Air Business Academy

Airline Fleet Planning

Objectives

• Understand the processes and organisational units that contribute to building and evolving airline fleet planning

• Grasp the role of different players in the market:  airlines, lessors, airframe and engine manufacturers

• Identify clearly the distinctions between airline and lessor fleet planning

• Explore fleet risk management and financial analysis

Topics covered

• Fleet planning concepts

• Drivers for change in fleet planning

• Exercise on matching supply with demand

• Fleet planning tools and techniques: The manufacturer’s view

• Overview of the fleet planning function

• The fleet planning process at an airline

• Alliances, mergers and fleet planning

• Risk analysis in fleet planning: tools and techniques

• Fleet planning for today’s new aviation business models

• Fleet planning and fleet financing: The lessors’ perspective

Topics are supported by case studies and exercises.

Who should attend

• Airline personnel involved in strategic or commercial planning

• Strategic consultants

• Insurance brokers

• Lessors and financial analysts

• Airframe and engine manufacturers, industry suppliers, airports

• Government agencies

Some experience in airline planning or a related field would be useful.

Presenters

Dr Arturo Benito, Polytechnic University of Madrid; Former Director Fleet Planning, Iberia

Soeren Ferre, Chief Executive Officer, AerCap Group Services

William Gibson, Head of Finance, AirBusiness Academy

Marian Pistik, Project Leader Airline Launch, Wataniya Airlines

Frank Navallon, Fleet Planning, Airbus

Dick Wyatt, Consultant; former General Manager - Fleet Planning, British Airways

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