To complement Air Support range of consulting services, the firm has developed expertise in aviation management and operations, including aviation activity forecasting and financial feasibility studies. Our experts has been involved in developing business plans for airport development consortia, new airlines and airport concessionaires, conducting related feasibility and risk assessments studies. The range of aviation services includes also:
- Flow and delays management, Revision and/or design of ATC procedures (SIDs & STARs);
- Network and traffic simulations;
- Impact analysis of GPS and ILS;
- Hub & spoke simulations;
- Scheduling revision ;
- Apron management and gate allocation;
- Simulation of queuing strategies;
- Multi-airport system;
In detail, particular emphasis has been put in developing strategies that would result in increased operational throughput while maintaining required safety and security standards. Particularly successful has been the implementation of Apron Management Services for several domestic airport operators, thus allowing an optimized utilization of available resources while providing enhanced apron movement control of both aircraft and ramp vehicles.
The wide range of solutions offered by Air Support often results in competitive advantages and Strategic Benefits for the Client. Our professionals are constantly looking for new solutions to improve productivity and profit in several operative fields. Air Support uses operational research, systems engineering and information technology progress to supply its Clients with tailored products and consulting services for decision support.
More recently, Air Support has spun-off an Aviation Commercial unit that provides direct support for route development structuring and to promptly respond to air service trends and growth. These effort has resulted in direct involvement in providing international air service to Italian regional airports, including e-ticketing, marketing, yield management, legal support, etc.