Senior Executive, Scheduling

Job Description

• Location: RedQ

• Department: Group Scheduling

• Entity: AAAMS

• Status (Full time/part time/contract): Full time

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Scheduler, you will play a key role in developing and managing AirAsia’s and/or AirAsia X's flight schedules, ensuring both operational and economic optimization. This includes ensuring all operational parameters and constraints are met, while producing feasible schedules. Additionally, you will assist and manage the accurate publication of flight schedules across various platforms, including airasia.com and the Navitaire reservations system.

WHAT YOU’LL CHAMPION

• Short-Term & Long-Term Schedule Development: You will assist in creating and distributing aircraft routing solutions for both AirAsia’s widebody and narrowbody networks, ensuring that schedules are operationally feasible and align with business goals.

• Annual Budget Schedule Development: You will contribute to aligning the company’s annual budget with the flight schedule, ensuring consistency and operational efficiency.

• Slots Management: You will be responsible for filing, managing, and monitoring the slot portfolio across all airports, ensuring optimal slot allocation and adherence to regulations.

• Inventory Management: You will assist in managing the transition of flight schedules from planning to live mode, updating and uploading relevant information into the Schedule Manager (New Skies). You will also coordinate with the Preflight team for any flight rescheduling activities.

• Maximizing Revenue: You will assist in optimizing flight schedules for holidays and day-of-week patterns to increase revenue generation opportunities.

• Operational Excellence: You will support the evaluation and implementation of fleet changes, special events, and charter schedules, ensuring all operational requirements are met.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: You will collaborate with operational teams to balance operational, financial, and efficiency objectives, contributing to a cohesive approach to schedule management.

• Stakeholder Communication: You will facilitate clear communication of future flight schedules to both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor Degree & equivalent

• Analytical Thinker: You’re comfortable working with data in Excel and have the ability to analyze basic scheduling information to identify trends and patterns. You’re motivated to develop your analytical skills further.

• Ethical & Transparent: You value honesty and integrity in all your work and strive to build trust with colleagues and stakeholders through clear communication and transparency.

• Problem Solver & Quick Learner: You’re able to approach challenges with a problem-solving mindset, using logic and creativity to find solutions. While you may not have all the answers yet, you're excited to develop your decision-making abilities as you gain experience.

• Adaptable & Resilient: You are flexible and can adapt quickly when priorities change or when faced with new tasks. You maintain a positive attitude and stay focused, even in dynamic and fast-paced environments.

• Collaborative & Communicative: You enjoy working in teams and are eager to build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. You communicate effectively, ensuring that information is shared clearly and helping to keep things running smoothly.

WHERE YOU’LL GO

At AirAsia, your career possibilities are endless—whether you’re transitioning from an entry-level role or moving into more senior leadership positions, you’ll have the opportunity to grow within a dynamic and evolving organization.

Based on your performance and contributions, you will have the potential to advance to a Senior executive position or even progress to a Manager. In this role, you will continue to refine your expertise in schedule optimization, take on more leadership responsibilities, and contribute to the seamless execution of AirAsia’s flight schedules.

WHAT YOU’LL ENJOY:

• Physical Wellbeing: Key medical and insurance benefits, maternity expenses, flexible work arrangement, and health and fitness amenities.

• Emotional Wellbeing: Paid time off, wellness programmes, and childcare amenities. 

• Financial Wellbeing: Resources relating to financial, personal skills and career growth programmes.

• Allstars Specials: Free flights, unlimited discounted flights, and exclusive discounts with partners. 

• A unique Allstar culture like no other

OUR HIRING PROCESS:

• Application received

• Candidate screening

• Interview(s) and assessment(s)

• Background check and/or other assessments

• Offer and negotiation

GET TO KNOW AIRASIA:

AirAsia has been the World's Best Low-Cost Airline for 16 consecutive years with over 800 million guests flown. We continue to champion dreams, serve the underserved and connect the world and Asean like no other so Now Everyone Can Fly.

GET TO KNOW US:

Our story begins in 2001 with a dream, two planes and a 40 million ringgit debt. You’ll know us as the ‘Now Everyone Can Fly’ airline (if you don’t, we’re definitely older than you).

Today, we’re more than just an airline. We’re Capital A - a world-class brand that wears many hats. Our mission is to connect people and transform lives in Asean.

Above all, we’re Allstars. We believe in the unbelievable and we dare to dream. We also believe in celebrating all individuals. So no matter your culture and background or if you prefer aisle seat to window seat, we’re excited to have you onboard. 

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