NETWORK PLANNING - ROUTES & SCHEDULE: MAXIMIZING REVENUE & OPTIMIZING COSTS

PROJECT STATUS : ACTIVE

  • LAUNCH DATE : FEB 2017

  • PRIMARY TARGET : Airlines

  • PROJECT FUNCTIONAL AREA : Network Planning & Flight Operations

  • PROJECT FOCUS : Network Planning, Airline Strategy

  • PROJECT SPONSOR : AEROGESTION


Project Summary
Network planning is the first step of the commercial and marketing strategy that an airline has to define. Actually, the network is the most important part of the product that an airline offers to its customers. Defining the network, it means routes and schedule, both impacts revenues and costs:

- Which routes and which schedule will offer the best opportunities to catch profitable demand?

- Which schedule will provide the best use of resources, such as aircraft and crew in order to maximize efficiency?

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Presentation Aerogestion (en français)     

Project Description

 

 

 

NETWORK PLANNING is the first step of the commercial and marketing strategy that an airline has to define. Actually, the network is the most important part of the product that an airline offers to its customers. Defining the network, it means routes and schedule, both impacts revenues and costs:

 

  • Which routes and which schedule will offer the best opportunities to catch profitable demand?
  • Which schedule will provide the best use of resources, such as aircraft and crew in order to maximize efficiency? 

 

 

 

 

AEROGESTION has been providing network planning consulting services both in French and English for over 15 years. Able to estimate both revenues and costs dimensions of a network strategy, it has acquired a real reputation on this field after defining or optimizing the network strategy of various airlines companies such as Air Caraïbes, L’Avion, Air Calédonie, Air Austral, Openskies…

 

AEROGESTION provides consulting services in Network Planning at different levels:

 

Route development

 

Opportunity assessment

  • Analysis of existing traffic on direct route
  • Analysis of existing traffic on indirect route, beyond and behind connections
  • Estimation of potential additional traffic (induction effect)
  • Benchmarks and market analysis
  • Estimation of achievable market share

 

Scheduling

  • Analysis of current offer on selected routes
  • Analysis of connecting opportunities
  • Fleet and crew optimization
  • Slot management

 

 

Audit and network optimization

 

Route performance analysis

 

Network performance analysis

  • Intra- and extra-connectivity
  • Fleet and crew optimization

 

Development opportunities

  • Additional frequencies

 

New routes

 

 

 




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AEROGESTION - France
Aérogestion is an independent consulting practice founded in 1996 by Marc Rochet and Dominique Gretz with the help of former collaborators from the airline industry. Aérogestion has developed a recognised expertise in the industry by accompanying first and foremost the success of French airline in their development or restructuring projects. The practice has developed its services in the international environment and more specifically on the African continent. Parallel to this geographical development, the practice has broadened its competencies, particularly in the field of Revenue Management, which constitutes today a recognised centre of excellence where Aérogestion practices for several airlines. At present, the practice counts more than a dozen consultants with an average of 20 years of expertise in their field and with competencies covering all of the fields of the industry, such as airline management, sales and distribution, airline operations, airline restructuring or change management. Aerogestion's vocation is to become the airline's partner to accompany the airline in each and every key step of its business or of its investments.