Airline Management Consulting

ICF helps airline management and investors adapt to airline industry trends such as consolidation, the rise of low-cost carriers, and the growth of emerging markets in order to generate revenue and control costs. Our management consulting capabilities further include:

• Analyzing the value of alliances, code shares, and bilateral agreements
• Improving airline ground operations
• Validating vital business decisions to support growth and transition
• Developing expansion strategies, particularly in emerging markets
• Developing and evaluating business plans and organizational strategies

For clients launching aviation ventures, ICF tests and evaluates markets, conducts feasibility studies and due diligence, and helps develop business plans. In the crucial area of network and fleet planning, ICF helps airlines optimize routes, schedules, and hub operations.

Members of our multidisciplinary management consulting team come from leadership positions in the aviation industry in the areas of commercial and financial planning, revenue management, program management, sales and leasing, and marketing. ICF's business transformation services address all areas of an airline's business, including:

• Commercial improvement—Pricing and revenue management, sales and distribution, customer service and loyalty, and ancillary revenue opportunities
• Operations improvement—Production control, operations control, and restructuring and optimizing maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) centers for internal use and third-party support
• Organizational restructuring and change management—Information management, product and start-up implementation, and airline privatization projects

Our proprietary NETWORKS planning and simulation model enables airlines to evaluate various scenarios without investing in an in-house analysis system.