We’re Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we’ve flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.
Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.
Our people are the real jet stars!
Job Description- Manage all facets of the Jetstar Australia Network
- Based in Melbourne (Jetstar HQ)
- Permanent full-time opportunity
If you’ve ever thought about a career in aviation — now is the perfect time to take off with Jetstar! Join us during an exciting period as we welcome more state-of-the-art aircraft, launch new international routes and continue our mission to help more people take off through low fares.
Join Jetstar as Senior Manager, Network Planning Domestic Australia & Airports. In this influential role, you will lead the domestic Australia network strategy development and optimisation across our route network, as well as driving our relationships and commercial opportunities with airports. Your paramount responsibility is to ensure the profitability of this network, steering long-term strategic planning, collaborating across teams for aircraft and capacity coordination, network design, competitor analysis, and in-season capacity management.
This role requires a deep understanding of revenue dynamics, customer preferences, cost structures, and infrastructure constraints to ensure the optimal deployment of aircraft. You'll be instrumental in determining the right aircraft, routes, frequencies, and timings to optimise profitability, operational reliability, and customer outcomes.
The core responsibilities of this role will be:
- Develop network strategies to maximise network, market and route performance, including delivering earnings growth initiatives such as new routes, optimisations and exits
- Actively manage capacity settings to deliver annual EBIT outcomes while aligning to long-term strategic objectives
- Lead seasonal capacity management, identifying optimisation opportunities and managing trade-offs to balance profitability, reliability and customer outcomes
- Partner with Scheduling and operational planning functions to enable strong schedule and slot outcomes and improved aircraft utilisation through scenario modelling and optimisation
- Build and manage airport relationships and incentives, working with airports, tourism bodies and government stakeholders to maximise commercial and operational outcomes
- Represent Jetstar in Qantas Group forums, advocating for best financial and strategic outcomes in the context of Group value
- Drive innovation in network optimisation, including the adoption of planning and optimisation tools and leveraging data and analytics for marginal gains
To be considered, key skills will include:
- Airline experience (7+ years of airline network planning, financial/strategic or commercial planning, and/or management consulting
- In-depth knowledge of the airline industry and the Australian aviation market
- Experience with stakeholders across airports, government and tourism bodies
- Functional knowledge across marketing, sales, distribution and customer facing business areas highly regarded
- Airline modelling and systems experience advantageous, especially network modelling tools
- Data analytics expertise highly regarded
- Experienced people leader who consistently achieves business targets and builds capability through coaching, development, and engagement
- Proven ability to consider analytical inputs and diverse qualitative inputs to make high quality decisions
- Balanced risk appetite with willingness to take carefully measured risks and apply learnings to future decision making
This role also requires our team members to be willing and able to travel within Australia and internationally. In return, a flexible and hybrid working environment is on offer to the successful applicant.
Applications close: Sunday 10 May 2026
Your Life At Jetstar Is Unlike Any Other.
Put the craft in aircraft: There’s a new fleet of A321LR NEO’s waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our teams get exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters.
Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.
Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.
There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.
We’re Jetstar. Let’s takeoff together.
We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply now.
