Competitive markets call for resilient airline strategies

We help you to attain overall operational improvement with varying focal points, resulting in enhanced optimization and greater profitability. You will gain specialized expertise in areas critical in today’s airline world, such as on-time performance related issues, maintenance management, fuel management, and sustainable green aviation.

 
Your airline will not only benefit from typical commercial topics such as strategy and restructuring, but additionally, our experts provide guidance and expertise in specialized aviation topics such as safety and quality, regulatory compliance, flight operations, maintenance performance and even cargo related competence, for example, cargo warehouse optimization and ULD management. 

Due to the low profit margin of the airline industry, financial planning and controlling are of particular importance to your airline. The accuracy of business and fleet planning and the level of financial controlling will sometimes make or break an airline. Your airline benefits from transparent and consistent financial data which give you an accurate basis for planning and better control over costs. We analyze the risks for your airline and define fuel and currency hedging options to help you manage the risks effectively. We also offer you comprehensive M&A support and due diligence services to evaluate your assets. Your airline benefits from the knowledge base and industry experience we have as a part of the Lufthansa Group.

We help you to improve your airline business and develop a competitive set-up. Your company faces the many challenges prevalent in the airline industry and we work with you to develop sustainable strategies ready for implementation. Our methods are well proven and we have helped airlines around the world to restructure their organization or even turnaround from a crisis. Your airline benefits from our special focus on efficient processes and effective, modern airline structures.

 
We have built several airlines from scratch, providing comprehensive services in all fields from the initial feasibility study to the first take-off. We also offer governments support in starting-up or privatizing airlines.

We offer your airline the full range of commercial services whether you primarily serve the passenger or the cargo segment and independent of your business model. Our Commercial experts are experienced in basics, such as thorough market potential as well as target customer analyses. We develop comprehensive commercial strategies as well as the corresponding implementation plans for your start-up carrier or for your established airline. You can rely on consultants with practical experience in all the commercial areas of an airline such as Network Planning, Marketing, Sales, Pricing and Revenue Management and Customer Relationship Management.