Jazeera Airways
Assistant Manager – Network Planning & Scheduling (Short Term Scheduling)
- Permanent
- Al Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 04/04/2026
Job overview
Date posted
18/02/2026
Location
Al Kuwait City, Kuwait
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Job description
The Assistant Manager – Network Planning & Scheduling (Short Term Scheduling role) at Jazeera Airways is responsible for leading the day-to-day scheduling function, ensuring efficient aircraft utilisation, optimal commercial performance, accurate slot and permit management, and timely responses to operational and charter-related requirements. The role manages a team of schedulers and slots/landing-permit coordinators while ensuring strict adherence to IATA standards, particularly IATA SSIM Chapter 6, and delivering high-quality outputs under tight deadlines. The position directly supports the AVP – Network Planning in driving network efficiency, capacity optimisation, and schedule integrity across the entire route portfolio. The mandate covers development, optimisation, and maintenance of short-term and medium-term flight schedules, proactive adjustment of published schedules to reflect operational constraints such as aircraft availability, maintenance, crew restrictions, slot timings, weather disruptions, airport constraints, and ATC closures, and construction of operationally robust schedules balancing cost efficiency, connectivity, regulatory requirements, and commercial objectives. It includes full oversight of slot management processes for seasonal and ad-hoc operations, accurate and timely submission of airport slot requests and slot returns, liaison with global slot coordinators, airport authorities, DGCA Kuwait, GACA Saudi, and international CAAs, and management of landing permits for scheduled and charter operations. The role also evaluates charter flight requests, prepares rotations for special missions including Hajj, Umrah, evacuations, sports team movements, government flights, and seasonal charters, supports revenue teams with optimized operational plans, ensures preparation of schedules in SSIM format for GDS, Navitaire, airport authorities, and partners, manages schedule change notices (SCNs), and maintains an organised schedule database with documented change logs. The position requires proficiency in airline scheduling systems such as AIMS and Sabre Movement Manager, strong MS Excel modelling and data analysis skills, interpretation of airport capacity declarations, fleet plans, and ACA/ACL coordination messages, and analysis of aircraft utilisation trends, block-hour forecasts, connectivity impacts, and operational risk.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop, construct, optimise, and continuously maintain short-term and medium-term flight schedules to maximise aircraft utilisation, enhance block-hour productivity, ensure operational feasibility, maintain schedule integrity, and achieve optimal commercial performance while balancing cost efficiency, connectivity, regulatory requirements, and fleet availability constraints.
- Proactively monitor and adjust published schedules to reflect operational constraints including aircraft availability, maintenance inputs, crew restrictions, slot timings, weather disruptions, airport infrastructure limitations, and ATC closures, ensuring minimal network disruption and protection of aircraft rotation efficiency.
- Lead the end-to-end schedule publication process in full compliance with IATA SSIM Chapter 6 standards, ensuring accurate preparation and distribution of schedules in SSIM format to GDS, Navitaire, airport authorities, partners, and internal stakeholders while meeting seasonal and ad-hoc publication deadlines.
- Coordinate schedule changes and capacity adjustments with Revenue Management, OCC, Ground Operations, Sales, Engineering, RM, and Finance teams to ensure smooth operational implementation, commercial alignment, and accurate downstream system updates.
- Oversee the complete slot management lifecycle for seasonal and ad-hoc operations, including submission of airport slot requests, slot returns, retimings, monitoring slot confirmations, and maintaining compliance with airport slot coordination guidelines and global slot calendars.
- Liaise with global slot coordinators, airport authorities, DGCA Kuwait, GACA Saudi, and various international CAAs to secure optimal timings, protect historic slot rights, and ensure landing permits are obtained for scheduled and charter operations in accordance with global permit processes.
- Evaluate, assess, and process charter flight requests by analysing aircraft availability, slot feasibility, regulatory approvals, turnaround constraints, and operational readiness; prepare detailed aircraft rotations and operational patterns for Hajj, Umrah, evacuations, sports team movements, government flights, and seasonal charters.
- Provide rapid turnaround feasibility analysis for charter quotes including timing proposals, aircraft rotation plans, and operational impact assessments while supporting revenue teams with optimized and compliant operational plans.
- Lead, mentor, and supervise a team of schedulers and slots/permits specialists by providing structured training on scheduling tools, SSIM standards, slot processes, airline scheduling systems, and industry best practices to improve accuracy, productivity, and responsiveness.
Experience & skills
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation, Engineering, Business, Mathematics, or related field (Master’s preferred) and demonstrate 7–10 years of progressive experience in Network Planning - Scheduling within a commercial airline environment with exposure to short-term scheduling responsibilities.
- Demonstrate proven hands-on experience in schedule construction, aircraft rotation planning, slot coordination interactions, SSIM handling, and compliance with IATA SSIM Chapter 6 standards in seasonal and ad-hoc scheduling cycles.
- Exhibit solid working knowledge of airport slot coordination guidelines, global permit processes, DGCA Kuwait, GACA Saudi, international CAAs, and demonstrated experience managing landing permits for scheduled and charter operations across multiple regulatory environments.
- Show proficiency in airline scheduling systems such as AIMS, Sabre Movement Manager, or similar platforms, along with advanced MS Excel capabilities for modelling, schedule building, aircraft utilisation analysis, and block-hour forecasting.
- Demonstrate the ability to interpret airport capacity declarations, fleet plans, ACA/ACL coordination messages, slot confirmations, aircraft utilisation trends, connectivity impacts, and operational risk factors in multi-fleet or complex network environments, with experience supervising or mentoring junior planners considered advantageous.