Some of these topics are also explored in the following virtual classroom course:

Did you know that in the past 5 years, 997 participants from 113 countries have taken this course with IATA?

About

Contribute to your company’s success by developing a profitable network fleet plan and an effective flight schedule. Improve your planning and management skills and understand scheduling process and tactics.

This course is available at IATA Training Centers and Regional Training Partner locations, and on-demand as in-house training.

Course code: TALM-26

Course format

• This classroom course provides 5 days (40 hours) of instruction delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment

Prerequisites

• There are no prerequisites for this course
• Recommended level is Entry-level and Intermediate
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.

How to register

• To attend a class scheduled at one of our training centers: Register early and save up to 20%! Please read the Terms for the early bird discount. The discount will be calculated at the time of payment.
• To arrange in-house training for your company: Complete the in-house training request form or contact the salesperson in your region.

What you will learn

Upon completing this course you will be able to:

• Understand how company revenues and profitability depend on the network and fleet plan
• Learn key market and route forecasting
• Create a schedule that effectively utilizes aircraft resources
• Improve aircraft and fleet utilization
• Implement successful scheduling strategies
• Review passenger traffic demand, flight schedule data and optimization tools

Course content

• Consider processes involved in optimizing an actual route network
• Airline economics and costs; supply and demand dynamics; passenger traffic demand and market estimation
• Route profitability
• Passenger traffic flow; point-to-point versus true origin-destination Route and network determinants
• Schedule design and planning
• Airline capacity and route
• Network strategies and optimization
• Fleet planning and management; operational constraints in the planning process
• Strategic and operational analysis related to fleet

Who should attend

This course is recommended for:

• Network planning personnel
• Market planning staff
• Marketing and sales staff
• International relations staff

Certificate awarded

An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on all exercises and exams. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.

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Testimonials

Anjum Raffi, UNAMID
This course was a thought-provoking and mind-agitating source of knowledge, which is an instrument in optimum utilization of aviation assets resulting in a win-win situation for both the carrier and client.

Lāsma Zajančkovska, Strategic Pricing Analyst airBaltic
This course was well balanced between theory and practice. I gained an in-depth understanding of all theoretical concepts, and exercises allowed me to apply what I had learned. This course taught me industry practices to optimize an airline network, improve fleet utilization and reach route profitability in the dynamic air transport market. The experienced and passionate instructor held everyone’s attention for the whole week. I would recommend this course to all colleagues as it was a very valuable experience for me.