Manager Aeropolitical Affairs

Responsibilities:

1. Provide all necessary guidance to Aeropolitical Affairs Managers and Analysts within the Aeropolitical Affairs Department in discharging their duties.
2. Prepare aeropolitical positions, requirements, and correspondence on traffic rights issues in the assigned area towards the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority/UAE General Civil Aviation Authority and government authorities worldwide.
3. Represent Emirates at inter-governmental bilateral air services negotiations with countries in the assigned area with the objective of protecting and expanding the airline’s traffic rights and other aeropolitical entitlements.
4. Build and maintain strong relationships with the civil aviation authorities in the UAE and foreign countries with a view to maximising Emirates’ access to international markets. Engage directly with governmental and other stakeholders in the assigned area to promote the airline and its aeropolitical objectives.
5. Research, organise and prepare focused briefing notes, advocacy submissions, and presentations ahead of inter-governmental bilateral air services negotiations and stakeholder meetings, aimed at achieving Emirates’ aeropolitical or wider policy objectives in the assigned area.
6. Assess emerging international and domestic air transport policies and analyse other airlines’ competitive activities. Apprise Emirates’ management and field representation of the impact of those policies and activities on Emirates’ aeropolitical and commercial objectives and seek to ensure that Emirates concerns and interests are adequately reflected in government decisions.
7. Represent Emirates at industry forums and wider inter-governmental economic committee meetings to promote the airline’s position on aeropolitics, liberalisation, and competition.