Freighter Scheduling Manager

About the role

Emirates' SkyCargo group schedules both short-term and long-term freighter flights to optimise aircraft utilisation while meeting commercial requirements, slot constraints at Level 2 and 3 airports, maintenance and crewing needs. The manager also devises annual operating plans for the freighter network that deliver optimal commercial returns, quality standards and capacity utilisation at minimal cost.

Key responsibilities

• Devise annual operating plans for the freighter fleet, considering current and future capacity, and communicate them to internal departments in a timely way.
• Manage slot constraints at key airports, maintain historic slots and secure the most desired slots.
• Develop a freighter hub at DWC airport with optimal transit times for east-to-west traffic, within infrastructure limits and scalable for future fleet additions.
• Plan for A and C maintenance checks at DXB, covering Emirates' own operations and wet-lease providers, without affecting schedule integrity.
• Integrate the freighter schedule planning system to generate SSIM files and automate integration with systems such as SkyChain, CORE, LIDO, POWER and RPS, working with IT and other departments.
• Monitor and improve automated dissemination of freighter schedules to internal systems.
• Obtain and renew operating permits and approvals for scheduled and ad-hoc flights and share the information internally and externally.
• Work with the Crewing department to find cost-effective solutions to crewing complexities and keep schedule integrity.
• Carry out cost and revenue analysis for each schedule diversion and new rotation to protect profitability.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or honours with professional knowledge of airline/cargo operations.
• Completed all relevant industry- and airline-approved advanced cargo acceptance, handling and load planning courses.
• In-depth knowledge of strategic planning for air cargo and advanced knowledge of cargo systems and MS Office packages.

Required skills

• Scheduling systems and cargo systems.
• MS Office packages.

What we offer

• Competitive salary.
• Travel benefits exclusive to the industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays worldwide.