Airline Profits – Optimize Commercial and Flight Operations!
The operation of an airline is a combination of science, experience, and magic. It requires integrating the airline network with flight operations, crew scheduling, sales, revenue management and all commercial activities to generate sufficient demand to be able to fly profitably.
As airline reengineering and turn-around experts – Aloft Aviation Consulting provides worldwide expertise in airline consulting on both the commercial and operational sides of an airline. We offer a team of former executive-level airline resources that includes experience with both the traditional network carriers and with one of the most successful low cost carriers in the world, Southwest Airlines. This market-leading aviation and airline consulting group serves as a sole source of knowledge and skills to address any challenge within an airline and provide the aviation services to bring sustainable change to the operation. From manuals to customer service, ground operations to reservations, flight operations to sales, Aloft can make the difference by developing and executing strategies that work allowing the airline to grow strong financially while lowering or maintaining costs and still delivering outstanding customer service.
We will analyze your operation and make recommendations through the LCC mind-set and then help implement those recommendations to ensure you optimize performance either through incremental steps or by building an entire re-engineered turn-around management structure.
Our Areas of Expertise:
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FLIGHT OPERATIONS:
- Provide strategic development planning and reengineer cross – functional company operations to improve aircraft turnaround efficiency
- Identify irregularities and create standardized procedures for both employees and contractors
- Review regulatory manuals for compliance with Air Transport Oversight System (ATOS) and/ or IOSA requirements
REVENUE MANAGEMENT:
- Balance seat pricing and inventory to offer the right price at the right time to gain maximum financial benefit and ensure the highest revenue production and greatest efficiency
CREW SCHEDULING:
- Develop policies, procedures and systems to provide maximum productivity, flexibility and quality of life for crew members
- Analyze scheduling procedures manuals and crew member work rules to combine pre-existing contractual parameters, corporate cultural requirements and industry best practices
- Review scheduling staff competency and administration to better manage required annual leave to mitigate peaks and valleys in staffing
NETWORK PLANNING:
- Execute the deployment of your aircraft through alignment of tactical planning within corporate strategy
- Forecast markets, analyze the industry, plan code shares, and enhance schedule production to gain maximum efficiency and profitability
- Identify emerging industry trends, new network opportunities, and competitive challenges with strategic planning to achieve your airline’s network vision
MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, OVERHAUL AND ENGINEERING:
- Ensure on-time performance, cost-effective operations, and a high-level of safety through the development and leadership of outstanding inspection and maintenance programs, technical problem solving, and long-range planning
MANUALS – THE NEVER-ENDING PROCESS:
Airline manuals are critical to maintaining compliance levels of regulatory oversight. They also provide standardization within the airline and streamline training and operations. However, the monetary and personnel cost of a manual system can have a significant impact on the bottom line.
- We assist you in creating and maintaining a manual system at a cost effective price point
- We will work with you to bring your manuals into regulatory compliance
- We provide electronic management of your manuals further increasing efficiency and reducing costs
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