Job Description
Kuwait Airways is recruiting for the role of Specialist (A), distribution Analysis
Kuwait Airways (KU: IATA, KAC: ICAO) is the official national carrier of the State of Kuwait.
Established in 1953 as a private company, the airline was initially 50 per cent owned by the Kuwaiti government. In 1962, the government assumed 100 per cent ownership, making it the longest serving, official state carrier operating from the Arabian Gulf Region. Kuwait Airways employs over 5,800 people, and the head office is in the heart of Kuwait City, close to Kuwait International Airport (KWI).
Duties and Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:
Acts as primary point of contact for third party distribution vendors and vendors of related support services. Resolve and respond to day to day business queries; escalating issues to Head of Distribution, as required.
Monitor Kuwait Airways’ presence within contracted third party distribution systems (such as GDS’, OTAs and Meta-search Engines), ensuring that appropriate content is being displayed and maintained, and that such systems are optimized to ensure maximum revenue opportunities are realized for Kuwait Airways.
Liaise with Kuwait Airways Scheduling, Revenue Management and Pricing teams, to ensure that appropriate content is being distributed and updated via organizations such as ATPCO and OAG, to ensure that contracted GDS participation levels and business requirements are achieved.
Maintain contracts and supporting documentation for all third party distribution vendors and vendors of related support services, including a log of contracts, with commencement and expiry dates. Ensure that any applicable updates or notifications are distributed internally.
Job Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Administration of Science, Marketing or equivalent.
8 years' varied experience in commercial airline or travel agency systems.
Very good knowledge of English.
