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Airline or Aviation Business Plan
Airline or Aviation Business Plan
Airline or Aviation Business Plan
Executive Summary
This section briefly tells your reader where your company is, where you want to
take it, and why your Airline business idea will be successful. The executive
summary should highlight the strengths of your overall plan and therefore be the
last section you write. However, it usually appears first in your business plan
document.
Example: “ABC Airline LLC” airline will base its business and marketing
strategies on achieving high, and profitable, load factors through absorption of
unmet demand in three key air-traffic categories: unnerved and under-served
routes on which high unmet demand currently exists or can be readily
developed; serving key niche markets where demand is either unmet or poorly
served; and meeting peak traffic demands on certain key regional on demand.
Mission
Example: “ABC Airline LLC’s” Mission is to provide a unique & relaxing flying
experience- similar to international quality. Design, develop & Market innovative
ideas to Airline business that are socially & environmentally responsible.
Objectives
Particular goals and objectives point a new business in the right direction and
keep an established Airline company on the right track. Just think about what
football would be without end zones or what the Indianapolis 500 would be
without a finish line.
Example: “ABC Airline LLC’s” The proposed airline will have as its primary
objectives the following elements:
Chart: Highlights
Highlights
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Keys to Success
Example: ABC Airline LLC follows these steps for its key success,
Company Summary
The Company Summary of a business plan provides a high level look at how all
of the different elements of your business fit together, including information
about the nature of your business and the success factors that you feel will make
your business successful and consequently, profitable.
Example: ABC Airline LLC Early on following its establishment in the region in
mid-2001, identified a growth opportunity in the aviation and travel sector in
USA. This opportunity is occasioned by growing economic, political, and social
stability, and consequent significant business expansion.
Company Ownership
Start-up Summary
Start-up expenses for the company total $135,000 and will be distributed as
follows:
Example: ABC Airline LLC’s The company will start with three months inventory
on hand for Airline and accessories as this is the main revenue generator.
Table: Start-up
START-UP REQUIREMENTS
Start-up Expenses
Legal - patent, trademark, and $6,000
counsel
Consultants - marketing $6,500
Corporate/Product Identity $5,000
Research and Development $2,500
TOTAL START-UP EXPENSES $20,000
Start-up Assets
Cash Required $100,000
Start-up Inventory $0
Other Current Assets $15,000
Long-term Assets $0
TOTAL ASSETS $117,000
Total Requirements $135,000
Chart: Start-up
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30,000 #REF! Assets Investment Loans
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Briefly describe offices and locations of your company, the nature and function
of each, square footage, lease arrangements, etc. If you are a Airline product
business, you probably don't have manufacturing plants anywhere, but you
might have Internet services, office facilities, and telephone systems that are
relevant to providing service. It is conceivable that your Internet connection, as
one hypothetical case, might be critical to your business.
Example: ABC Airline LLC simply stated, is to fill a niche in the growing air-
travel and cargo markets linking Western USA, and points beyond, to USA and
Turkey; to achieve high, and profitable, load factors by identifying and serving
key routes and city pairs currently unserved, under-served, or poorly served.
A good market analysis will enable you to lure investors, sidestep pitfalls, and
most importantly, attract customers. A market analysis studies the
attractiveness and the dynamics of a special market within a special industry.
Market Segmentation
Year 1 Year 2
Potential Growt
Customers h
Age 34 and 0% 65,81,339 65,83,569
under
Age 35 - 44 0% 68,53,963 67,68,024
Age 45 - 54 0% 70,26,073 71,77,077
Age 55 - 64 0% 49,92,798 51,99,186
Age 65 and 0% 68,47,697 69,17,743
older
Total 1.07% 3,23,01,870 3,26,45,598
Indivisual
Consumers
business
profesionals
other
Target Market Segment Strategy
Example: ABC Airline LLC has to serve the local American community that is
price sensitive. We will also serve the American community that is frequently
flying for business purposes.
Market Growth
Market growth can be slow if consumers do not adopt a high demand or rapid if
consumers find the product or service useful for the price level. For example, a
new technology might only be marketable to a small set of consumers, but as
the price of the technology decreases and its usefulness in everyday life
increases, more consumers could increase demand.
