Analysis precedes position

We establish the applicable standard and complete the analysis before we advance a recommendation. We take no position on assertion.

Reasoning is stated

Each recommendation carries the standard applied, the method followed and the assumptions made, so it can be followed and challenged.

Delivery by named personnel

Assignments are led and delivered by the senior personnel named in the proposal. Any substitution is agreed with the client in advance.

Airspace, air navigation and CNS

Airspace design and sectorisation · instrument flight procedure design · PBN · ATC operations and training · CNS systems · ATM systems and transition · obstacle assessment and survey validation · simulation and validation · AIM, SWIM and AIXM · aeronautical meteorology

Airfield, terminal and systems engineering

Airfield ground lighting to CAT IIIB · A-SMGCS · visual docking guidance · apron and high mast floodlighting · airfield electrical control and monitoring · baggage handling and hold baggage screening · passenger screening · boarding bridges · utilities, MEP and power

Planning, capacity and delivery

Masterplanning and phasing · terminal capacity and passenger flow · landside access · cost planning, procurement and capital investment advisory · construction supervision and resident engineering · quality assurance and inspection · technical due diligence

Operations, readiness and experience

Airport and integrated operations control centres · CDM and total airport management · operational readiness, activation and terminal transition · concept of operations · contingency, crisis and emergency exercise programmes · digital and smart airport programmes

Commercial, economics and estate

Traffic forecasting and route development · airline engagement · financial modelling and investment appraisal · economic regulation and charges methodology · aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenue · travel retail and concessions · air cargo · airport real estate

Regulation, assurance and governance

State safety programmes and SMS · safety oversight of air traffic and meteorological service providers · aerodrome certification and continuing oversight · USOAP preparation · risk management · lead audit · business continuity and document control · programme direction

National air navigation service providers and civil aviation authorities, Gulf and European airport operators and airport groups, terminal and airfield systems manufacturers, airlines and ground handlers, international engineering and advisory firms, airport retail and concession operators.

Delegate to the ICAO visual aids working group, to CENELEC and to the IEC. Chartered surveyor, RIBA accredited architect, project management professional, ISO lead auditor, ICAO safety management systems and safety oversight audit, Eurocontrol on the job training instructor.

Air traffic management systems

Advisory and delivery on one programme, from the operational concept to the day the system carries live traffic. Operational concept and capacity analysis · surveillance data processing and fusion · tower and area control working positions · flight data processing and AIM integration · contingency and fallback facilities · tender evaluation, acceptance and cutover

Airfield ground lighting and photometric performance

Lighting designed to the applicable category, then proved by measurement rather than by calculation alone. Approach, runway and taxiway lighting to CAT III · conversion to LED and its series circuit effects · regulators, feeders, standby supply and monitoring · lighting control integrated with the tower · photometric testing, fixed and mobile survey · intensity, beam alignment, coverage and uniformity

Apron, obstruction and area floodlighting

The lighting outside the movement area, where the criteria are working conditions and not blinding anybody. Apron and stand illuminance, uniformity and glare · conversion to LED, colour temperature and dimming · high mast, building and pole mounted arrangements · obstruction lighting, cargo and perimeter areas · verification by site measurement

Flight training organisation systems

The systems an approved or declared training organisation runs on, and the evidence its approval depends on. Training management, scheduling and operations · debriefing against recorded flight data · instructor standardisation and training handbooks · competency frameworks and progression tracking · approval documentation and academy establishment

Aeronautical and overflight billing

The revenue a State and an airport are owed for the use of their airspace and their infrastructure, from the charging basis through to the money collected. Charges methodology set against ICAO policy · en route and overflight billing · flight data capture, validation and disputed movements · terminal navigation, landing and passenger charges · billing system specification and acceptance · collection, revenue assurance and reconciliation

Conflict of interest

We do not advise on a procurement in which we hold, or intend to hold, a supply interest, unless instructed and contracted to do so. Any potential conflict is declared in writing before the engagement begins.

Standards register

Each assignment opens with a register of the standards and regulations it is to be delivered against, agreed with the client, so the criteria are settled before the work is judged against them.

Stated non-compliance

Where a requirement cannot be met, we say so in writing with the reasoning and the available options, before the client is committed to expenditure.

Independent internal review

No deliverable leaves us without review by a principal who did not produce it. That reviewer is named in the document control block, so the client knows who else put their name to the result.

Stated basis

Each recommendation is issued with the standard applied, the method followed and the assumptions made. The calculation or model behind it is retained and released for review where required.

Document control

Deliverables carry a reference, revision, issue date and classification. Superseded revisions are withdrawn in writing, so the version current at the date of a decision can be established afterwards.

Civil aviation authorities and regulators

Independent engineering and oversight support, maintaining a clear separation between the State safety oversight function and the provision of services or equipment.

Air navigation service providers

Airspace and procedure design, systems specification and procurement, transition planning and institutional development.

Airport operators, owners and developers

Masterplanning through to operational readiness, on operating airports and greenfield developments.

Government departments and ministries

National aviation policy, sector masterplanning, economic regulation and institutional reform.

Development finance institutions and investors

Technical due diligence, lender's technical advisory and assurance on aviation infrastructure investments.

Engineering consultancies and contractors

Specialist aviation input within larger multidisciplinary teams, including sub-consultancy and white label arrangements.

Analysis before position

We complete and document the analysis before we make a recommendation. We reduce our own scope where the analysis supports a smaller one.

No supply interest

We are vendor agnostic. Our advice carries no commercial position, which is a condition of credible independent assurance.

Delivery by principals

Our assignments are led and delivered by the senior personnel named in the proposal, with substitution only by prior agreement.

Standards applied, departures declared

We reference our work to ICAO, EASA and FAA frameworks as applicable. Every deliverable states its compliance position.

Full capability, honestly stated

Our capability spans the airport, its airspace and its regulatory environment. We decline scopes we cannot staff.

Institutional and commercial fluency

We work to authority procurement requirements and to development bank reporting frameworks as readily as to commercial contracts.