Airport Advisory Services
Airport Consulting Services in India
TAS helps airport developers, authorities, and operators make clear, investable decisions at every stage of the airport lifecycle - backed by ICAO-aligned expertise, deep market knowledge, and 30+ years of aviation industry experience.
Is Airport Advisory right for you?
Airport advisory is the right fit when you need strategic clarity before committing capital, pursuing regulatory approvals, or making partnership decisions that will define your airport's commercial performance for decades - not a slide deck that sits on a shelf.
Evaluating a greenfield development or brownfield expansion and need independent demand and viability analysis
Navigating DGCA, AAI, or Ministry of Civil Aviation regulatory frameworks and seeking a structured approvals pathway
Developing aeronautical revenue, concession design, or non-aeronautical income strategy for an operating or planned airport
Seeking strategic input on how to position your airport within India's regional aviation network and privatisation landscape
What it includes
Commercially Grounded Assessment
Data-driven aviation feasibility studies including demand forecasting, site evaluation, market analysis, competitive positioning, and financial planning for informed airport investment decisions.
Regulator-Aware Planning
ICAO and DGCA-aligned airport master planning, regulatory advisory, licensing support, and infrastructure roadmaps designed for efficient project execution and compliance.
Decision-Ready Recommendations
Actionable aviation consulting recommendations focused on operational planning, commercial strategy, regulatory clarity, and long-term airport development.
Execution Support & Governance
Ongoing support for regulatory submissions, stakeholder coordination, concession advisory, governance planning, and airport project implementation.
What it helps you deliver
- Greenfield opportunity and expansion feasibility - demand, competitive context, and financial viability scoped to India's aviation market
- Airport network positioning aligned to UDAN, privatisation policy, and regional connectivity trends
- Phased development roadmaps that link strategic ambition to investable, regulator-aware milestones
- Executive-ready narratives for boards, infrastructure investors, and government stakeholders
- ICAO-aligned master plans structured for regulatory submission and real-world, phased implementation
- Aerodrome licensing, safety management system (SMS), and DGCA compliance advisory
- Environmental clearance process mapping and application documentation support
- Land acquisition strategy and community and government stakeholder engagement planning
- Aeronautical revenue optimisation - tariff strategy, slot management, and airline attraction programmes
- Non-aeronautical revenue strategy across retail, F&B, car parking, cargo terminals, real estate, and advertising
- Concession design, competitive tendering, and operator selection and onboarding advisory
- Non-aeronautical revenue benchmarking against comparable Indian and South Asian airports
- PPP and private participation model structuring for government and AAI airport bodies
- Investment due diligence support for private equity and infrastructure funds evaluating airport assets
- Concession agreement commercial review and negotiation support for government concession granters
- Governance frameworks and KPI-linked performance monitoring structures for airport operators
- Stakeholder management frameworks spanning airlines, regulators, state governments, and communities
- Cargo and logistics integration strategy within the overall airport development master plan
- Technology and digitalisation advisory for airport operations, passenger experience, and revenue management
- Business continuity and crisis management planning frameworks for operating airports
Process
How we set it up
Scope & Requirement Mapping
We begin with a structured discovery session to define stakeholders, your operating context, regulatory environment, and the measurable outcomes your engagement must deliver.
Current-State Diagnostics
TAS conducts a baseline review of your airport's commercial performance, regulatory standing, infrastructure capacity, and competitive position - benchmarked against comparable Indian airports.
Decision Framework
We convert your strategic options into clear trade-off analyses with milestones, and owner-linked action tracks that your leadership team can use to make decisions - not to conduct further analysis.
Execution Support
TAS remains engaged through implementation - providing regulatory submission support and leadership checkpoints until your major milestones are delivered and your airport's next phase is secured.
Results
What clients achieve
Outcomes clients describe after working with us—clearer decisions, faster alignment, and advice that stays practical on the ground.
Clients describe making faster, better-informed investment decisions on airport development - with the regulatory confidence that comes from working with a team that has navigated the DGCA and AAI approvals process across multiple projects in India.
Airport operators working with TAS consistently identify non-aeronautical revenue opportunities they had previously overlooked - and leave with a structured, implementable plan to capture them within the constraints of their existing concession and operational environment.
Government bodies and airport authorities report that TAS advisory provides the independent, credible analysis needed to make the case for investment decisions and privatisation structures to ministers, infrastructure boards, and institutional funding partners.
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