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Aviation Executive

Employer
Newmarket Holidays
Location
Wallington, London (Greater)
Salary
£23-27k per annum, plus benefits
Closing date
30 Jun 2022

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Sector
Tour Operator
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Fares & Ticketing

Job Details

Aviation Executive

Permanent, full-time opportunity, offered on a hybrid-working basis

Newmarket Holidays has been part of the travel industry for 40 years. From Italy’s wine-producing north to the island of Madagascar, we operate tours to some of the world’s most fascinating travel destinations. We're an award-winning holiday company with a team that loves travel. We share our travelling experiences with our colleagues, and encourage everyone to go on our holidays. 

With business bouncing back strongly we are looking to add to our Aviation team. Reporting to our Head of Transport & Aviation, this role is primarily responsible for the management and processing of group seat blocks for company product ranges, for ensuring that airline seats are purchased in a timely cost-efficient manner and ticketing is managed within airline and company guidelines.

What you'll be doing

  • Plan, source and negotiate capacity with airlines for new and on-going product
  • Control on sale capacities between the airline and the Company’s in-house systems
  • Manage airline deadlines and releases
  • Resolve operational issues that arise – schedule changes, name changes, upgrade requests etc.
  • Issue scheduled airline tickets, both group and IT
  • Co-ordinate the purchase of low-cost short haul capacity managing in house system, or manually purchase via airline websites or airline portals 
  • Maintain in-house systems to reflect actual flight routes and schedules to meet operational requirements and communicate internally 
  • Purchase Eurostar capacity 

Who you are

  • Highly motivated individual with previous aviation group purchasing experience
  • Thorough understanding of group/technology agreements with airlines
  • Understanding/working knowledge of air operating procedures involved with group tours
  • Amadeus-trained within basic/advanced operating, fares and ticketing with particular emphasis on tour operator/group fares and operations
  • Team player who can build strong relationships internally and externally
  • Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel
  • Able to work under own initiative and within tight deadlines
  • Flexible with a commitment to quality
  • Problem-solver who questions processes in the desire to achieve efficiencies
  • Effective and clear communicator both verbally and in writing ensuring areas of opportunity or concern are raised as appropriate
  • Excellent airline contacts
  • Strong analytical, numerical skills and commercial awareness

Why join us?

The team is a great mix of people. Some have been there from the start, in 1983, others have joined only recently. It’s that mix that makes our team so successful – we love new ideas and change at the same time as we value experience. We want our team members to try new things and to excel, so there are opportunities to try different teams and tasks. And we have a keen interest in keeping communication open and honest. We challenge each other, and that makes us better at what we do.

We celebrate success, reward fantastic performance and have a strong focus on personal development with learning opportunities for all.

We will provide you with a wonderful opportunity to be part of the exciting return to travel within a hugely passionate, dedicated team with a proven track record of success. The post comes with a competitive salary and benefits package including:

  • 33 days paid holiday per year
  • Cycle2Work scheme
  • Friends and family discount on holidays
  • Open-plan South London/Surrey office with a friendly team and regular socials
  • Flexible working arrangements with a hybrid model of office and working from home

Please send your CV with your covering note including your availability to start and salary expectations to our Head of People & Culture, Nikki Bail

No agencies, please.

As an equal opportunities employer, Newmarket Holidays is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Newmarket Holidays.

Company

Newmarket Holidays is one of the UK's largest independent specialist tour operators. Every year, we create and operate holidays for tens of thousands of customers travelling to destinations within the UK, across Europe and around the world.

Just about every aspect of our holidays is put together in-house. So, whether you are interested in product design and operation, working to create brochures and marketing materials in our design studio, or perhaps working in our Tech or Sales teams, we'd love to hear from you.

If you think you can add something to our team, please get in touch. Travel experience isn't always a requirement, but a love of travel is definitely a bonus. Please see below for our current list of vacancies. If there's nothing that matches your skills but you would like to meet to discuss future options, please do get in touch for a confidential chat.

Joining the team at Newmarket Holidays

Newmarket is an award-winning holiday company with a team that loves travel. We share our travelling experiences with our colleagues, and encourage everyone to go on our holidays. For years we worked in a 1930s building with lots of little offices, but now we've moved to a modern office, the walls have gone and the sofas have arrived. We're really proud of the working environment we have created, and the strong focus on collaborative working and cross-department projects that it encourages.

The team is a great mix of people. Some have been there from the start, in 1983, others have joined only recently. It’s that mix that makes our team so successful – we love new ideas and change at the same time as we value experience. We want our team members to try new things and to excel, so there are opportunities to try different teams and tasks. And we have a keen interest in keeping communication open and honest. We challenge each other, and that makes us better at what we do.

We celebrate success, reward fantastic performance and have a strong focus on personal development with learning opportunities for all, including a Leadership Programme that mixes the theoretical with the practical and creates strong working partnerships across different areas.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0330 160 7700
Location
Cantium House, Railway Approach,
Wallington
Surrey
SM6 0BP
United Kingdom

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