Example: ABC Airline LLC strategic plan is very simple. We understand our brand
value in the market & quality of our product. Our target market is our happy
customers. ABC Airline LLC offers discount range for his reputed market trend,
Market need & Market Growth.
Example: There are several important needs in the ABC Airline LLC that are being
either underserved or not met at all. ABC Airline LLC plans to meet and service
those needs.
Marketing Strategy
Promotion Strategy
Promotion Strategy is the process through which a business can grow &
become well known to its customers. Our most important tactic will be word-of-
mouth/in-store marketing process.
Sales Strategy
A sales strategy for a business plan consists of a plan that positions a company’s
brand or product to gain a competitive advantage. Successful strategies help the
sales force to focus on target market customers and communicate with them in
relevant, meaningful ways.
Sales Forecast
Sales forecasts are estimates of your sales for the forecast period. The sales
forecast establishes the level of activity used in all the other forecasts and
budgets for the business. If your sales forecast varies wildly from your actual
results, your cash flow and profitability forecasts will similarly be inaccurate.
Example: The basic, off-the-shelf models, developed for high- and moderate-
income consumers will be sold on the company's website, by phone and fax,
through catalogs and third party websites.
The following tables and charts show the growth of potential customers by years.
Sales Forecast
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Sales
Scoops $299,4 $755,200 $1,401,250
25
Bags $99,22 $527,513 $1,315,575
5
Total Sales $398,6 $1,282,713 $2,716,825
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Direct Cost of Sales Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Scoops $121,8 $307,200 $570,000
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Bags $44,10 $234,450 $584,700
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Subtotal Direct Cost $165,9 $541,650 $1,154,700
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Management Summary
Example: ABC Airline LLC planning to expand its personnel to add a number of
job superintendents as soon as the number of projects increases. ABC Airline LLC
Airline product innovator and marketing company based on a lean and agile
operations strategy. We will leverage limited resources by utilizing external
resources for product development assistance, manufacturing, fulfilment, and
marketing.
Personnel Plan
The difference between supply and demand will indicate the future quantitative
and qualitative need for personnel. This information has an effect on the
recruitment and development planning of the personnel and on the measures
taken.
Example: ABC Airline LLC the staff will include 15 full-time employees and 5 part-
time employees, who will work a total of 800 hours per week and generate an
average weekly gross payroll of $4,600 for the first year in business.
Table: Personnel
Personnel Plan
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
TL McClendon $28,800 $32,000 $37,000
Part-time Sales Rep $0 $10,000 $13,000
Inventory/Office Mgmt. $10,425 $28,000 $30,000
Total People 2 3 3
Total Payroll $39,225 $70,000 $80,000
Financial Plan
Financial planning is the task of determining how a business will afford to achieve
its strategic goals and objectives.
Important Assumptions
Entrepreneurs often make two basic assumptions about a new Airline product
business: that they have product consumers will want and that the Airline
product business owner can make and sell the product profitably. An investor or
partner will want to see that you’ve done you are homework and can support
more key assumptions than those two, with research and data.
General Assumptions
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Plan Month 1 2 3
Current Interest Rate 10.00% 10.00% 10.00%
Long-term Interest Rate 10.00% 10.00% 10.00%
Tax Rate 30.00% 30.00% 30.00%
Other 0 0 0
The projected profit and loss statement will list revenues, your cost for services
provided, operating expenses, and net income or loss. Depending on whether
you are preparing a projected profit and loss statement for an existing business
or a start up enterprise, you may have some difficulty coming up with reliable
estimates.
Example: ABC Airline LLC‘s Month-by-month assumptions for profit and loss are
as follows, shown in chart & table.
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Example: ABC Airline LLC‘s gross margin same-day collection is critical, and is
reasonable and customary in the Airline industry. The yearly gross margin is
shown below on table.
Break-even Analysis
Breakeven analysis is used to determine when your business will be able to cover
all its expenses and begin to make a profit. It is important to identify your start-
up costs, which will help you determine your sales revenue needed to pay
ongoing business expenses.
Example: The following estimated break-even Analysis table & chart shows the
projected fixed & variable cost.
