Practice Areas

Six Practice Areas.
One Commercial Specialist.

Each practice area represents deep, practitioner-built expertise — not a consulting framework applied generically, but a specialism built from hands-on airline commercial and technology leadership.

Practice Area 01

NDC Distribution Strategy

Airlines navigating the shift from traditional GDS distribution to NDC-based direct and indirect channels need more than a technology decision — they need a commercial strategy that aligns channel economics, content differentiation, and customer acquisition with long-term revenue goals.

  • NDC Readiness Assessment & Maturity Scoring
  • Channel Architecture Design (direct / indirect mix optimisation)
  • NDC RFP Design, Vendor Evaluation & Selection Support
  • GDS Contract Renegotiation Strategy & Commercial Modelling
  • Travel Agency Transition Plan & Change Management
  • NDC Content Strategy: ancillary bundling, fare family differentiation
Ganesh Iyer — Airline Commercial Consulting, Consult VCS
Practice Area 02

Offer & Order Transformation (OOMS)

The shift to Offer & Order-based retailing — aligned to IATA ONE Order and NDC standards — represents the most significant structural change in airline commerce in 30 years. This transition demands business transformation leadership, not just technology procurement. Vendor selection alone is not a strategy.

  • OOSD Transformation Roadmap & Business Case Development
  • Vendor Evaluation: Amadeus Nevio vs Sabre Mosaic vs IBS iFly vs FLX ONE
  • Offer Catalogue Architecture & Fare Family Design
  • Migration Planning from Legacy PSS — risk assessment & sequencing
  • Stakeholder Alignment: commercial, IT, and operations functions
Ganesh Iyer — Airline Commercial Consulting, Consult VCS
Practice Areas 03–06

Additional Specialisms

Dynamic & Continuous Pricing Strategy

Most airlines operate pricing architectures built for a filing-based world. Dynamic and continuous pricing demands a fundamentally different commercial logic — one that integrates market demand signals, competitive positioning, and customer segmentation in real time. The distinction between the two is not semantic: dynamic pricing optimises within existing fare structures, while continuous pricing removes the fare ladder entirely and generates price points from a theoretically unlimited range — closing the revenue gaps that traditional fare buckets leave behind at scale.

Typical deliverables include: Pricing strategy design and architecture assessment, dynamic vs. continuous pricing model evaluation, revenue management model optimisation, market segmentation & demand-based fare architecture, competitive pricing intelligence framework, fare family design, ancillary revenue & merchandising strategy, and offer intelligence roadmap connecting pricing to NDC and loyalty data.

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Loyalty Programme Strategy & Integration

Loyalty is no longer a peripheral CRM function — it is the primary interface between the airline and its most valuable customers, and increasingly, the primary use case for AI in aviation. A well-designed programme integrates commercial strategy, technology architecture, and data intelligence.

Typical deliverables include: FFP programme design & tier architecture, bank co-branded card strategy & financial modelling, loyalty technology platform evaluation & selection, earn/burn mechanics & points lifecycle design, member segmentation & engagement strategy, partner ecosystem integration.

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PSS / Technology Evaluation & Migration

Passenger Services System selection is among the highest-stakes technology decisions an airline can make. But the PSS is only one layer of a broader commercial technology stack — and it is the integration architecture surrounding it that determines whether the investment delivers its commercial potential. An independent, commercially-informed evaluation must address the full ecosystem, not just the core platform.

Typical deliverables include: PSS evaluation framework & vendor scoring, RFP design & management, commercial technology ecosystem map, integration architecture blueprint, third-party vendor evaluation (payment, fraud, DCS, CRM, Loyalty, analytics), migration risk assessment & sequencing plan.

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Commercial Transformation & Change Management

Strategy without execution is theory. Transformation programmes fail not because the strategy was wrong, but because the people and organisation were not ready to change. Consult VCS helps airlines conduct an honest ARM index self-assessment, identify the specific capability gaps holding back their maturity score, and build a prioritised programme to advance across all three retailing maturity pillars — turning a compliance exercise into a genuine commercial transformation agenda. Our change management approach ensures that strategic initiatives — including retailing modernisation and NDC adoption — embed and outlast the engagement.

Typical deliverables include: ARM index self-assessment and gap analysis, retailing maturity roadmap aligned to IATA EASD standards, commercial operating model design, change readiness assessment, stakeholder communication & engagement plan, training & capability building programme.

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How We Work

The VCS Engagement Model

A structured four-stage process designed to deliver clarity, accountability, and measurable outcomes from the first conversation to the final review.

1

Discovery Call

30-minute focused conversation on your strategic priorities. Diagnostic, not a sales pitch. No obligation.

2

Scope & Proposal

Tailored engagement proposal with clear deliverables, timeline, success metrics, and commercial terms.

3

Engagement Delivery

Structured delivery with regular executive checkpoints and adaptive management of scope and priorities.

4

Value Realisation

Post-engagement review and sustained support to embed outcomes and track long-term performance.