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Aerospace & Defense
Global flight planning and navigation technology company needed to test a new pricing model with flight planning and operations personnel at leading airlines around the world

Client description:

Leading flight planning and navigation technology company

Challenge: 

Navigation information provider needed business intelligence on solutions used by various airlines to support aircraft performance, navigation/ charting, crew planning and flight planning in order to test the validity of a new pricing model. Client also received insights on solutions use, satisfaction, unmet needs, awareness and perception of its brand.

Methodologies: 

230 completed quantitative surveys from 80+ airlines engineered from previous qualitative findings.

The result: 

Client received a detailed report with an assessment of value proposition. Also delivered were comprehensive analytics of navigation and flight planning services value proposition, pricing models and functionality & service levels. Quantitative evidence revealed the navigation pricing model and functionality services as valid. Model was in close alignment with what respondents looked for in a navigation product & provider. The value proposition terms aligned well with concept, the functionality & service tiers were found appealing and the pricing model was the same as or better than competitor offerings. Results from the flight planning value proposition and pricing model indicated that the model needed improvement and redesign. Pricing model showed that there were no clear perceptions that model is better than or different from competitor solutions and that respondents had difficulty seeing pricing model as logical and fair.

Geographic scope

Africa, Asia, Central America, Middle East, North America, South America

Industries involved 

Aerospace & Defense

Services applied 

Brand Perception and Awareness, Competitive Intelligence, Concept Testing, Voice of the Customer

Methodologies 

Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research

Practice area

Market Research and Analysis

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