Oliver Wyman and Airconomy GmbH Collaborate to Create a Premiere Aviation Network Planning Consultancy

Leading international management consulting firm Oliver Wyman and Frankfurt-based global consultancy airconomy have entered into an agreement to collaborate on future airline network strategy consulting projects. This alliance creates a leading network strategy consultancy serving the global aviation industry.

Both Oliver Wyman and airconomy have extensive experience in the airline business and a broad range of industry-specific competencies. airconomy serves airlines, airport operators, regulators and private equity firms around the world; its work focuses primarily on network and alliance strategies. airconomy closely monitors global air traffic flows, which provides its airline clients with superior data for planning their routes and helps its airport clients understand development opportunities. The Oliver Wyman network strategy team, led by Tom Stalnaker and Andrew Watterson, supports global aviation clients on projects related to regulatory and legislative issues, mergers and acquisitions, network optimization, route planning and pricing, air service development, airport-related issues and strategic labor solutions.

“Together, Oliver Wyman and airconomy are an ideal team,” says Philipp Goedeking, founder and Managing Partner of airconomy. “Combining our different areas of expertise will allow us to provide our clients around the world with real competitive advantages.”

Roger Lehman, leader of Oliver Wyman’s Aviation, Aerospace & Defense practice, adds: “The combined offerings of the two firms give us the critical mass required to better serve our clients as a premiere global airline network planning consultancy. Oliver Wyman and airconomy are highly complementary in terms of thinking, tool sets, and strategic locations around the globe. I look forward to many years of successful collaboration to meet the challenging needs of the global aviation industry.”