The course introduces analytical techniques for future aircraft capacity planning, featuring 'SkyChess,' a simulation where teams tackle operational, commercial, engineering and financial airline challenges.
No starting dates
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Starting date to be confirmed
- Duration: 4 days (unconfirmed)
- Location: Northampton Square (unconfirmed)
- Course code: EPM831
Fleet Planning and Airline Business Course overview
The course comprises a review of the stages and processes of fleet planning and analytical modelling techniques. Three teams must each develop their own fleet plan, then put their ideas into practice by managing their airline in the SkyChess simulation.
Learning outcomes include:
- Identifying stakeholders
- designing a fleet planning process
- developing aircraft selection criteria and ground rules
- the differences between airline business strategies
- making airline operational decisions that involve multiple functional activities (such as route selection, scheduling, maintenance, setting pricing, and finance)
- how to negotiate effectively
- how to deal with unexpected events.
Who is it for?
Network planners, analysts, economists, flight operations, engineering and maintenance personel and students of air transport.
Timetable
Module teaching usually begins at 9am and finishes at 5pm each day, with time for breaks. If there is any change to these timings, you will be informed before the start of the module.
Benefits
You will learn that there is no such thing as a perfect fleet plan, and that running an airline is like walking a tightrope, where success depends on nimble decision-making and taking calculated risks.
What will I learn?
- How to construct meaningful aircraft selection criteria
- How to manage stakeholders
- How to critically interpret data
- How to negotiate a successful outcome for all parties
- How to think strategically and tactically
- How to be flexible when the occasion demands
- How an airline functions in a competitive market
- How to organise the workload
- How your results may depend upon the actions of your competitors
- How to react in a crisis
- How creativity can help overcome obstacles.
Assessment and certificates
You will be asked to submit a reflective journal following completion of the module to illustrate your learning. You will not receive a mark for the reflective journal.
Following successful completion of the module, you will receive a certificate of participation.
This course is provided by the School of Science & Technology.
Eligibility
There is no prior knowledge required for this CPD module, other than a general awareness of the aviation industry practices. There is a pre-reading resource list that will help you prepare for the course.
Applicants are expected to have professional experience within the aviation industry.
English requirements
For those students whose first language is not English the following qualification is also required:
- IELTS: 6.5
- (A minimum of 6.0 in all four test components is preferable).
Recommended reading
‘Buying The Big Jets – Fleet Planning for Airlines’, by Paul Clark (Third edition, published by Routledge).