Aviation Consultants International organised, advised and trained management and staff at Sochi Airport ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Aviation Consultants International is committed to delivering aviation service goals, including temporary terminal facilities, airport operation and infrastructure improvements, and airport management coaching. Johannes Ehmanns, General Manager, detailed the organisation’s projects to Samantha Jenkins.
Aviation Consultants International is an aviation consultancy firm, delivering service goals such as temporary terminal facilities, airport operation and infrastructure improvements and optimisations, airport management coaching, and Airport Quick Check. It was founded in 2014 after merging with Aviation Consultants Ehmanns, taking over all of its consultancy contracts and patents.
“The main philosophy of Aviation Consultants International is to focus on airports of up to 15 million passengers per year for master planning, improvements, and optimisations,” commented Johannes Ehmanns, General Manager, Aviation Consultants International. The organisation was started with a team of four highly experienced aviation consultants and has a team of freelance aviation consultants to call upon. Each consultant has a degree in aviation, management or engineering, and at least five years experience in an aviation management position.
A new successful field of activity for Aviation Consultants International is the provision of temporary terminals, built within six months and developed from sketch to operation, as a turnkey product. The terminals are constructed in partnership with the temporary facility company, Röder HTS Höcker, developing standards and concepts which allow it to provide additional terminal capacity for airports within a very short timeframe.
A recent development was a project at Nairobi Airport in Kenya. It provided a 10,000sqm temporary terminal facility in time for Kenya Airports Authority to use it for a combination of national and international departures, arrivals, and transfer operations. The terminal complied with IATA Service Level Code C, and was built under one-roof. The project also included the training of operational and maintenance staff for this facility by certified trainers.
“The temporary terminal facilities are totally in line with ICAO and IATA recommendations, as well as adapted to fulfil the respective national building regulations. The six-month period is for a temporary terminal facility for up to 2.5 million passengers per year, as a turnkey product. The price of such facility is about €15-20 million, depending on the demands of the employer,” Ehmanns said.
A recent development was a project at Nairobi Airport. Aviation Consultants International provided a 10,000sqm temporary terminal facility in time for Kenya Airports Authority to use it for a combination of national and international departures, arrivals, and transfer operations.
Aviation Consultants International is also committed to developing concepts and strategies that optimise and improve airport operations and infrastructures. Such strategies are deeply rooted in helping airports and stakeholders to gain more profit and revenue, as well as providing more comfort for the passengers.
All infrastructure projects are undertaken based on the concept that changes and extensions can be made without interfering with existing passenger or aircraft operations. It has also put a focus on offering sustainable airport infrastructure.
“We evaluate the possibility of introducing up-to-date sustainable materials like eco-friendly construction materials or equipment, as well as energy saving installations,” Ehmanns described. “For example, trend-setting ways of generating power or designing optimal airside infrastructure for bringing the aircraft faster to the gates or to the runway will enable the airport or the operator to save a lot of money, and protect the environment against emissions and noise.”
Looking ahead, the focus will be on developing the business of its temporary terminal solutions, which Ehmanns added is a solution that has generated a lot of interest. It is motivated to remain as a small consultancy firm, allowing it to react and act more efficiently on new issues in the aviation market.
