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Saudi Arabia

Loughborough

Luxembourg

Brussels Area, Belgium

Brussels Area, Belgium

Exeter

Responsible for scheduling production, connectivity, new route analysis and fleet optimisation for over 70 aircraft flying throughout Europe with a team of schedulers and network analystsDelivered 4 IATA seasonal schedules for the full fleet and managed this down to 4 weeks from operation including slot application, route timing optimisation, new route integration and operational requirementsDeveloped new route assessment model bringing together market data, competitor analysis and financial performance to allow sign off for all additional network pointsEvaluation and negotiation of new airport bases including a 6 aircraft operation at London City Analysis and evaluation of multiple new route options leading to launching of over 50 new flightsResponsible for optimisation of schedules to increase fleet utilisation by 13 per cent year on year5 year fleet and schedule planning to enable smooth and practical fleet growthInitial appraisal of new codeshare relationships including Cathay Pacific added in 2014

Nottingham

Managed a running portfolio of multiple airport customers helping them with data aquisition, new route and airline business cases and catchment analysisProduced a full airport positioning study for a major UK airport defining catchment, market segmentation and growth projections for 10 year period; and including airline candidates and route studiesUse of CAA, MIDT, PAXIS, Fare analysis and QSI data and Routepro systems for market analysisAd hoc data queries for European and Middle East airports

Heathrow

Responsible for planning the British airways fleet in Africa and near EastThis included the introduction of a new single aisle long range fleet integrated from bmi Evaluated new routes to Africa including Freetown / Monrovia

Castle Donington Hq, Derby, Uk

- Head of Network Planning and scheduling department of 10 people - Responsible for evaluation of new and existing markets within Network, construction of LHR operational schedules using slot portfolio and delivery to the business and external partner airlines - Manage/control Slot portfolio and usage including recent external sales particularly for LHR- Fleet management with Engineering and Finance - building in maintenance checks, deliveries, hand backs and external leases alongside BD commercial programme- Codeshare support with STAR/partner airlines

- Responsible for optimising Network performance of bmi out of LHR and MAN (long-haul). - Managed a department of 2 analysts with close liaison with many operational and sales areas- Forecasted and evaluated new route opportunities.

Leicester Hq (And Seconded To Fra With Lufthansa)

- Researched and foretasted new route opportunities - Worked in joint planning team with Lufthansa and SAS as part of STAR Alliance- Budgeting, capacity planning and timing optimsation

Derby, United Kingdom

Managed projects with crewing and operations including assiting implementation of new crewing assingment tools and procedures.

Derby And Lhr

Derby, United Kingdom

Air Transport Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, 2.1

Activities and Societies: SATRO School-University Peer Tutor for Aeronautical Engineering (Bushey Hall School) Halls of Residence team.

A-Levels In Maths, Physics And French