Designed for anyone interested in aviation leadership and looking to learn from a globally acclaimed LCC CEO, Board Advisor for well known Asia Pacific LCC’s including Hong Kong Express, VietJet Air, Peach, and Go Air (India).
Cover all aspects of profitable and successful airline management
Learn from real success stories from within the industry
This 3 Day Masterclass in Aviation Management & Transformation equips executives with deep knowledge across the most critical elements of profitable airline management and frontline lessons learned from successful airline transformation projects.
The course covers a wide variety of topics within aviation management and transformation, but most importantly brings real-life, current case studies to attendees. Case studies only available from a trainer personally sitting in the C-level of organizations such as: Hong Kong Express, VietJet Air, and Peach during critical transformation and scaling periods.
Topics include, but are not limited to: best-practice organization structure, critical KPIs for all airlines senior management, best practice senior management meeting structure and reporting lines, empowerment of key teams via effective job descriptions and accountability, affecting cultural change to turn-around a loss-making airline, and key case studies from successful, recent C-level leadership of some of Asia’s leading low-cost carriers.
IN JUST 3 DAYS YOU WILL
- Gain a comprehensive overview and fresh perspective of the aviation industry market and future growth trajectory
- Learn the key drivers of airline profitability and simple management processes to ensure your organization is focusing on the most valuable topics
- Unlock planning models employed by some of the airline industry’s leading CEOs
- Acquire proven management techniques and models for success in every department of a typical airline: Safety and Security, Commercial, Operations, Finance, Talent and Systems
- Cover in-depth, and behind the scenes case studies explaining the success of some of the world’s fastest-growing and most profitable low-cost carriers in the world; including Hong Kong Express, VietJet, Peach, and many more.
- Gain a critical understanding of the link between innovation and airline profitability.
- Learn lessons from the effect of COVID-19 on the global aviation industry and consider how the post COVID-19 aviation world might recover
MEET YOUR TRAINER
With nearly 30 years in the aviation and travel industry with a focus on the low-cost airline and travel technology sectors, our Expert Trainer has broad experience from holding leadership positions at a variety of travel businesses across the UK, Americas, Middle East, and Asia. He is a specialist in executing airline start-ups and restructuring. He has also guided the launch and build of a variety of travel businesses, ranging from customer loyalty through to online holidays.
Organisations that will benefit:
- Airlines
- Airports
- Aviation Authorities
Who will attend:
- Airline Senior Management and Executives
- Entrepreneurs/ Enterprises considering airline start-up
- Airline professionals from loss-making companies
- Business Development & Sales
- Investors
- Advisors
- Consultants
COURSE AGENDA
Day 1: CORE PRINCIPALS IN AIRLINE MANAGEMENT ⇓
- Trainer self-introduction / course overview/speed networking
- The Airline Industry?
- The Airline Industry Ecosystem
- Basic Industry Terminology
- Air Travel Fundamentals
- The Future of the Industry
- Group Exercise – targeted group exercise on Air Asia
- Airline Profitability Deep Dive
- Industry Structure and Air Travel Law
- Industry Structure and Air Travel Law
- Group exercise – focusing on airline start-up methodology
Day 2: KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS ACROSS AN AIRLINE ⇓
- Airline Organization
- Core Departments Drill Down – Commercial
- Commercial: Network Planning, and Revenue Management
- Commercial: Brand, Marketing, and Product
- Commercial: Sales, Distribution, and Ancillaries
- Case Study – targeted case exercise on Pegasus Airline
- Systems
- Legal and Finance
- Group Exercise – targeted group exercise on airline restructuring
Day 3: THE REAL WORLD vs THEORY ⇓
- Operations: Maintenance and Engineering
- Operations: Airports and Ground Services
- Operations: Flight Operations and Passenger Services
- Quality, Safety, and Security
- Optimized Talent
- Lessons from Airline Start-ups
- What does the future hold?
- Case Study – targeted case exercise on HK Express
- Wrap
“Some trainers present book theory. This course was completely different as the trainer is an airline CEO with several successful, profitable transformations and start-ups airlines. The value for money during these 3 days was great. I learned so much!”
- Past Client