Management Consulting

Boosting Aviation Businesses

AirPlans is the trusted management consulting firm for aviation companies when they need realistic, impartial, practical and impactful advice to develop and improve their businesses.

Strategy

Aviation companies evolve in a constantly moving environment: changing regulation, cash constraints, demanding clients and fierce competition. AirPlans is specialized in strategic planning to stay ahead of the game. We help our clients to define where they want their business to be in the future and how to get there.

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1 // BUSINESS POSITIONING

We help aviation companies to define what services they should provide, who their clients should be and how to position themselves in the market.

2 // BUSINESS PLANNING

With extensive management experience and strong business, commercial and financial skills, we provide our clients with detailed business plans for their strategic planning and development.

3 // BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Our advisors have successful entrepreneurial background and a significant personal track record of developing new businesses. We use these unique skill to develop a new products or new operations (e.g. new FBO), or opening an entire new regional network altogether (e.g. a full FBO chain).

Performance Improvement

Many aviation companies struggle with the volatility of their top line or a heavy in-flexible cost structure. AirPlans offers detailed analyses and realistic solutions to boost our clients’ profits, reduce their cost base and optimize their cash flow.

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1 // GROWTH GENERATION

We propose out-of-the-box ideas and advice to grow our clients’ businesses in a practical manner. And we implement them with you if you need us to.

2 // RESTRUCTURING

Evaluating new organizational structures, defining new processes, or relocating a business are not simple tasks, in the fast-paced environment of the aviation industry. We re-shape our clients’ organizations to improve their businesses.

3 // FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

We perform un-biased financial analysis of clients’ business and provide clear guidance to improve them. We design and implement the financial processes that will make the difference.

4 // CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT

We optimize our clients’ net working capital and unlock idle cash. In aviation more than in other businesses, efficient cash management is paramount.

Performance Improvement

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1 // GROWTH GENERATION

We propose out-of-the-box ideas and advice to grow our clients’ businesses in a practical manner. And we implement them with you if you need us to.

2 // RESTRUCTURING

3 // FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

We perform un-biased financial analysis of clients’ business and provide clear guidance to improve them. We design and implement the financial processes that will make the difference.

4 // CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT

We optimize our clients’ net working capital and unlock idle cash. In aviation more than in other businesses, efficient cash management is paramount.

Merger & Acquisitions

In the last decade, the aviation industry has gone through an global wave of consolidation. We help our clients assessing and selecting the right targets, we orchestrate the entire transactions and perform their integrations.

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1 // TARGET SEARCH

Whether it is for the acquisition of a FBO, a MRO or an aircraft operator, AirPlans advises its clients in the search of the targets that will match their strategy and add real value to their business. Beyond the P&L and market conditions, our assessment is based on real-life experience of companies’ integrations.

2 // DUE DILIGENCE

Through a thorough and structured due diligence process, we assess the true status of target companies . We advise our clients on market valuation but more importantly, on the value increment delivered via a successful acquisition.

3 // TRANSACTION

AirPlans provides commercial support and advice to its client during the M&A transaction phase. Thanks to our excellent connections to specialized legal firms, we also orchestrate the entire contractual negotiation for our clients.

4 // INTEGRATION

Beyond transaction price, real value lies in the integration. AirPlans plans and orchestrates the implementation phase ensuring that all expected synergies are reached, delivering the optimum value to the acquiring party.