MENTE Solutions is about just that-solutions! It’s about finding the right solution for the client's aviation needs. And the solutions we develop are founded on comprehensive analytics – a business plan for aviation, if you will.
From helicopters and small private jets to ultra long-range business aircraft, the MENTE team excels at developing aviation solutions based on comprehensive financial and operational analytics.
Our consulting projects have helped first-time aircraft owners, seasoned corporate operators and fractional owners as well. We excel at successfully navigating the aircraft ownership “airways” – a path that is frequently dotted with regulatory, tax, entity, operational, residual value and market hurdles.
Fleet Plans
Fleet planning is the art and science of aviation asset planning over a 5- to 10-year period. It contemplates the fine detail of a corporation's current and future business environment and marries it with effective and fiscally responsible deployment of aviation assets to help the business meet its objectives. A board-level presentation addresses the ever-changing corporate travel requirements driven by evolving business markets. Fleet Plans are not just pretty pictures of aircraft. They detail financial, operational, market, tax and other issues to grow, consolidate or downsize corporate flight departments.
Feasibility Study
Feasibility Studies help first-time owners and operators of just one aircraft compare various aircraft types to determine which best suits the travel profile of the company or private individual. These studies are not just a Fleet Plan "light." They contain all of the financial analysis, operational considerations, tax and depreciation highlights and market data to help the client make an un-biased, educated decision about private aviation.
Aircraft Acquisition and Marketing (Sales)
MENTE acts as a retained agent for buyers and sellers of all types of aircraft including helicopters, turbo props and business jets. Our aircraft marketing and acquisition services leverage comprehensive market intelligence and a worldwide network of industry contacts. Professionalism, transactional expertise and discipline are the foundation of our transaction team. Additional value comes through the assistance of in-house technical consultants and advisors to help mitigate the technical risks associated with buying or selling an aircraft. One of the key differentiators in our aircraft acquisition and marketing services is that we operate on a flat fee. Therefore, our team remains unbiased and focuses on driving the very best value for the client.
M.A.P. - MENTE Advisory Program
With a firm such as MENTE, the relationships with our clients span many years and we act as the trusted advisor through many important aviation projects. Frequently, though, clients like to lean on our team for smaller, "ad hoc" projects that fall in between the major milestones of a flight department. Our retained consultancy membership, MENTE Advisory Program, is available to meet those demands.
Members of MAP have access to our consultants on a pre-paid, hourly basis. Often times, smaller projects or questions about an aviation issue can be addressed over a handful of hours. MAP members also get discounts on larger projects such as aircraft acquisitions or dispositions. In fact, many times these discounts pay for the 3-year membership term. If having the industry's most experienced consultants at your fingertips for the very smallest of projects would be helpful, then MAP is for you.
