Senior Manager - Fleet Planning TAX FREE

· Responsible for evaluating, planning, and determining the short and long term fleet requirement of the airline.

· Conduct detail studies of candidate aircraft in areas of technical, performance, economic and financial analysis and make recommendations.

· Responsible for the airlines’ airplanes phase in and phase out, long term lease-in and lease outs, airplane purchasing and selling.

· Work with aircraft manufacturers, aircraft owners, financiers, and third party in the negotiation and documentation processes for airplane purchase, leases, and selling.

· Manage the evaluation of new aircraft types as part of the companies long term plan and strategic fleet development, contributing to the aircraft selection process with comparative analyses of interior layout and specification definitions, aircraft performances and network deployment, aircraft weight and payload calculations and fleet economics.

· Audit the development of contracted aircraft specifications prior to delivery and liaise with aircraft manufacturers in matters relating to weight build-up, design characteristics and configuration requirements.

· Execute the strategic Fleet Development Plan and provide professional support on aircraft finance and phase-out matters to enable a pro-active and dynamic approach to fleet turnover.

· Evaluate strategic alternatives in network and product planning, such as aircraft redeployment scenarios, fleet mix and interior specifications. Suggest improvements in fleet operations in terms of weight savings and performance enhancements to maximize cost efficiencies and revenue potential.

· Review route network performance in order to identify profitability issues and provide forewarning to the management, along with a thoroughly researched recommendation plan to improve the route profitability, and influence Commercial stakeholders, as required, for effective implementation.

· Research the competitive landscape, including route network and product offering by competition, and highlight improvement areas for senior management review. Leverage on the industry contacts through effective networking, in order to enhance the research quality and critical information.