AirAsia Consulting offers airline management consultancy services to Bangladesh’s Fly Dhaka

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – AirAsia Consulting, a brand new aviation consultancy arm underneath AirAsia Aviation Group Restricted (AAAGL), has introduced its appointment by Bangladesh’s Fly Dhaka for the supply of consulting providers to the brand new start-up airline.

Established in April 2021, AirAsia Consulting utilises AAAGL’s huge expertise, experience and greatest at school efficiency to supply a variety of providers for airline purchasers. These embrace areas reminiscent of airline technique, fleet analysis and planning, community technique, scheduling, turnaround time, on-time efficiency and crew optimisation, plane induction assist, operational excellence in varied areas, fuel-saving initiatives, in addition to industry-leading low-cost airline (LCC) greatest practices and initiatives.

AirAsia Consulting Chief Government Officer Subashini Silvadas mentioned: “AirAsia Consulting was born with the mission to supply world-leading LCC consultancy providers to purchasers who’re both seeking to set up new LCC airline manufacturers or enhance their very own present operations, by emulating AirAsia’s profitable enterprise mannequin. We’re excited to have the ability to assist Fly Dhaka take flight as a brand new up-and-coming low-cost airline and assist it create a robust basis for its operations based mostly on AirAsia’s greatest practices as guiding rules.

“Given the low LCC penetration of solely 11 % within the nation, each AirAsia and Fly Dhaka see big potential within the Bangladeshi aviation {industry}. Ultimately, Fly Dhaka will even be capable of faucet into AirAsia’s huge community and hubs to permit its passengers to connect with different locations within the area. Fly Dhaka, with AirAsia’s assist, is anticipated to develop into a world-class LCC providing low fares and worth for a brand new era of passengers, boosted by its lively adoption of expertise of their operations.”

Fly Dhaka Chief Government Officer Lt Gen M Fazle Akbar (Retd) mentioned: “We’re thrilled to accomplice with AirAsia, which has been hailed because the world’s greatest low-cost airline for greater than a decade. AirAsia’s two-decades-long expertise as a pioneer within the ASEAN area will assist us be taught from the perfect and construct our capabilities to determine our personal strong environment friendly operations. With AirAsia Consulting’s steerage, we are going to search new alternatives and finally obtain our foremost objective of being recognised because the nation’s greatest low-cost airline. We additionally consider this partnership will give AirAsia larger entry to Bangladesh which is proving to be an thrilling market with important potential given the current funding enhance within the nation’s aviation infrastructure.

“Fly Dhaka has secured the No Objection Certificates (NOC) in October 2021 and is presently within the remaining levels of securing its Air Operator’s Certificates (AOC). Fly Dhaka has additionally made important progress in securing the suitable plane for its quickly to be launched home operations. We’re additionally excited that we’ll seemingly be the one native Airbus operator in Bangladesh, utilising AirAsia’s huge expertise of the A320 Household of plane.”

The most recent partnership comes as AAAGL is actively exploring alternatives for a brand new native airline presence within the area and its consultancy arm AirAsia Consulting is offering advisory providers to chose third events involved in establishing a brand new low-cost airline or present airline companies who want to improve their effectivity and efficiency.