Airport Route Development with Forecasting Simulation - Advanced (classroom)

Did you know that in the past 1 years, 3 participants from 3 countries have taken this course with IATA?

3-day (24 hours) classroom course

Air Service Development is becoming integral to every airport’s business strategy. At the same time, more than 1,000 airports worldwide design and implement route development strategies to compete at attracting more airlines and adding new destinations. As we move towards Air Service Development 4.0, airports must develop sophisticated and comprehensive strategies that offer a multitude of information and support to lure airlines and gain a competitive advantage over their peers worldwide. Through knowledge transfer, real-time forecasting simulations, case studies, and debates over 3 days with IATA’s Airport Route Development with Forecasting Simulation – Advanced course, you will understand the latest trends and strategies in route development and forecasting, learn how to develop markets and work effectively and creatively with third parties in destination marketing.

Course Code: TAPG-73

Course format

• This classroom course provides 3 days (24 hours) of instruction delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• Take this course at an IATA Training Center, Regional Training Partner, or on-demand as in-house training.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment.

Prerequisites

• Participants should have completed IATA Airport Route Development and Commercial Management course (TAPG-47) or have proven 5 years work experience on airport route development.
• Recommended level is Intermediate and Advanced.
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 or the equivalent for courses held in languages other than English.

How to register

• When you click the Register button, you will be directed to log in to your Training Account.
• Register early and save up to 25% at our Training Centers! Please read the Terms and Conditions for the early bird discount.

In-house training

To arrange in-house training for your company, please complete the in-house training request form or contact the Training Specialist in your region.

Upon completing this course you will be able to:

• Discuss the latest strategies of airlines and airports
• Design and implement effective route development strategies for different types of airlines
• Use the different types of route forecasting and apply them using route scenarios in the BEONTRA forecasting simulation software
• Exploit the new data sources for building robust route development case studies
• Conceptualize and implement the different novel ways to support airlines

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

• Latest trends in traffic development
• The new airline and airport business strategies
• Modernizing airport charges
• Airport charges and low-cost carriers
• Re-designing route development strategies
• The new incentives
• Selecting the right way of route forecasting
• Using the BEONTRA Forecasting software in real-time, using different scenarios to identify the right fit on a specific route
• Evaluating route performance
• The self-connecting passenger and virtual connectivity
• Identifying markets from new data sources
• Co-developing markets
• Non-financial and marketing support options
• Stakeholder marketing cooperation

This course is recommended for:

• Airport route development managers and Executives
• Airport managers and consultants
• Airport operations managers and consultants
• Airlines affected by airport privatization

An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on an assessment. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.