AIRLINES: Intensifying competition requires
more data intelligence and data-driven decisions.
CHALLENGES with current data
Data availability: Massive data available in aviation but remaining sheltered in silos (airlines, airports, MRO firms, OEMs, etc.).
Data inconsistency: Data from various vendors is built on different assumptions, preventing consistent and reliable comparisons.
Data granularity: High-level network-wide benchmarks often lack the detailed granularity necessary for precise decision-making.
Data accuracy: Many available data sets rely on top-down assumptions, leading to inaccurate data sets.
Time-intensive processing: Unstructured and flawed data demand high manual effort, delaying critical decisions.
“We’re spending 90% on wrangling data, 10% on decision-making and strategy, it should be the other way around.”
Director of FP&A
SOLUTION: Skailark Airline Economics
Holistic and integrated data of global commercial aviation industry spanning more than 300 airlines at every level of detail.
Harmonized and consistent data to enable true apples-to-apples benchmarking, eliminating inconsistencies.
Granular bottom-up data architecture enables analyses at all levels – flight, airport route, fleet, network, or country.
Highest levels of accuracy driven by digital twin approach deliver insights that closely mirror real-world performance.
Effortless and instant access to data and insights – CASK, CASM, RASK, RASM, RPK, RPM, BH, FH, departure and more – customizable.
“Skailark’s insights have saved us weeks of data prep time, enabling us to focus on decision-making.”
Director of FP&A
CUSTOMERS: Trusted by the largest airlines in the industry
USE CASES: How can Skailark data be leveraged across airline departments?
- Business strategy
- Fleet strategy
- Ownership strategy
- Product strategy
- Network strategy
- Standard (board) reports
- Competitor benchmarks
- Target assessment
- Synergy definition
- Investor communications
- Financial forecasting
- Cost monitoring
- Ownership & MRO
- AC utilization
- Crew cost & utilization
- Sales & onboard
- Airport & handling
- Fuel
- Target costing (“moving” target)
- Profit benchmark
- Yields
- LFs
- Costs
- Network profits
- Network performance
- OD Market sizes
- System integration
- Benchmarks
- Yields
- Load factors
- Profits
- Flight levels
- O&D pax
- Pax streams
VALUE PROPOSITION: How do airlines create value from Skailark data?
EFFORTLESS: Save time and money
Streamlined data prep: Free up analysts from manual data collection and preparation.
Cost-effective solution: Reduce the amount spent on data procurement and consulting.
Faster decision-making: Access insights instantly to accelerate strategy, planning, and execution.
“I’m scraping data from airlines’ financials, nothing is easily comparable. It takes weeks and late nights just preparing my board reports.”
Senior Manager of Network Strategy
BETTER DECISIONS: Unmatched insights
Global yet granular: From fleet-level analysis to network-wide comparisons… Skailark has all the indexes you need.
Competitor benchmarking: Gain actionable insights on competitors’ cost, route, and revenue performance.
Cause-and-effect modeling: Understand key factors through factor-based modeling.
“We’ve saved time of great magnitude [on] competitive analysis for our board of directors… it’s allowed us to streamline reporting, and deliver real tangible savings.”
Vice President of Financial Strategy
DIGITAL TWIN: How the digital image of global aviation is created
Frequently Asked Questions
Skailark provides a bottom-up-built digital twin of the aviation industry, delivering granular insights on costs, profitability, and operational performance for airlines globally.
Examples include metrics such as CASK/CASM, RASM/RASK, RPM, block hours, flight hours, flight number, and seat configurations – just a glimpse of what’s available. Users can filter and customize the data to meet their specific needs.
Our bottom-up modeling approach leverages vast datasets and is validated against real-world airline reports to ensure high reliability. We undergo data validation with every customer and the trust of those who choose our product speaks volumes. In fact, during a recent data validation process, a privately-held (non-reporting) airline customer from North America confirmed that our data was less than 1% off compared to their internal figures, demonstrating the precision of our models.
Skailark is extremely detailed, gathers its data from various sources and uses proprietary machine learning models to combine vast datasets, enabling quick competitor benchmarking, cost comparisons, and scenario modeling—all in one web-based platform.
Yes, Skailark provides insights on 300+ airlines, allowing you to benchmark costs, profitability, and operational efficiency with just a few clicks.
It’s a virtual replica of the aviation industry, built using granular data and advanced algorithms to model airline revenues, operations and costs in detail. This enables accurate benchmarking and scenario testing.
Our platform includes comprehensive coverage of North America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. In total, we model over 300 airlines worldwide.
Absolutely. Users can apply filters, adjust metrics like stage length, and conduct what-if scenario analyses to tailor insights to their requirements. On top of that, we offer a download extension, which enables users to download significant data sets and allow you to make even more detailed adjustments.
Our data is updated quarterly, aligned with most airlines’ reporting schedules.
Our data is available through a user-friendly, web-based platform accessible anytime, anywhere. Alternatively, we also offer data deliveries to our subscribed customers.
Yes, we offer onboarding support and resources to help you make the most of Skailark’s capabilities.
Contact us via Contact – Skailark, and we’ll guide you through the setup process and demonstrate how Skailark can benefit your organization.