Data & Insights
Continuous investment in data interpretation and enhancement across a broad range of sources. Quality controls driven by latest market knowledge and ongoing consulting input.
Air Cargo Demand
Demand trends and forecasts by lane, commodity and carrier.
E-commerce
E-commerce flow data and growth projections by corridor.
Air Cargo Capacity
Comprehensive capacity data across freighter and belly-hold markets.
Fleet
Fleet status, ownership and utilisation across the global widebody and narrowbody fleet.
Forecasts
Short- and long-term traffic forecasts at market and airport level.
Trends
Market trend analysis across corridors, seasons and commodity types.
Strategy Consulting
Premium advisory services based on years of industry and top-tier consultancy experience, leveraging proprietary data and advanced analytical capabilities.
Tangible opportunities across commercial, network and processes for an airline
Background & context
One of the world's leading cargo airlines engaged Aevean to support the development of its business in the South American air cargo market. Its network and performance had grown steadily during recent years, but it was felt that areas of improvement were still evident.
Aevean role
Conducted a thorough discovery, identification and sizing of opportunities to develop and validate a list of prioritised initiatives. Held multiple workshops to identify tangible improvement areas and to highlight best-in-class commercial processes and data analytics capabilities.
Outcome & value add
The client embarked to implement prioritised initiatives, with clear templates, next steps and required stakeholders for quotes in the next 12–18 months. Client benefited from several low-hanging fruit opportunities already during the project and started to obtain best-in-class profitability reporting across its different teams.
Assessing air cargo demand and fleet strategy implications for a European airline
Background & context
A European airline benefiting from favorable market developments faced challenges related to macro trade conditions and a shift in fleet composition with implications for future cargo capacity.
Aevean role
Developed a detailed demand and addressable market forecast. Conducted a commercial diagnostic covering yields, revenue and cost benchmarks. Built a freighter business case to evaluate near- and long-term fleet options and airline partnership opportunities.
Outcome & value add
The client gained a clear, season-level understanding of fleet composition impact on cargo capacity and received a model enabling scenario testing under different yield, cost, fuel assumptions and fleet & network design choices.
Cargo strategy & best-in-class cargo airport benchmark for Middle East Airport
Background & context
One of the key airports in the Middle East wanted to refine its long-term cargo strategy amid significant capacity increases from neighboring airports.
Aevean role
Conducted 40+ interviews to define best-in-class cargo airport characteristics. Used Aevean's air cargo databases to identify, size, and validate numerous growth initiatives together with project stakeholders.
Outcome & value add
Provided the airport with tangible items to improve cargo positioning and enhance the strength of its local cargo community. Identified growth initiatives providing growth of up to 37% beyond projected cargo volumes.
Supporting a partnership negotiation and quantifying ultimate financial benefits
Background & context
A client embarked on strategic partnership negotiations to build a global cargo alliance, concerned with risk exposure and yield dilution in faster-growing markets.
Aevean role
Provided analytical, financial, and strategic support throughout the negotiation process. Built a joint business alliance and revenue sharing model to estimate financials under different scenarios.
Outcome & value add
Successful support during negotiations and board meeting presentations. Delivered a comprehensive set of materials to inform the partnership decision, reinforcing a long-term, trust-based working relationship.
New air cargo business feasibility study for a European investor
Background & context
A European aviation investment company wanted to conduct a feasibility study for a freighter set up and a digital sales platform, both in isolation and combined.
Aevean role
Identified the addressable market and most attractive trade flows. Analyzed competitive landscape and long-term demand-supply dynamics. Defined the 15-year network plan for the airline and business model for the DSP.
Outcome & value add
Client has a better grasp on market positioning, capacity and network expansion, suitable partners, DSP strategy, and projected 15-year profit and cash flow. Currently using Aevean's insights for strategic investor targeting.
Network
Route network design, market-entry strategy, trade-lane analysis.
Fleet
Fleet planning, aircraft evaluation, demand-fleet alignment.
Commercial
Customer segmentation, pricing strategy, sales optimization.
Partnerships & M&A
Alliance & codeshare evaluation, JV structuring, negotiation support.
Sustainability
SAF strategy, carbon offsetting, emissions roadmap.
Decision-support Tools
Practical tools for near real-time commercial decision making, regularly refined based on client feedback and data enhancements.
Network Optimization
Design and optimize your route network to balance connectivity, cargo volumes and profitability.
Fleet Right-sizing
Maximize fleet utilization by analyzing aircraft deployment, routing and scheduling.
Partnership Evaluation
Analyze network contribution of partnerships at the route or network level.
Demand and OD-mix
Maximize revenue by analyzing demand dynamics to guide pricing, service frequency and product mix.