Aircraft Fleet Manager

Overview

Schedule: Minimum 4 days per week, office-based

TARCG is currently seeking an Aircraft Fleet Manager to work with our client based in London. Our client manages a growing fleet of private aircraft that are operated under third-party AOCs. Charter Activity is exclusively B2B via brokers – not direct-to-consumer. The business is in a build and scale phase, with the medium-term ambition to evolve into an in-house AOC operation.

This role is a senior operational leadership appointment, but in the early stages will also require a hands-on approach to operational delivery, coordination, and relationship management until the team is fully built out.

Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for day-to-day operational coordination, availability, utilisation, and on-time performance of a managed private aircraft fleet.
• Act as the primary liaison between aircraft owners, third-party AOC operators, flight crews, charter brokers, and internal commercial leadership.
• Manage broker-only charter activity, aligning utilisation and revenue performance with owner approvals, safety standards, and commercial objectives.
• Oversee relationships with AOC partners, ensuring safety, compliance, SMS practices, and consistent service delivery across the fleet.
• Coordinate maintenance, airworthiness, AOG recovery, and operational disruption management while providing performance, utilisation, and cost reporting.

Qualifications

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication capability, whilst being able to influence senior stakeholders across owners, operators, and brokers
• Clear leadership presence and professional gravitas, credible with regulators, executives, and technical teams
• Proven experience in private aviation operations / fleet / charter environments (business aviation — not airline-only)
• Strong understanding of CAA/EASA AOC frameworks
• Experience building or shaping operational teams or environments
• Comfortable operating hands-on during the build phase and willing to personally oversee day-to-day operational activity until the team grows
• Commercially disciplined, calm under pressure, highly organized

If you meet the above requirements and would like to be considered for this role, please send your updated resume to Ross Maclean-Bryant at ross@tarcg.com

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