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Job description / Role
Purpose: To manage routes within an assigned region from pricing and inventory management perspective with the goal to maximize revenue for the airline.
Key Activities
- Assist pricing and inventory management Officers and Analyst in gathering information related to pricing actions of competitors vis-à-vis flydubai fares and product.
- Prepare RM exception reports based on exception criteria defined by the RM officers and Analysts.
- Evaluate group requests from across the network and provide analysts with details of group displacement to enable smooth decision making on group movements within the network and with interline partners.
- Assist Officers and Analysts in tracking impact of tactical measures taken by the team to stimulate traffic during the low seasons to check effectiveness of pricing and inventory decisions
- Conduct data analysis to identify passenger profile and booking behavior including no-show trends and use this information to optimize inventory allocations and to overbook flights on the assigned routes so as to maximize airline revenue while keeping the spillage costs to a minimum
- Conduct revenue integrity checks on the assigned routes to prevent loss due to seat spoilage on account of duplicate, fake and partly paid bookings.
- Conduct user testing of revenue management and pricing systems and provide requirements to develop, implement and customize solutions in accordance with flydubai business model.
- Liaise with other route controllers and with other departments including the sales team, planning, finance and cargo to identify and capitalize on potential revenue generation opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Air transport, Marketing, Economics or Business Management.
Experience
- A minimum of 2 years' experience in Revenue optimization in the airline industry
Knowledge / Skills
- In-depth knowledge of Industry practices and procedures especially in LCCs.
- Broad knowledge and experience in: Revenue Management principals.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Team work
- Problem solving and decision making
- Organizing for results
- Attention to detail & quality
- Effective communication
About the Company
Dubai-based flydubai strives to remove barriers to travel and enhance connectivity between different cultures across its ever-expanding network. Since launching its operations in 2009, flydubai has:
- Created a network of more than 90 destinations in 44 countries.
- Opened up 62 new routes that did not previously have direct air links to Dubai or were not served by a UAE national carrier from Dubai.
- Operates a single fleet type of 58 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft and will take delivery of more than 100 aircraft by the end of 2023.
In addition, flydubai's agility and flexibility as a young airline has enhanced Dubai's economic development, in line with the Government of Dubai's vision, by creating trade and tourism flows in previously underserved markets.