Slots Analyst

Welcome to this recruitment process with Vueling

Let's start by getting to know us better

**At Vueling, we love things to happen.**We always do our best to go one step further and do it better. We invite our people to celebrate their unique strengths, work as a team to overcome challenges and achieve their goals for the greater good.

Our team is made of great professionals. Great and passionate people who collaborate, support and complement each other's skills.

**We are one of Europe's leading low-cost airlines, with special relevance in the Spanish domestic market, as well as in France and Italy.**

**Job Purpose**

Be part of the Vueling Slots Team, supporting the strategic management of the company’s slot portfolio across key European and African airports. Ensure timely acquisition, retention, and compliance with EU and local regulations, while securing optimal slot access aligned with business growth and market demand. This role reinforces Vueling and IAG’s competitive positioning and contributes to shaping industry standards and best practices.

**Main Accountabilities**
- **Slot Portfolio Management** - Protect and optimize Vueling’s most valuable slot assets, ensuring alignment with operational and strategic goals.
- **Schedule Coordination**:

- Maximize opportunities to meet the company’s slot requirements in close collaboration with Scheduling and Network Planning teams.
- **Strategic Growth Enablement**:

- Identify growth opportunities in congested and strategic airports by staying informed on capacity declarations and slot release mechanisms, in coordination with Strategy and Network.
- **Analytical Support** - Produce insightful analyses, assessments, and recommendations related to slots and airport capacity, including competition-related processes.
- **Industry Representation** - Represent Vueling’s interests in external forums such as Slot Conferences, Coordination Committees, Sabre User Conferences, IATA discussions, and airport capacity panels, helping shape industry standards and practices.
- **Group Alignment** - Support coordination of slot-related matters across the IAG Group, ensuring strategic alignment and collaboration.

**Main Responsibilities - Tasks**
- Monitor utilisation to preserve historical slot rights.
- Coordinate backup slot plans with Network and Scheduling.
- Facilitate slot sharing with IAG affiliates (Iberia, BA, Aer Lingus).
- Analyse competitor slot activity and market trends.
- Prepare required documentation and regulatory reports.
- Produce slot performance reports for internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Legal on compliance for slot agreements.

**Main Relationships**

Internal:

- Network planning - Align slot requests with network goals.
- Scheduling - Ensure slot alignment with flight schedules.
- Legal - Oversee compliance in slot agreements.
- OCC - Handle real-time slot adjustments.
- Data - Analyse slot usage metrics and develop new tools
- Strategy - Align with long-term business plans.

External:

- Slot Coordinators - Submit and negotiate slot requests.
- IAG & Affiliates - Coordinate intercompany slot use.
- IATA - Represent Vueling in slot policy forums.
- Regulatory Bodies (EU Commission, airport authorities) - Engage on policy changes.

**Education**
- University Degree in Engineering, Aeronautical Management, Business Administration or a related analytical field

**Experience**
- Ideally, but not a must, experience working in **airline planning**.
- Experience handling large datasets and deriving actionable insights is highly valued.
- Experience in analytical roles focused on business (is a plus).
- A high level of **Excel is a must.**

**Competencies**
- Proactive mindset with a strong can-do attitude
- Ability to build trusting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders with ease
- Collaborative team player, comfortable working across departments and with external partners
- Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic, and target-driven environments
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and turn it into actionable insights
- Enjoys being challenged and confident in constructively challenging others
- Creative thinker with sound decision-making abilities
- Genuine passion for aviation
- Driven by innovation and continuous improvement

**Languages**
- English and Spanish: Advanced proficiency (C1 or C2)
- Additional languages are a plus

**Location**

Barcelona-Viladecans, Spain.

**Level**

Individual Contributor 5

**We are the only Top Employer airline in Europe**:
For the second year running,** Vueling**is the only European airline and the only low-cost airline in the world to obtain this certification. The Top Employers Institute programme certifies organisations based on the participation and results of their HR Best Practices Survey. This survey covers six HR domains consisting of 20 topics including People Strategy, Work Environment, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Wellbeing a