NeXT STeP, Lda. was established in 2017 in the twin-island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, under the Sierra Brava Group umbrela; the Group has grown, and expanded its operations to the United Arab Emirates, in early 2023.
Complementary to its UAE-based office, the company also runs a European operational branch based in Lisbon, Portugal, encompassing a team of experienced senior and principal consultants in manifold areas with extensive individual decades-long track records creating and operating different airlines internationally, ranging from domestic and regional to intercontinental/world-wide, scheduled and unscheduled operations.
NeXT STeP, Lda. is Sierra Brava group branch specialized in aviation corporate change management, and multiple AOC implementations, gathering expertise, and applying it to a multitude of industry stakeholders, both in cargo, and passenger airlift in both civil and military aviation.
The company provides worldwide consultancy services in aviation - both fixed and rotary wing operations - with particular experience in multiple African and middle Eastern countries, including, but not limited to: Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria, Chad, Gabon, Congo, Mali, South Africa, Madagascar, Cape Verde, Senegal, Morocco, Mauritius, the United Arab Emirates, and Sao Tome and Principe.
• Safety, Quality / Compliance and Security Management Systems implementation & auditing;
• Operational risk assessment;
o Ground Operations;
o Flight Operations;
• Route feasibility studies;
o Operational;
o Commercial;
• Airfield certification;
• Maintenance Management Solutions;
• IOSA / ISAGO certification preparation;
• OGP requirements compliance;
• Document Management (Manuals sets: Production, edition & revision)
+ Technical Translation Services
• Flight Data Monitoring (OPS; TRN & MNT interface);
• Ops Engineering & OCC design, setup, manning and day-to-day operations management;
• Crew outsourcing (Flight and Cabin).
EMERGENCY RESPONSE & BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING
ACMI, Dry-Leasing or Acquisition
(with financing plans and negotiation support)
• Full Scope Aviation Software Solutions Development & Integration;
• Data warehousing and Database Management;
• Civilian & Military Transportation Cyber Security.
Technological, and supply-chain support & optimisation for HVO / HEFA;
Airside and Landside Resources Management
From parking lots to security checkpoints, passport control, duty-free shopping areas, catering providers and ground handling services, fleets, emergency response (firefighting means allocation and maintenance management), air traffic and ground control infrastructure and asset management; providing turnkey solutions, with full-scope analysis, studies, infrastructure execution project management and control.
