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Aviation Consulting Partners was established by Joanne Keestra as a boutique strategy consultancy serving airlines, airports, air services and tourism. She has more than 15 years' senior experience in strategy consulting in aviation and other industry sectors.


Joanne was previously a Partner and Director of international strategy advisors, L.E.K. Consulting, founding L.E.K.'s New Zealand office. Earlier in her career she worked with The Boston Consulting Group and Coopers & Lybrand. In addition to her consultancy work, Joanne is a non-executive director of the state-owned enterprise, the New Zealand Meteorological Service (MetService) and its international subsidiary, Metra.


Joanne is highly experienced in all aspects of strategy development, including market and competitive analysis, assessment of growth opportunities, new product launch, pricing strategy, business restructuring, valuation, and M&A. She has applied these skills across a range of countries to: developing domestic/international airline strategies; business planning for low cost carrier start-ups; airline turnaround planning for creditors; customer segmentation and route profitability analysis; benchmarking of airports and airlines; identifying growth opportunities; acquisition due diligence and valuation; establishing airport landing charges; developing aviation congestion management frameworks; re-engineering airport operations; and evaluating airport retail/service franchisees.


To contact Joanne Keestra please email info@aviationconsultingpartners.com
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