First Aviation Academy: From Spreadsheets to Intake Plans in Minutes

Planning in action with First Aviation Academy in the Philippines.

We love talking about great planning, so we asked our forward-thinking partners at First Aviation Academy, Inc. in the Philippines if we could share how they use Aeroplanned — because for us, it's a thing of beauty.

Before Aeroplanned, FAA was using complex spreadsheets for budgeting and intake forecasting. Adjusting training patterns, changing intake sizes, or modeling different scenarios took a long time and was difficult to get right.

Their General Manager, Dino Santos, describes the difference:

"We can build monthly intake plans in minutes, changing course numbers, adjusting training patterns, and instantly seeing the impact on aircraft and instructor availability. And because current students flow automatically into the forecast, everything is far more accurate too."

The shift from clunky spreadsheets to sleek software even had the finance team asking how the new models were created so quickly.

First Aviation Academy is a highly regarded training provider in the Philippines, known for its airline-focused approach and modern fleet. The team has a real commitment to preparing future pilots for the demands of the industry, and it's great to see how their planning and forecasting supports that ambition.

This level of visibility is helping FAA stay well ahead of the action, plan proactively, set itself up for on-time delivery, and confidently show partners exactly how each intake can be delivered — right down to making adjustments in real time when needs change.

We're proud to support the FAA team, and we love seeing clever, effective planning in action around the globe with Aeroplanned.