Network Planning Analyst

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**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**

Support the management and optimization of Vueling's flight program across the whole network, ensuring seasonal assignments are aligned with operational needs and strategic business objectives, while optimizing flight schedules to maximize efficiency and profitability.

**Main Accountabilities**
- Achieve a flight schedule that maximizes profitability while meeting operational constraints and strategic goals.
- Enhance the adaptability and responsiveness of the flight schedule to changes in market conditions and operational demands.
- Establish a consistent and optimized weekly framework that can be adapted for various operational needs and seasonal variations.
- Tailor the flight operations to capitalize on unique seasonal opportunities, enhancing revenue and customer satisfaction during peak periods.
- Maintain a flexible and dynamic scheduling environment that can quickly adapt to unforeseen changes or last-minute operational challenges.
- Optimize the use of aircraft and crew by aligning flight capacity with current demand, ensuring operational efficiency and financial profitability.
- Enhance coordination and communication across departments, leading to a more cohesive strategy and execution of the flight program.
- Ensure that adjustments to the flight program are executed efficiently, leading to improved operational performance and customer satisfaction.
- Successfully introduce and manage charter flights that meet the specific needs of various clients, thereby generating additional revenue.

**Main Responsibilities - Tasks**
- Assist in managing Vueling's network-wide flight programs, ensuring that the schedules align with strategic business and operational needs.
- Engage in various planning cycles to ensure the airline's flight operations are prepared for future demands and adjustments are made in response to emerging trends and data.
- Develop a baseline weekly schedule that serves as a template for operational planning across different seasons.
- Concentrate efforts on immediate planning requirements, ensuring that the flight schedule is responsive to last-minute changes and operational urgencies.
- Evaluate the profitability and operational feasibility of existing flight schedules and propose capacity adjustments, either increasing or reducing flights as needed.
- Work closely with scheduling, revenue management, and strategy teams to integrate their inputs into the flight planning process.
- Participate in the planning and execution of charter flights, coordinating closely with the sales team and other stakeholders.

**Main Relationships**
- Scheduling Department: Collaborates closely to align the flight schedules with operational capabilities and resource availability.
- Network Strategy: Works together to integrate strategic directives into the planning of flight schedules.
- Revenue Management: Coordinates to ensure that pricing and capacity decisions support the airline’s revenue goals.
- Operations Planning: Engages to confirm resource availability including aircraft and crew for the planned schedules.
- Sales Team: Interaction is necessary for the coordination and implementation of charter flights, ensuring alignment with sales strategies and customer requirements.

**Education**
- Disciplines with a strong numerical component are preferred, such as engineering, economics, business administration (BA), or management.

**Experience**
- Experience in aviation is a plus.
- Experience in related industries, such as transportation/logistics, is also a plus in analytical roles focused on business.
- Experience with data visualisation tools and capacity to manage large datasets effectively would be advantageous.
- High level of **Excel required**.

**Competencies**
- Analytical
- Strategic thinking
- Assertive communication
- Teamwork
- Dynamism
- Results Oriented

**Languages**
- English B2 - Spanish C1

**Other**

Capable of identifying and solving operational and strategic challenges related to flight planning.

**Location**

Barcelona-Viladecans, Spain.

**Level**

Pilots

**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