A remote runway at dusk ready for flight rotations
Solutions

This is how we make Air Logistics Simple.

Execution Framework

Air Logistics Operating Workflow

An end-to-end operational framework de-risking remote air access, charter procurement, daily coordination, and IROPS response. Click any process box to highlight and inspect technical details.

Confirmation to contract & proceed Confirmation for alternative aircraft GO — Back to coordination 1 Demand Gathered All requests from client & site contractors 2 Organized & Prioritized Back-and-forth planning. Frame demand, plan campaigns. Cirrus Client 3 Aircraft Sourced & Negotiated Best aircraft for mission. Regional & indigenous first. CLIENT APPROVAL GO 4 Contracted Cirrus signs in own name. Invoices client monthly. 5 Day-to-Day Remote Coordination Real-time flight following & carrier contact 6 IROPS Managed Disruptions, delays, & cancellations handled CLIENT APPROVAL 7 Flights Completed Cargo and PAX on-site or off-site 8 Monthly Reporting Spend, volume, carriers, status i This diagram is a simplified representation of the overall process architecture. Multiple campaigns may occur simultaneously at various stages. ONGOING STRATEGIC SUPPORT Day-to-Day & Weekly Cargo Planning • Coordination Updates • Market Insight & Advisory
STEP 01 OF 08

Demand Gathered

All requests from client & site contractors

Technical Approach

Aggregates passenger seat requests, cargo tonnages, and hazardous materials manifests across all site contractors and EPCM partners.

The Bottom Line

Single consolidated demand ledger before chartering, eliminating redundant empty seat-miles and scheduling conflicts.

Process Step (1-8)
Client Approval Gate
Approved / Proceed
Ongoing Strategic Support
CORE SERVICE 01

Air Logistics Management

The extended arm for your aviation. We decide what to fly, secure the operators, move your people, and drive the cost of every rotation down. You get one team that owns the flying, instead of a problem spread across your desk, an EPCM, and three charter brokers.

Close-up of aircraft landing gear with gravel kit safety accessories on remote unpaved runway
See it in the work

What We Do

  • Recommend the right aircraft for the mission and the strip
  • Source and vet operators, including scarce rotary-wing
  • Reconcile and plan personnel movements
  • Act as central command for daily operations
  • Estimate and control the aviation budget
  • Optimize FIFO rotations and flight operations

What You Receive

  • A costed air logistics plan you can commit to
  • Operator contracts matched to real availability
  • A single point of accountability for flying
  • Lower, defensible cost per seat and per rotation
  • Fewer surprises the day something can't fly
CORE SERVICE 02

Operations Management

We don't hand over a binder and leave. We put trained Cirrus people inside your operation and run it, from covering a manager's absence to operating the aerodrome on your behalf, through to the end of the mine's life.

A remote airstrip at dusk ready for flight rotations under compliance guidelines
See it in the work

What We Do

  • Interim and relief airport management
  • Operate the airport fully on your behalf
  • Run safety management and compliance
  • Handle dangerous goods correctly
  • Own the daily schedule and exceptions

What You Receive

  • An airport that stays open, staffed, and compliant
  • Continuity when a key person leaves
  • The operational burden off your leadership
  • A partner who stays to the last flight
SUPPORT SERVICE 03

Feasibility & Design

Get the aviation right before it is set in concrete. Early in a project we run the feasibility, build the RFP, and design the air logistics and aerodrome infrastructure, so a wrong paper plan never becomes the thing that delays first ore.

Surveyors mapping out geography on the remote arctic tundra for runway scoping

What We Do

  • Aviation and logistics feasibility studies
  • Independent review of EPCM aviation estimates
  • RFP scoping and operator evaluation
  • Aerodrome and airstrip infrastructure design

What You Receive

  • A field-tested view of what the aviation really costs
  • An RFP that buys the right capability
  • A design that meets the regs and the site
  • Risk taken out before the budget is locked
SUPPORT SERVICE 04

Competency Development

Training that sticks, so your own people can run the operation with confidence. Online, technical, and advisory, built for teams whose business is mining, not aviation.

A windsock at a remote aerodrome indicating wind speed and direction for pilot safety

What We Do

  • Online and technical training programs
  • Competency frameworks and program advisory
  • Structured handover of a running operation

What You Receive

  • A team that can run the aviation without us
  • Documented, repeatable operating practice
  • Less key-person risk on the ground
How an engagement works

Simple to start. Structured underneath.

You don't need to know what you need before you call. Most engagements move through the same four steps.

1

Scope the situation

A short, structured intake and a call. We figure out where the aviation actually stands and where the risk is.

2

Diagnose & cost it

We put real numbers on the options, the cost, and the risk, framed for the people who own the budget.

3

Plan or run it

We design the air logistics, or step in and operate it, depending on what the project needs.

4

Optimize & hand over

We keep taking cost and risk out, and train your team so it holds after we step back.

Interactive Scoping Tool

Aviation Logistics Cost Estimator

Model potential runway construction capital and monthly air operations expenses dynamically based on terrain constraints, distances, and status parameters.

Run Cost Estimator
Work with us

Not sure which service you need? That's fine.

Tell us where the project is and where the aviation stands. We'll point you to the right starting place.

Start with Cirrus

Or email info@cirrusintelligence.ca