Air Niugini

Port Moresby - PNG

Air Niugini is the National Airline of Papua New Guinea.

It connects the different Domestic communities of the country and International links, operating a fleet that varies from Dash-8 to 767 aircraft.

Thus the company has a crucial role in the infrastructure of the country.

Visit the Air Niugini website

Mr. Wasantha Kumarasiri
CEO of Air Niugini:

"at first people were sceptical about involving outside experts in this field, but that turned 180 degrees"



Every carrier has unique restraints. But Air Niugini truly has a lot of very unique circumstances to include in its network optimization.

Despite a good profitability record, the company is under a constant drive to meet competitive challenges.

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Projects performed by Schedule Consult with Air Niugini:

MAINTENANCE PLANNING SCREENING

Year:

2013

Project Objective:

Identify opportunities to improve dispatch reliability

Project Content:

Review of check reliability and planning practices.

Review of interaction of Maintenance planning with the planning of other departments.

Evaluation of several options to embed missing process steps in the company organization.

Results:

Recommendation of series of measures inside the Maintenance Department and in other company Departments.

REVENUE MANAGEMENT SCREENING

Year:

2012

Project Objective:

Improvement of company revenues, while maintaining accessible pricing for the markets.

Project Content:

Review of the way Revenue Management was embedded in the organization, of the methods applied in daily work and of the configuration of the systems used.

Analysis of the impact of pricing changes on market responses.

Results:

Recommendation on improved work-flow, procedures, responsibilities and policies.

Live coaching of the team during the implementation period.

COACHING NETWORK DEPARTMENT

Year:

2010

Project Objective:

Support in developing seasonal draft schedule.

Project Content:

Joint evaluation of draft schedules with the Network Department and fine-tuning in several rounds of iterations.

Results:

Implemented first step in gradual improvements towards more streamlined schedule as recommended in prior project.

FLEET PLAN

Year:

2007

Project Objective:

Selection of optimal aircraft types and fleet composition to operate future schedules.

Project Content:

Application of Schedule Consult's Fleet Type Mining tool on the production plan of the developed network plan.

This identified the financial impact of each available aircraft type on expected company profits.

Operational and commercial evaluation of aspects of candidate fleet types.

Results:

Advice on fleet development, input for negotiations in the form of detailed offset of optimal aircraft type against alternative types.

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

Year:

2007

Project Objective:

Outline of future network development in face of competitive challenges.

Project Content:

Development of multiple scenarios. Joint composition of best future scenario. Identification of bottle-necks in operation and infrastructure and exploration of solutions or workaround possibilities.

Results:

Complete 5-year phasing plan for a modernization of network and schedules.

SHORT TERM SCHEDULE IMPROVEMENTS

Year:

2006

Project Objective:

Identification of possibilities to improve company results and commercial offer via short-term adjustments in network and schedules.

Project Content:

Thorough profitability analysis on the running schedule with Schedule Consult's unique methods. Evaluation of results with team of company professionals and joint setting of priorities.

Results:

A new schedule, implementable on short term. Improved efficiency and improved commercial offer.