About Us
The Story of Visual Approach

Visual Approach Analytics brings decades of industry experience in airline fleet and network planning. We leverage a history of flight operations, cargo network planning, fleet planning, aircraft market analysis, and new aircraft negotiations to bring unique perspectives to the aircraft and network discussion.

The Values That Drive Us

Striving to be the best even as we rise to be better.

Perspective

We constantly search for new perspectives through data-driven discovery

Integrity

We aren’t perfect, but we constantly strive to be

Context

Whether through historical context, aircraft type nuance, or cultural differences, we look to understand nuances at play

The History of Visual Approach

Experience That Has Been Trusted for Decades

From the very beginning, Visual Approach has always taken a different approach to aircraft and airline data, analysis, and advisory. With over 60 years of experience, we have a long-standing history of providing unique insights and breaking trends in the airline and financial industries, and communicating them in a way that is fundamentally understood and adds value for years to come.

We began with the belief that knowledge is useless if it is not applied, and we have since curated every facet of our business to pursue richer and deeper knowledge while finding the best manner in which to communicate that knowledge for our client’s application and success.

The Visual Approach Team

We wouldn’t be where we are today without the expertise, drive, and minds behind our analytics.

Courtney Miller

Founder and Managing Director of Analysis

After nearly two decades in the industry, Courtney Miller has a breadth of experience spanning operations, sales, fleet and network planning, cargo planning, market forecasting, and data analytics.

Courtney was recently with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft where he coordinated aircraft transactions with both lessors and airlines in a sales capacity. Deeply committed to using analytics to find different perspectives, he led Bombardier’s Americas airline analysis team for seven years, responsible for building analytical models and business cases in support of aircraft transactions.

Dean Constantinidis

VP – Business Development

From commercial airlines, corporate aviation, micro mobility
to Air Force One and everything in between, Dean Constantinidis has been fortunate to have a broad transportation background.

Currently based in New York, Dean has worked with small startups to large multinationals and world leaders. The
challenge to solve complex challenges and explain solutions in an understandable and analytical way, drives
him. An optimist on the never ending journey of learning – with a special skill of finding the best flat white coffee within
½ a mile!

Gueric Dechavanne

Collateral Verifications

Mr. Dechavanne is the head of Commercial Aviation Valuation Services at Collateral Verifications LLC. He is an ISTAT Certified Senior Appraiser and graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronaitical University where he received his Bachelors degree in Aviation Business Administration with a concentration in International Transportation Management.

In 2001, he joined CIT Aerospace as a Marketing Analyst, tracking aircraft values, industry trends, issues of concern to CIT’s aircraft portfolio, as well as assisting the marketing department on special projects for the placement of new and used aircraft.

In 2004, he joined OAGBACK Aviation Solutions as the Manager of Valuation Services and was promoted to head their Asset Management group in 2006 where he managed all of the aspects of their valuations, technical, advisory, and aircraft remarketing services.

While at OAGBACK Aviation, he also developed and maintained their Commercial Jet Aircraft Value Guide and Commercial Jet Lease Rate Guide. As a recognized expert in his field, he has been published and quoted in such publications as the Chicago Tribune, Airline Fleet and Network Management, Airline Business, Air Transport World, Air Finance Journal, Air Cargo World, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Flight Global, MSNBC, and various other industry publications.

Brett Snyder

Cranky Flier LLC

Brett’s experience spans back to 1996 where he began his aviation career as an intern for USAir’s sales team. Since, he has worked at America West, Eos, United Airlines, and PriceGrabber.com in pricing and product planning roles.

Brett currently leads the Cranky Concierge team, bringing his industry-leading pricing and ticketing experience to the traveling public. He also authors the best-known blog in the aviation industry CrankyFlier, and partners with Visual Approach in producing Cranky Network Weekly – a competitive network analysis provided to hundreds of airline network planners, airline investors, and airports.

Brett’s experience brings full context into the network and pricing decisions of airlines, and what they mean for the aircraft business.

Visual Approach Partners

Learn more about the great minds behind Visual Approach.

Courtney Miller

Founder and Managing Director of Analysis

Dean Constantinidis

VP – Business Development

Gueric Dechavanne

Collateral Verifications

Brett Snyder

Cranky Flier LLC

Let’s discuss how unique aviation insights and advisory could expand your Investing potential.