Department:Network PlanningOur Company PromiseWe are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be prov
JSfirm
Sr Network Planning Analyst
Job Description:

Department:

Network Planning

Our Company Promise


We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Job Description:

All of Southwests People come together to deliver on our Purpose; Connecting People to whats important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. The Senior Network Planning Analyst delivers on our Purpose by performing complex and highly visible route and frequency planning studies. This role involves strategic analysis, design, editing, and optimization during the development of the Southwest flight schedule. Responsibilities include analyzing flight routes, creating efficient aircraft routings, building dashboards and tools to advance analytics, and ensuring cost-effective solutions to enhance network performance and revenue generation while meeting operational requirements. The Senior Network Planning Analyst is a strong communicator and strategic thinker who is ready to help drive revenue and profitability at Southwest.

Additional details:

  • The culture of Southwest Airlines means we value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX Headquarters facility during business hours.

  • U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We continue to look for opportunities to reflect the communities we serve, and welcome applicants with diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences.

Responsibilities
  • Executes the revisions of the Southwest flight schedule through the production of high-quality inputs, managing constraints, identifying obstacles and recommending solutions, and ensures that all schedule initiatives are met
  • Executes the process of gathering schedule change requests/inputs/constraints from other departments, such as Network Planning, Crew Planning, Ground Operations, Operational Performance and Revenue Management
  • Executes the advanced execution of complex schedule changes including Demand Shaping, Available Fleet deployment, ASM adjustments, slot changes, etc.
  • Ensures that all schedule parameters are met, including market frequencies, physical gates, staffed gates, connecting bank structures, minimum turn times, block times, tow times, gate assignments, etc.
  • Evaluates commercial requests to determine the best way to achieve them without violating operational requirements and minimize the impact on already booked Customers
  • Performs complex, highly visible flight schedule revisions with guidance
  • Performs the highly visible and complex post-publication capacity changes including but not limited to demand shaping, available fleet deployment, ASM adjustments, international and domestic extra sections
  • Functions at an advanced level in schedule editing
  • Creates the checklist for each bi-weekly schedule revision to ensure that all revisions are documented and executed into all published schedules with zero defects
  • Creates the final schedules in preparation for schedule publication
  • Creates complex, highly visible flight schedule reporting in support of schedule revisions
  • Evaluates commercial requests to determine the best way to achieve them without violating operational requirements and minimize the impact on already booked Customers
  • Implements initiatives, improves processes and creates efficiencies to allow for quick turn schedule modifications
  • May perform other job duties as directed by Employees Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits
  • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models
  • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media
  • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
  • Ability to understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
  • Ability to understand and apply information to contribute to the organizations strategic plan
  • Ability to identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
  • Ability to listen, understand, and communicate ideas presented in writing and/or in speaking with others
  • Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
  • Ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem
  • Ability to execute a high level of attention to detail

Education

  • Required: High School Diploma or GED

Experience

Advanced level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in:
  • Airline network planning including flight schedule alignment with commercial and operational impact, industry-leading capabilities, and aircraft scheduling techniques
  • Network Planning software systems and data
  • Impact of Network Planning systems/processes on downline internal/external systems/processes/Customers
  • Commercial and Operational performance metrics and targets
  • Airline industry including an understanding of competitors operational and commercial tactics and recent performance
  • Preferred: Advanced technical skillset

Licensing/Certification
  • N/A

Physical Abilities
  • Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of time
  • Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
  • Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

Other Qualifications
  • Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
  • Must meet confidentiality expectations as to confidential, proprietary and sensitive Company information

Pay & Benefits:

Competitive market salary from $91,250 per year to $101,400 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.

Benefits youll love:

  • Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)
  • Southwest will help fund your 401(k) retirement savings with Company contributions up to 9.3 of your eligible earnings**
  • Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit***
  • Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)
  • Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.
  • Explore more Benefits youll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits

*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

**401(k) match contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Please print/save this job description because it won&39;t be available after you apply.


Job Posting End Date
06/23/2025
Company Details
Southwest Airlines
P.O. Box 36647-1CR
Dallas, Texas 75235 USA
www.southwest.com
26 Open Jobs Available
With an extensive network, we serve more than 90 destinations throughout the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Combined, we operate more than 3,800 flights a day including more than 500 roundtrip markets.

Benefits:
TBD

Supported Manufacturers:
Boeing

Supported Models:
737-300
737-800
737 MAX 8
(Job and company information not to be copied, shared, scraped, or otherwise disseminated/distributed without explicit consent of JSfirm, LLC)
Job Info
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
Type
Permanent
Company Details
Southwest Airlines
P.O. Box 36647-1CR
Dallas, Texas 75235 USA
www.southwest.com
26 Open Jobs Available
With an extensive network, we serve more than 90 destinations throughout the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Combined, we operate more than 3,800 flights a day including more than 500 roundtrip markets.

Benefits:
TBD

Supported Manufacturers:
Boeing

Supported Models:
737-300
737-800
737 MAX 8

JSfirm, LLC

Roanoke, TX

jobs@jsfirm.com

JSfirm LLC, Privacy Policy

All rights reserved. 2001-2025 JSfirm