Break-even Analysis
Monthly Revenue Break-even $9,438
Assumptions:
Average Percent Variable Cost 28%
Estimated Monthly Fixed Cost $6,839
Break-even Analysis
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Projected Cash Flow
The cash flow depends on assumptions for inventory turnover, payment days,
and accounts receivable management. Our projected same-day collection is
critical, and is reasonable and customary in the Airline product industry.
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A business' long-term plans often concern future asset growth and how it may be
supported by increased financing through both debt and equity. A projected
balance sheet communicates expected changes in future asset investments,
outstanding liabilities and equity financing.
Example: ABC Airline LLC‘s balance sheet along with the conservative forecast
shown on the table.
Business Ratios
Example: ABC Airline LLC‘s asset ratios differ from the industry standard for two
reasons:
2. Because our first sales approaches are to other professionals and the
government, rather than to individual consumers, we have a higher
percentage of assets as accounts receivable.
Table: Ratios
Ratio Analysis
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Industry
Profile
Sales Growth 0.00% 55.20% 11.46% 1.08%
Percent of Total Assets
Accounts Receivable 42.16% 66.72% 67.09% 22.01%
Inventory 9.19% 15.89% 15.50% 18.65%
Other Current Assets 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 36.34%
Total Current Assets 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 77.00%
Long-term Assets 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 23.00%
Total Assets 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Current Liabilities 45.89% 29.30% 20.39% 27.21%
Long-term Liabilities 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 18.98%
Total Liabilities 45.89% 29.30% 20.39% 46.19%
Net Worth 54.11% 70.70% 79.61% 53.81%
Percent of Sales
Sales 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Gross Margin 72.46% 69.91% 70.81% 38.34%
Selling, General & Administrative 49.91% 49.23% 49.60% 15.66%
Expenses
Advertising Expenses 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.52%
Profit Before Interest and Taxes 15.39% 15.68% 15.32% 3.70%
Main Ratios
Current 2.18 3.41 4.91 1.83
Quick 1.98 2.87 4.14 1.01
Total Debt to Total Assets 45.89% 29.30% 20.39% 58.09%
Pre-tax Return on Net Worth 22.55% 31.36% 28.40% 3.95%
Pre-tax Return on Assets 12.20% 22.17% 22.61% 9.42%
Additional Ratios Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Net Profit Margin 8.60% 9.88% 10.02% n.a
Return on Equity 15.79% 21.95% 19.88% n.a
Activity Ratios
Accounts Receivable Turnover 1.77 1.77 1.77 n.a
Collection Days 50 170 196 n.a
Inventory Turnover 8.74 3.74 3.09 n.a
Accounts Payable Turnover 3.96 12.17 12.17 n.a
Payment Days 27 49 29 n.a
Total Asset Turnover 0.99 1.57 1.58 n.a
Debt Ratios
Debt to Net Worth 0.85 0.41 0.26 n.a
Current Liab. to Liab. 1 1 1 n.a
Liquidity Ratios
Net Working Capital $78,374 $100,417 $125,332 n.a
Interest Coverage 4.96 9.98 15.18 n.a
Additional Ratios
Assets to Sales 1.01 0.64 0.63 n.a
Current Debt/Total Assets 46% 29% 20% n.a
Acid Test 1.06 0.59 0.85 n.a
Sales/Net Worth 1.83 2.22 1.98 n.a
Dividend Payout 0 0 0 n.a
References
ABC Airline LLC‘s will first attempt to sell the operation and use the proceeds to
clear all outstanding balances. If unable to sell the operation for sufficient
proceeds we will force to default whereby the SBA loan will be in senior standing.
Table: Sales Forecast
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$4,000 $8,00 $4,00 $4,00 $2,00 $16,0 $20,0
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$7,700 $12,9 $12,7 $11,3 $15,4 $35,6 $47,0
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$600 $1,20 $1,80 $600 $1,20 $2,40 $3,60
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$700 $1,40 $700 $700 $1,40 $2,80 $3,50
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$1,800 $3,60 $3,00 $3,30 $6,10 $9,20 $12,1
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Table: Personnel
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$6,765 $7,746 $7,253 $6,755 $12,93 $21,37 $26,42
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