE Committee Rules. Currently some 145 airports are members of the group.