Air Transport / Airlines specialist, 20 years of experience at Air France KLM.
Advanced Master in Air Transport Management & Strategy in ENAC (French National School of Civil Aviation), one of the most prestigious university worldwide for civil aviation. Major of promotion.
Specialized in civil aviation, I have experience or am able to speak or work on subjects around :
- strategy of air transport and its actors: ICAO, IATA, DGAC & CAA, ground handlers, manufacturers & engine manufacturers, and especially airlines and their strategic positioning
- the management of an airline and in particular : flight operations, ground operations, maintenance, freight, revenue management, distribution, sales, loyalty, network / fleet / planning, crew planning management, air traffic control and IT
My skills in air transport have been recommended in a letter by the right hand man of Benjamin Smith, current CEO of Air France KLM.
Flight Operations (Pilots)
Ø Private pilot, 20 hours as light aircraft captain. Flights done mainly in the mountains
Ø Two Captain Boeing 777 as instructors to learn how to fly including one 777 TRE
Ø Around 200 hours as an observer in flight in the A320 family and B777 flight decks
Ø Very good understanding of navigation, communications, flight instruments (FMS ...)
Ø 10 hours as observer in simulator of Boeing 777, good approach of degraded procedures
Ø Excellent understanding of flight records and flight preparation
Commercial / Distribution / Marketing / Network
Ø 8 years of experience
Ø Excellent understanding of B2B & B2C distribution channels
Ø Regular work with GDS, especially Amadeus
Ø Good understanding of NDC evolution and its impacts in the travel industry
Ø Good knowledge of flight and ground products of airlines, as well as ancillary services
Ø Expert in staff travel & interline
Ground Services
Ø Complete knowledge of the work processes on the tarmac and at the checking counter & boarding gates
Ø Thesis of 180 pages on the complete redefinition of these processes as part of a major corporate project
Ø Visits or regular work in the tarmacs
Ø Good knowledge of customers checking and aircrafts loading systems & procedures (incl. Altea DC)
Ø Good knowledge of luggage management, tracking and reconciliation
IT
Ø Complete vision of an airline information system, understanding of all critical processes
Ø Manager at the IT Operations Control Center, resolution of major operational crises
Ø 10 years of interactions with GDS especially Amadeus
Ø IT project management
Ø Numerous interactions with development, production and architecture teams
Ø Knowledge of future technologies and how to use them in airlines
Revenue Management
Ø Correct understanding of global RM concepts and how to manage flights
Ø 3 years of experience on related IT applications
Ø Correct knowledge of pricing, tariffs and price discrimination
Ø Experience in anti-fraud and revenue integrity
Flight Operations (Cabin Crews)
Ø Numerous flights accompanying Pursers / Chief Pursers, good understanding of procedures of commercial and flight safety tasks
Ø Reading and understanding of the complete theoretical course to become a cabin crew
Loyalty
Ø 4 years of experience
Ø High knowledge of business rules regarding airline / non-airline rewarding, mileage accumulation and storage, and negotiated rates for companies
Air Traffic Control
Ø Regular visits of control towers
Ø Follow-up ATC work in frequencies “Information Flight” in airport and “ground / tower” in aerodrome
Crews planning
Ø Knowledge of rules of flight time, rest, number of mandatory pilots
Ø Approach of scheduling techniques, wishes management for flights
Freight
Ø Visits of the main AF freight station at CDG
Ø Notions acquired by self-learning by comparing IT Freight applications with business processes
Maintenance
Ø Concepts acquired on small and large maintenance of aircraft
Ø One-off work on predictive maintenance for the aircrafts spare parts
Finance
Ø Knowledge about financial flows for airline revenues (BSP ...)
Ø Approach to expenditure items, debt management and leasing concepts
Ø Understanding of IFRS norm
