Aviation consultants - Falcon Consultancy  
consultancy services and support
to the civil aviation industry.		  
  

 

  UK VAT Registration Number: 632 3654 51
 
Company Registration in UK: 22 August, 1996
Number: 324 1034
 
Case Studies

Some examples of work carried out by Falcon Consultancy


Falcon Consultancy Limited enjoys a reputation for sound professional consultancy services around the world.  Our clients are from the public and private sector and range from large international companies and individual clients who wish to enter the industry.

We have served as consultants, as expert witnesses, technical advisers, business advisers, and have worked hands-on to deliver our clients’ requirements. Our skills are used to provide solutions across the field of civil aviation. For further information please select an industry: -

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Airports
   

We have undertaken an extensive portfolio of projects involving the acquisition of airports:

For the Merseyside Councils we were at the forefront of airport privatisation by securing BAE SYSTEMS ownership of Liverpool Airport and defining the strategy that has made this the fastest growing regional airport in the UK.  Our Managing Director served as the MD of Liverpool Airport for four years, restructuring the airport and introducing a significant culture change.

For Amsterdam Airport Schiphol we have supported bids for Aeroporti de Roma, a share holding in Malaysian Airports Berhad and the acquisition of Brussels International.  Our role was to consolidate bids and develop business plans.

For Pudong International Airport, China , we served on the panel for the evaluation of bidders for the new airport’s extensive IT systems.

We have supported Hochtief Airports in their acquisition of airports in Tunisia and supplied the Chief Operations Officer to assume the operational management of Tirana International Airport in Albania.  The task involved the day-to-day management of the Airport while putting in place the operational, customer service, ground handling and security procedures to achieve IATA service level C.

For a potential investor we provided traffic forecasts for Belfast City Airport.

For BAE SYSTEMS, we have supported airport privatisation studies at Barbados.

For the International Finance Corporation, we provided technical support in their project to privatise Queen Alia Airport, Jordan.  Here the principal task was to optimise the design of the new terminal to meet forecast demand yet deliver viable financial performance for the Government and the Concessionaire.

Through Parsons Brinkerhoff we undertook privatisation due diligence work in respect of London City Airport.

For TAV Airports we defined the functionality of the Airport Data Base that would be needed to support the IT systems in the new terminal at Istanbul.

For the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development we have advised upon the business development of the Cargo Terminal at Yerevan International Airport, Armenia and the scale of aeronautical fees at Tashkent Airport, Uzbekistan.

Under Mott Macdonald, we played a significant role in the masterplanning of Cape Town and Durban Airports in South Africa.

For the Saudi Government, we undertook a study of success factors between Middle East Airports.

Recently, through our US Associates, Airline Capital, we have advised two major US corporations regarding their ambitions to enter the field of airport privatisation.

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Airlines
   

Over the years, FCL has undertaken numerous airline start-up studies on behalf of potential investors.  Often we have discouraged the initiative but, where we have demonstrated a potential opportunity, success has followed, typically Air Astana in Kazahstan.

For US AID we undertook a study to define a viable strategy for Armenian Airlines.

We undertook a cargo business development study for Olympic Airlines.

In the field of aircraft engineering FCL boasts the skills of leading professionals in the production management of aircraft maintenance.  We have undertaken studies for the development of third party engineering in Khazakhstan.  We have also developed plans for three heavy aircraft maintenance bases in Saudi Arabia and the operational philosophy and procedures for their management.

FCL has undertaken a wide range of assignments under the banner of British Airways’ consultancy arm, Speedwing.  We assumed the responsibility for developing their airport IT systems and airport technical support businesses in Africa, Asia and Europe.

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Aircraft Manufacturers
   

We supported Rockwell Collins in the development of ACARS functionality.

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Air Traffic Service Providers
   

We provided performance analysis and advice to Eurocontrol in the development of key performance indicators for airport air traffic service providers.

FCL played a leading role in introducing major airlines to Eurocontrol’s vision of a cellular approach to a new ATC communications technology.

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Regulators
   

For the European Union, we undertook a European air fares study.

Together with Air Eurosafe, we developed for EASA the Part M aircraft maintenance rules applicable to the member states of the EU in respect of non-commercial aircraft.

For the Government of Sri Lanka we reviewed and recommended amendments to the Civil Aviation legislation consequent upon the privatisation of Air Lanka.

We recommended a programme of restructuring of the Nigerian CAA to bring sharper focus to air safety oversight.

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Trade Associations
   

For four years, Falcon Consultancy's MD served as the part-time Director General of the British Airport Services and Equipment Association, leading the members on missions and to exhibitions around the world to promote their airport products.

He is currently a Board Member of British Association of Airport Consultants and the Air transport Action Group of IATA.

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Military Aviation
   

FCL played an early role in the preparation of bids for the provision of contracted services to the Royal Air Force for the supply of all aircraft ground handling.

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Email: info@aviation-consultancy.com
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