Founder & Managing Director, AIR Control Tower, AIR Control Tower

Neil Glynn

Neil Glynn, FCA, CFA, is Founder and Managing Director of AIR Control Tower.

Neil has near to 20 years of aviation experience, based in Dublin and London, including the roles of Credit Officer at CIT Aerospace and head of global transport equity research at Credit Suisse. 

The quality of Neil’s industry-leading research and forecasting across the value chain is long-recognized by investors (long track record of top tier placing in Institutional investor European Transport analyst survey; ranked #3 in last survey in 2021) and corporates (regular management team/board workshops, conference presentations around the world). 

Neil has also led 10 initial public offering (IPO) processes, assessing the investment case of corporates seeking to attract new investors.

Founder & Managing Director, AIR Control Tower

European Airlines - Assessing Fuel Price Risk to Earnings

European Airlines – The Ravages of Increased Earnings Seasonality

Lufthansa - ITA Airways Financial Sustainability Questions Without Lufthansa Partnership/Steering

European Airlines – FCF the Key Differentiator Between AF-KLM and IAG

European Airlines - Difficult to Avoid Long Haul Earnings Declines in 2024

European Airlines - LCCs Unlikely to Pass Through Fuel Tailwinds in 2024

AIR Control Tower

AIR Control Tower is an independent research and analysis platform. Its mission is to provide impactful insight and analysis across the global airline industry at a company and market level via detailed financial models to aid decision making for key stake holders at a time when risks have seldom, if ever, been higher and the global sector grapples with the imperative of funding de-carbonisation. Unique analysis forecasting global carrier-level earnings/cash flows, and restructuring/de-leveraging prospects, is designed to dynamically assess the health of the industry, predict surprises and identify potential requirements for third party support.

Insights on the global airline industry

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We forecast €2.6bn Adjusted EBIT in 2024, below management guidance of €2.7bn, given concerns about margin management as capacity increases 12% yoy.</li>
<li>Detailed analysis of the margin gaps and key drivers of gaps at each of Lufthansa's airlines illustrates remedial work required with new perspective.</li>
<li>Bringing each portfolio company towards the Group Adjusted EBIT margin target of &gt;8% would represent the CEO's finest achievement (apart from helping save the company through COVID).</li>
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We forecast €2.6bn Adjusted EBIT in 2024, below management guidance of €2.7bn, given concerns about margin management as capacity increases 12% yoy.
Detailed analysis of the margin gaps and key drivers of gaps at each of Lufthansa's airlines illustrates remedial work required with new perspective.
Bringing each portfolio company towards the Group Adjusted EBIT margin target of &gt;8% would represent the CEO's finest achievement (apart from helping save the company through COVID).


Lufthansa – Portfolio Carrier Catch up Requirements Analysed

Deutsche Lufthansa

Lufthansa – Portfolio Carrier Catch up Requirements Analysed