Job Description

Role: Flight Dispatcher

About the Role:

Responsible for planning and maintaining a safe and efficient flying programme in accordance with regulatory Flight Dispatch requirements.

Responsibilities

• Safe and legal flight planning for all Company flights, including payload estimation, MEL / CDL, ETOPs requirements and operating environment considerations.
• Timely preparation of Crew Briefs including all relevant flight plan filing, weather, Notam and other information as appropriate for safe and timely flight operations.
• Monitoring and updating of the Operations system and Flight Following System.
• Maintaining a weather and NOTAM watch. Alerting of crew to any relevant change.
• Alerting and escalation of any unexpected deviation or loss of tracking of an aircraft through Flight Following.
• Monitoring ATC slot times and exploring reroute options relative to actual and predicted delays in excess of 15 minutes.
• Delaying of flight plans and revision of ATC slots in the event of programme disruption.
• Timely recommendation and adjustment of allocations for the daily aircraft programme to facilitate Regulatory or optimised planning.
• Timely disruption recovery planning and communication to maintain schedule integrity within cost and safety constraints.
• Review and where necessary escalate take-off and landing performance limitations for each flight planned
• Monitor and have ownership of actions on a per flight basis to improve safety and/ or efficiency including total payload planning

Desired Skills & Experience

• Candidates must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Airline Operations/Airport management.
• Must acquire Flight Dispatch license or Attended initial flight dispatch course.
• Preferably with at least 1 years of experience in an airline, airport or ground handling operational environment.
• Familiar with crew, schedule and engineering limitations and impacts.
• Proficient in both written and spoken English.
• Proficient in Microsoft and Google software. Familiar with Navtech systems will be added advantages.
• Comfortable to work in a complex technical environment.
• Must be able to work in a 24/7 shift rotation environment.

AirAsia India - a joint venture backed by two powerhouses - TATA Sons Private Limited (83.67%) and AirAsia Investments Limited (16.3%). We are a young, vibrant airline based out of Bangalore, having commenced operations in India in June 2014, we now fly to 19 destinations in India. We are certified as a “Great Place to Work” and we welcome individuals who wish to pursue their dreams in the extremely dynamic world of aviation!