Your Trusted Airline Consultant
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German – Native
English – Fluent
French – Advanced conversational
Sascha Feuerherd
Senior Associate Partner
+49 151 40139990
Based near Frankfurt, Germany, Sascha Feuerherd is a specialist in Commercial Airline Management and comprehensive airline consulting, including Airline Restructuring and Cost Reduction Programs. He is a dynamic C-Level leader and senior aviation expert with a proven track record of driving growth and strategic innovation.
Professional Experience:
• Chief Commercial Officer: Led multiple assignments, demonstrating exceptional leadership and commercial acumen.
• Project Director and Manager: Directed and managed numerous projects globally, consistently delivering outstanding results.
• Aviation Trainer: Dedicated to mentoring the next generation of aviation professionals.
In 2021, Sascha co-founded beOnd, leveraging the extended range of narrow-body aircraft to innovate in the luxury leisure travel segment. As Chief Performance and Chief Commercial Officer, he played a pivotal role in transforming this vision into a successful airline.
Prior to joining Aviado Partners and his contribution to beOnd, Sascha advised dozens of clients with his deep industry knowledge. He also successfully led the airline consulting divisions at Alton Aviation Consultancy and IATA, restructured Airbus Consulting, and spearheaded the Lufthansa Consulting Airline Restructuring division.
Expertise: Sascha has consistently demonstrated his ability to enhance operational and financial performance for his clients. He is skilled in business development, strategic visioning, and contract negotiation, with a focus on achieving exceptional outcomes across the entire aviation value chain.
Specialties
• Commercial management
• Corporate and commercial strategy
• Cost savings and business process optimization
• Restructuring
• Turnaround planning and management
Recent Assignments
• Founder, Board Member, and Chief Commercial Officer for a Maldivian luxury leisure startup airline.
• Led full-scale restructuring of various airlines, including TAROM, VARIG, and Air Madagascar.
• Assessed the commercial division of an Eastern European airline, developing an improvement plan with significant financial impact.
• Supported the Canadian Competition Bureau in investigating potential anticompetitive behavior by Swoop Airlines.
• Managed the divestment process of a UK regional airline.
• Assessed status quo and developed a 5-Year Business Plan (incl. Network and Fleet Plan) and a 10-Year Strategic Plan for one of the top African airlines
• Developed a 10 year Network Plan and long-term fleet strategy and planning for the Kuwaiti flag carrier
• Created a new commercial strategy for the Tunisian flag carrier.
• Reviewed business plans for airline investors, providing alternative market forecasts and development scenarios.
• Trained over 1,000 students in a global airline management simulation, consistently receiving high evaluations.