Our Role

• Developed a comprehensive 5 year Network and Fleet Plan to support the carrier’s Long Term Turnaround Strategy
• Calibration of Lufthansa Systems network planning model to South African Airways (SAA) network
• Optimized flight times of marginal and low performing routes to improve route performance
• Optimized connectivity at its Johannesburg (JNB) hub; focused on regional intra-Africa and international passenger flows between North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia
• Executed an alliance analysis: analyzed network benefits from SAA’s membership in Star Alliance; performed analysis on other alliance scenarios
• Facilitated between SAA and other group airlines: South African Express and Mango.
• Developed a 5 year fleet plan to overhaul SAA’s narrowbody and widebody fleet to optimize long term profitability

Results

• SAA executive management and the South Africa Department of Treasury has accepted the findings of the Comprehensive Network & Fleet Plan
• The airline has begun to implement the network and fleet recommendations