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AeroLink–Coral Isle Merger
A medium m&a and investment decisions case, interviewer-led, built for live practice with an AI interviewer that grades like a coach.
- Ma post merger
- interviewer-led
- medium
- ~35 min
- 1 exhibit
Your client is AeroLink Group, a major US airline based on the East Coast. AeroLink has just closed its acquisition of Coral Isle Airways, the leading carrier of the Caribbean, bringing two distinct brands under one roof. The combined network opens new opportunities for growth, customer experience, and operational efficiency, and management wants to be sure it captures them. They have hired our firm to help. How should AeroLink Group proceed to get the most value out of this merger?
What happens when you run it live
Your interviewer holds answers to 4 clarifying questions candidates usually ask, so opening the case correctly gets rewarded. The case unfolds over 6 phases, with 1 exhibit handed to you at the right moments. You structure, do the math out loud, and close with a recommendation. Then you get a graded report across structure, quant, insight, synthesis, and communication, with the specific moments that cost you points. The exhibits, numbers, and answer key stay inside the live session, the way a real interviewer keeps the case packet on their side of the table.
How to approach a m&a and investment decisions case
Acquisition and investment cases ask whether a deal or a capital project is worth doing. The spine is almost always standalone value, plus synergies or incremental cash flows, versus price and risk. Interviewers expect you to separate the value of the asset as it is from the value the buyer adds.
Bring the finance instincts: payback period, break-even, simple NPV logic, and cannibalization when the new thing eats the old thing's revenue. Strong candidates also name the deal-breaker risks (integration, regulation, construction lag, financing) and end with a clear go or no-go with conditions.
Run AeroLink–Coral Isle Merger live, free. About 35 minutes, graded in the same sitting.
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