Starting a new airline

Launch your airline in eight weeks

From contract signing to first commercial flight. Sales channels live by week three. Every integration - payments, CUPPS, regulators, distribution - handled by us.

Sales channels live in 2-3 weeks
First commercial flight in 8 weeks
Every integration included
One contract, one accountable team

Phased launch plan

From contract signing to revenue flight

Sales LaunchOperations Launch

Week 0

Contract signed

Week 2-3

Sales launch

Week 8

First commercial flight

Phase 1

Sales Launch

Week 0 → Week 2-3

✓Platform configuration (PSS, inventory, fares, ancillaries)
✓Payment provider integration
✓IBE, mobile apps, agency platform, back-office live
✓Staff training (booking agents, customer support, finance)
★Sales launch - selling tickets and ancillaries

Phase 2

Operations Launch

Week 3 → Week 8

✓DCS configuration and deployment at every operating airport
✓CUTE/CUPPS integration and printer/scanner setup
✓Regulatory messaging (PNRGOV, APIS, PNL/ADL)
✓Airport ground staff training
★First commercial flight

Fixed timeline. Fixed implementation fee. Defined deliverables.

What slows down every airline launch

AOC dates are committed. Aircraft are leased. Routes are filed. Then the PSS conversation starts, and everything moves in slow motion.

Five vendors, five contracts

Legacy PSS, separate RMS, separate DCS, separate IBE, separate payment integration. Five SLAs, five timelines, five teams pointing at each other when something breaks.

No team to wire the integrations

Payment gateways, CUPPS at every airport, PNRGOV and APIS to your regulator, SMS, accounting exports. Startup airlines don't have the integration engineers, and most vendors don't include it.

Legacy timelines kill runway

Traditional PSS implementations run 12-18 months. Most startups can't afford a year of burn before generating revenue.

AOC date is fixed. Your vendor's isn't

Your launch date is committed to a regulator, to lessors, to passengers. When the vendor slips, you slip, and the slip is invisible until it's too late.

One vendor, end-to-end accountability

Five vendor contracts become one. Farel covers PSS, RMS, DCS, IBE, mobile apps, agency platform, and payments - and contracts every integration to your payment providers, ground handlers, and regulators.

One SLA, one accountable team, one number to call. When something needs to move faster, there's no one to escalate past.

Every integration, wired by us

Payment gateways. CUTE/CUPPS at every airport. PNRGOV, APIS, and PNL/ADL to your regulator. SMS for passenger notifications. Accounting exports.

We map every integration during scoping, contract them in, and deliver them inside the eight-week window. You don't need an integration team - and you don't pay for change orders.

Scoped during proposal, not after signing
Contracted with the providers, not just connected
Delivered inside the implementation fee

Sell before you fly

You start selling at week two or three - before your first commercial flight. That means cash flow during AOC proving runs, marketing momentum during certification sign-off, and weeks of validated booking volume before the aircraft moves.

Sales precedes operations on purpose, not by accident.

Two weeks of hypercare, then a real SLA

Two weeks of accelerated-response support starting the day of your first flight - dedicated channel, sub-hour response on critical issues.

After that, a standard ticketing SLA with 90% of issues closed in two business days. Same team, same accountability, same contract.

Proven in real airline launches

See how new carriers use Farel to launch faster, increase margin, and operate lean from day one.

From greenfield to national carrier in 8 weeks

8 weeks

Full system go-live

13 routes

Launched nationwide

1 contract

Every regional integration

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How we start

Three steps to a signed contract and a launch date you can plan against.

Discovery call

Thirty minutes. We walk through your stage, fleet, routes, and target launch dates. By the end of the call we know whether the timeline is feasible and what lead-time items - CUPPS access, regulatory approvals - need to start moving.

Detailed scoping

We gather the technical and operational details that determine cost and timeline - payment providers, airport infrastructure, regulators, distribution channels, and the full integration list. Every dependency surfaced before we quote.

Proposal

Fixed timeline. Fixed implementation fee. Defined deliverables and milestones. Sign-off and you're on the calendar.

FAQ

Before you decide

Answers to the questions we hear most from startup airline teams.

Yes. We've worked with airlines at every stage from formal AOC application to post-certification. The eight-week timeline starts at contract signing, regardless of where you are in certification. We'll match the build schedule to your AOC and route launch dates.

Payment service providers (Stripe, regional PSPs, mobile money), CUTE/CUPPS at your airports, regulatory messaging (PNRGOV, APIS, PAXLST, PNL/ADL), SMS providers, accounting software, OTAs and metasearch, and GDS if needed. We map your specific list during scoping and contract them into the implementation. No change orders.

The Farel timeline is built around your launch date, not against a generic schedule. If your AOC slips or aircraft delivery moves, we can shift the operations launch phase accordingly. The sales launch phase can also be brought forward - selling tickets ahead of AOC is often advantageous.

We do. Booking agents, customer support, finance, and airport ground staff all receive role-specific training - online for the platform-side roles, on-site for airport staff working with DCS and ground equipment. Most users are operational after a single 15-minute session.

Two weeks of hypercare with accelerated-response support starting the day of your first flight - dedicated channel, sub-hour response on critical issues. After that, standard SLA: 24/7 critical support with 10-minute to 2-hour response, and 90% of all tickets closed within two business days.

Asman Airlines launched as Kyrgyzstan's national carrier on Farel - full system go-live in 8 weeks, 13 routes at launch.