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Air Service Development

Air Service Development for Cologne/Bonn Airport

  • Cologne/Bonn Airport, Germany
  • One of the most dynamically developing airports in Europe
  • So far more than 10 customized route studies have been completed for Cologne/Bonn Airport

Project duration

  • Feb 2006 - 2008 ongoing 

Services provided by Lufthansa Consulting

  • Each airline/route business case that leads to a route study is initiated by a joint kick-off meeting to identify individual carrier decision making criteria and thus to set-up a customized analysis
  • The route study includes:
  • Pre-study data mining and data set-up for the individual carrier
  • Route demand modeling based on different schedule scenarios
  • Integration of individual carrier preferences (Business models) and decision making criteria
  • Elaboration of all results in a presentation format
  • Each route study is finalized in a joint hand-over meeting which includes the briefing of the airport marketing managers
  • Ongoing follow-up discussions with the marketing managers regarding the selection of suitable airline/route business cases as well as about respective market entry barriers for Cologne/Bonn airport

Project description

Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is one of the most dynamically developing airports in Europe.
A next major step in its strategy development after achieving the status Central Europe’s no. 1 Low Cost Airport in terms of passengers handled is to establish scheduled passenger long-haul services to/from Cologne/Bonn. Lufthansa Consulting was hired to support the airport’s air service development activities on a long-term basis to achieve this target.
Supporting the airport’s marketing department by the elaboration of customized detailed route studies for individual airlines in different geographical markets and market environments

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