• FINANCIAL STATEMENTS • RISK MANAGEMENT • DRIVE ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Address Key Issues

Learn how to interpret various financial statements, as well as how to improve overall profitability and solvency

Gain A Full Understanding

Enhance you strategic business and finance skills

Key Takeaways

Deep knowledge across the most critical elements of airline finance

Benefit from frontline lessons learned from successful airline start-up and transformation projects

This 3 Day Masterclass in Aviation Finance equips executives with a deep knowledge across the most critical elements of airline finance and frontline lessons learned from successful airline start-up and transformation projects.

The course covers a wide variety of topics within aviation finance, but most importantly brings real-life, current case studies to attendees. Case studies only available from a training team sitting on the Board of organizations such as: Hong Kong Express, VietJet Air, and Peach during critical transformation and scaling periods – when proper finance structure, accounting, and reporting is absolutely fundamental.

Topics include but are not limited to: the fundamentals of aviation finance, core review of the 3 financial statements and how they vary for aviation companies, aviation financial systems, financial planning, fleet planning and leasing, risk management and financial transformation.

Designed for business and financial professionals within the aviation industry who are looking to enhance their strategic business and finance skills and learn from a globally acclaimed team.

IN JUST 3 DAYS YOU WILL:

  • Get to grips with revenues and expenses in the aviation industry. Refresh your knowledge of maximising airline revenues and look at a typical airline expense distribution
  • Master the income statement and balance sheet. Learn how to read and interpret the income statement or balance sheet of an airline and develop an action plan for profit improvement
  • Get up to speed on assets and liabilities in aviation. Look at the classes of airline assets, as well as considering typical airline liabilities
  • Understand the importance of cash. Discover why cash is critical, especially for an airline
  • Learn how to read and interpret the cash flow statement. Look at the sources and uses of cash in an airline, plus how to understand the implications of a company’s generation and usage of cash
  • Consider the interrelationship of various financial statements and how to boost profitability. Be able to look at various sources of financial information and comment on the ability of management to improve overall profitability and solvency
  • Get to grips with airline financial systems. Learn how to use various systems, such as the maintenance planning system, the enterprise resource planning system and the flight operations system
  • Master effective financial planning. Learn how to cascade the strategic plan into a business plan, how to drive organisational performance through financial KPIs, and much more
  • Gain a comprehensive overview of fleet planning. Find out how to build a fleet plan and how to decide between leasing or buying aircraft, as well as looking at financing options
  • Get to grips with risk management for aviation. Consider environmental risk, opportunity cost and sensitivity analysis, as well as mastering risk management strategies for airlines

MEET YOUR TRAINER

Our Expert Trainer is a seasoned aircraft finance professional with over 16 years’ experience in various aspects of the aviation industry. He brings critical internal airline experience for two high-growth airlines, and a leading aircraft leasing firm. He completed the acquisition of over 50 airlines through various leasing techniques, while also leading the development of key management reporting, management accounting, and financial account departments for a high-growth LCC airline. He brings real-life and current front-line experience to the classroom in an easy to understand, personalised teaching experience.

Organisations that will benefit:

  • Airlines
  • Aviation Authorities
  • Suppliers
  • Law Firms
  • Banks
  • Consultancy Firms
  • Government and Regulators
  • Investors

Who will attend:

  • Financial Analysts
  • Aircraft Analysts
  • CFO
  • Financial Controllers
  • Analysts
  • Credit Managers
  • Risk Managers
  • Corporate Finance

COURSE AGENDA

Day 1: Foundations of Airline Finance ⇓

  • Trainer self-introduction / course overview/speed networking
  • Fundamentals
  • Revenue and Expenses
  • The Income Statement
  • Group Activity:

– Read and interpret the income statement of an airline assigned to each group

– Comment on the numbers and metrics, and develop an action plan for profit improvement

  • Assets and Liabilities
  • Shareholder’s equity/capital
  • The Balance Sheet
  • Group Activity:

– Read and interpret the balance sheet of an airline assigned

– Comment on the numbers and metrics, and develop an action plan to strengthen the company’s balance sheet

Day 2: Putting it all together - Financial statements ⇓

  • Why cash is critical, especially for an airline
  • The Cash Flow Statement
  • Group Activity

– Read and interpret the cash flow statement of an airline assigned to each group

-Comment on the numbers and metrics, and the company’s generation and usage of cash with the implications thereof

  • Financial Statements: Putting it all together
  • Case Study – Revisit the financial information of the assigned airlines and comment on the ability of management to improve overall profitability and solvency
  • Airline Financial Systems

Day 3: Core Elements for Aviation Financial Planning ⇓

  • Financial Planning
  • Fleet Planning
  • Exercise – Examine a provided financial plan and associated fleet plan and comment on the airline’s strategic direction
  • Risk Management & Opportunity Cost
  • Financial adversity and turnarounds
  • Case Study – Review a case of a struggling airline. Develop a turnaround strategy
  • What does the future hold?
  • Open Q&A session
  • Personal action plans
  • Course recap and feedback methods

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