Project Baraka & the Art of LCC Warfare feat. Antony Fernandes (Head Network Planning & Revenue Optimization, Jazeera Airways)

<p>Episode 73 of The Indian AvGeek features <strong>Antony Oliver Fernandes, Head - Network Planning &amp; Revenue Optimization at Jazeera Airways</strong>, for a conversation that runs from the ambitious, wide-body dreams of Kingfisher Airlines to rebuilding an entire airline&#39;s network from scratch in a matter of days.</p><p><br></p><p>✈️ From Kingfisher Airlines&#39; wide-body ambitions to yield management, and what that taught him before he ever landed in the Gulf<br>✈️ Building Jazeera Airways&#39; network thesis inside a market with no hub ambitions, a protected national carrier like Kuwait Airways, and tight bilateral and slot constraints</p><p>✈️ Inside Project Baraka: rebuilding Jazeera&#39;s network in a neighbouring market after the airspace shutdown, and whether it is a repeatable crisis playbook<br>✈️ Why the A320neo made the tight margins of Project Baraka viable, and what the A321XLR means for the long haul LCC debate<br>✈️ Competing with IndiGo, Air Arabia &amp; flydubai as the smaller carrier on overlapping routes<br>✈️ Tug of war between revenue teams chasing proven yield and network planners betting on long term portfolio value<br>✈️ How pax behaviour on a migrant heavy corridor like Dhaka differs from a business leisure market like Kuwait, and what that does to scheduling and pricing<br>✈️ Where AI and forecasting tools end and human judgement in network planning still wins</p><p><br></p><p>The Indian AvGeek streams on all podcast apps.</p><p><br></p><p>Vishal on X - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://x.com/vishal1mehra" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">⁠⁠@vis⁠hal1mehra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p>