Your Responsibilities

The position acts as a strategic decision-maker for fleet allocation, working cross-functionally with, Pricing, Sales, Operations, Crew Planning, Flight Approval, and Maintenance teams to ensure the fleet is utilised efficiently and in line with company strategy. 

Flight Scheduling & Fleet Optimization 

• Partner with Flight Approval and Crew Planning teams, under the direction of Fleet Planning Management, to optimize the Vista Fleet schedule.  
• Ensure optimal aircraft allocation by balancing efficiency, revenue maximization, operational sustainability, and premium client experience. 
• Minimize ferry flights to enhance efficiency 
• Maintain operational sustainability by enabling adequate crew rest, facilitating maintenance requirements, and coordinating crew transitions 
• Maximize revenue through strategic flight stacking and aircraft availability optimization 
• Elevate client experience by prioritizing assignment of aircraft in optimal condition to VVIP passengers 

Commercial & Revenue Management 

• Evaluate and approve or reject Non-Guaranteed Service (NGS) requests in alignment with commercial strategy and operational feasibility. 
• Safeguard company profitability by ensuring flights remain above Minimum Diluted Yield (MDY) thresholds through proactive schedule optimization.  
• Escalate exceptions in accordance with guidelines established by the Vista Executive Committee. 

Performance Monitoring & Strategic Escalation 

• Continuously analyze global scheduling patterns to identify trends, opportunities, and regional capacity requirements. 
• Proactively escalate insights, risks, and improvement opportunities to Senior Fleet Planning Managers  and Fleet Planning Director.
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Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement  

• Suggest operational solutions, aimed at increasing aircraft deliveries, improving asset utilization, and strengthening overall scheduling efficiency. 

Recovery Planning & Availability Management 

• Maintain strategic fleet flexibility to support last-minute operational recoveries by:
• Identifying and escalating periods of constrained availability
• Recommending strategic off-fleeting of flights when appropriate
• Protecting aircraft allocated for recovery purposes from advance operational commitments

Required Skills, Qualifications, and Experience

• Proven experience in fleet scheduling and optimization. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Data-driven decision making with ability to analyse performance metrics. 
• Strong commercial acumen with focus on revenue, yield and operational efficiency. 
• Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration. 
• Ability to keep high performance under pressure.