AVIATION INDUSTRY
You focus on The deal
we focus on optimising your operationS
Your Assets. Your Transitions. Our Priority.

Brian O’Driscoll | LBS Aviation Consultant
Moderator | 2025 Ishka Confernce
From signing a deal to delivering an asset, too often profit is lost.
Inconsistent approaches, stretched teams, supply chain issues, and underused systems can drain up to 25% of returns.
At LBS Partners, we make sure that doesn’t happen. With 40+ years of aviation and operational excellence experience, we protect and grow the value of every deal.
We bring structure. We bring clarity. We bring solutions that work in the real world-aligning people, tightening processes, and making systems support better decision-making.
We don’t just consult. We partner with you to deliver consistently, manage change smoothly, and unlock maximum value from every deal.
How We Help Aviation Companies
Transaction & Transition Optimisation
Transaction & Transition Optimisation
We streamline aircraft transactions & transitions, reducing delays and risks while enabling growth through proven processes, systems alignment, and lasting improvements.
TAT Reduction
TAT Reduction
Cut Turnaround delays by streamlining workflows, aligning stakeholders, and embedding systems to resource use, ensuring every aircraft returns to service faster and with lower risk.
PMO Setup & Support
PMO Setup & Support
LBS Partners establish and operate PMO functions for aircraft lessors, ensuring governance, visibility, and delivery of complex transition programmes.
Supply Chain Optimisation
Supply Chain Optimisation
We support aircraft lessors tackle supply chain disruption, improving visibility, reducing delays, and strengthening operational resilience to ensure assets remain operational and profitable .
Operational Excellence Strategy
Operational Excellence Strategy
We collaborate with your teams to align strategy and operations, eliminate waste, strengthen accountability, and build a culture of high performance.
Data Management & Reporting
Data Management & Reporting
We empower your teams with clear, reliable insights by structuring data, simplifying access, and enabling confident, faster decision-making through accurate reporting.
Continuous Improvement Training
Continuous Improvement Training
Gain foundational Continuous Improvement skills - identify waste, improve processes, support Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking through practical workshops.
Leadership Training
Leadership Training
Empower senior leaders with practical tools for psychological safety, constructive feedback, and accountability - building strong, effective teams aligned with strategic goals.
Aviation Companies We’ve Worked with
Our Aviation & Aircraft Leasing Results
Eastway Global Forwarding is a leading global logistics and freight forwarding company specialising in complex aerospace logistics, particularly for aircraft engines and parts.
CHALLENGES:
Eastway's rapid expansion led to inefficient file handling, which strained resources and threatened their crucial high customer service standards.
SOLUTION:
LBS Partners implemented a Lean Digital Transformation strategy, focusing on:
- Lean Plus Program Application created to implement improvements.
- Streamlined team processes on Cargowise for efficient management.
- PIT structure with visualization boards implemented using Power BI.
- Enhanced team efficiency allowed more focus on client interaction and facilitated additional staff onboarding.
OUTCOMES:
Enhanced management oversight
Maintained high customer service standards
Scalable processes for future growth
Clear KPIs defined for ongoing improvement
SES Fly Certain is a leading lessor of aircraft engines, specifically CFM56 and LEAP engines. They provide spare engine lease solutions to airlines around the globe.
CHALLENGES:
Throughput in the packout cell consistently fails to meet the plan.
SOLUTION:
LBS Partners implemented a Lean Digital Transformation strategy, focusing on:
- Collaborative structure with milestones and workshops fostered alignment.
- Process improvement tools provided insights and KPIs tracked performance.
- Education on improvements was shared with SES and OEMs.
OUTCOMES:
25%
Lead Time or TAT Reduction
Improved alignment between operational teams in SES and CFM
26
cross partner workstreams identified for improvement
Our Aviation & Aircraft Leasing Experts
Aviation Consultant
Mark Leonard
Aviation Consultant
Brian O’Driscoll