Senior Long Term Planning Manager

This role sits within Airline Commercial and Network Planning & B2B Sales (SD_0654) and reports to Head of Long Term Network Strategy.

We’re looking for a strategic thinker to shape our airline network across multiple markets, translating big-picture strategy into actionable plans that optimise capacity, fleet utilisation, and route profitability.

This vacancy can be located at any of our headquarters or AOC locations – namely Luton, Rijswijk, Zaventem, Ostend, Stockholm or Hannover.

This vacancy will close on 7/5/2026.

About Our Offer

• Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, generous travel benefits, extensive health & well-being support, and more.
• Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with a dynamic working environment.
• A career to shape: Access the TUI Learning Hub to level‑up and reach your ambitions.
• Broaden your network: We champion intercultural collaboration and provide opportunities to work on global projects and teams.
• Community: Get involved with local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation.

About The Job

• Develop and implement long-term regional network plans, analysing market trends, customer demand patterns, and competitor activity to optimise route networks and connectivity.
• Support fleet investment decisions with detailed scenario analysis and long-term forecasting insights to ensure our plans contribute to fleet efficiency and growth objectives.
• Influence fleet acquisition, retirement, and reallocation strategies while modelling seasonal and annual capacity plans through robust analysis and stakeholder engagement.
• Represent TUI Airline in regional forums, regulatory consultations and industry associations, negotiating with senior stakeholders to secure alignment on strategic network decisions.
• Lead the development of long-term planning processes, tools and methodologies, implementing best-practice frameworks that deepen analytical rigor.
• Monitor key planning KPIs—including seat capacity, fleet utilisation and route profitability—to identify risks and opportunities, recommending corrective actions and process improvements.

About You

• Proven experience in long-term airline network planning with a strong understanding of market dynamics, demand forecasting, fleet deployment and competitive positioning.
• Deep knowledge of airline fleet deployment, route development, and capacity modelling, enabling navigation of aircraft economics and seasonal schedule planning.
• Comfortable operating in matrix environments, having influenced senior stakeholders and presented complex recommendations persuasively.
• Understanding of operational constraints including crew, maintenance, airport limitations and fleet capabilities, allowing identification of risks and formulation of feasible solutions.
• Experience enhancing planning tools, automation and workflow processes, demonstrating commitment to efficiencies and decision-making.
• Drive for continuous improvement, proactively seeking opportunities to enhance planning processes, tools and methodologies.
• Strong business English (written & spoken).

From a workplace to a place to belong. At TUI we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.

We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities and impairments; if you require any support, please let us know.

Security Statement

At TUI, safety is our top priority. We conduct thorough background checks on all employees who join our Airline. Rest assured; we’ll guide you on the necessary information you need to provide at each stage.

Please note that if you are applying for a role in the UK, you must be able to provide a full five-year referencing, plus a criminal record check for all countries you’ve resided in for more than six months in the past five years (some costs may apply).