Air Service Development (ASD) Consulting Project Manager

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in marketing, aviation management, or a related field – or equivalent industry experience.
• Five plus years (5+) related experience in one or more of the following areas: airline network planning, air service development consulting, airline revenue management or financial analysis, or other equivalent position related to the analysis of passenger air service data or route planning. Direct experience working in airline network planning or air service development is preferred.
• Must be a motivated self-starter able to deliver quality projects on time with minimal direction.
• Demonstrated customer centric mentality

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong knowledge of 1) domestic and international passenger air service markets, 2) passenger air services operations including practices/procedures, and 3) industry data sources to conduct quantitative analysis market conditions.
• Broad familiarity of the air service opportunities and risks facing regional, small, medium, and large hub airports.
• Considerable understanding of current airline route development decision-making criteria.
• Ability to ingest large amounts of data from different sources, analyze it, and eventually transform it into a narrative that can be communicated to a wide variety of audiences
• Familiarity with local and federal legislative rules, regulations, and policies pertinent to air service development; such as airport slots, international freedoms of the air, on-time performance metrics, airport use-and-lease agreements, crew requirements (duty time, flight training hours), etc.
• Existing or ability to develop close working relationships with clients, client community leaders, and airline representatives.