Gaining a solid foundation in aircraft maintenance from some of the most expert professionals in the industry
Working alongside our best-in-the-business engineering team on our fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft while developing your dexterity and communication skills
Experiencing the day-to-day live operations at our Heathrow maintenance facility, as well as offsite learning and assessments (including exams in Maths, English and Physics)
Training:
The course runs for 36 month at our London Heathrow Hangar, and once completed, you’ll graduate as an A Licenced Aircraft Engineer
After that, it’ll be time to put all your training into practice. The sky really is the limit
Training Outcome:
Your complete the scheme with more than just a sense of achievement, with a Cat A licence in aircraft maintenance engineering
In return for your hard work, we’ll be on hand every step of the way to make sure you gain the skills you need to launch a career in aviation engineering
Employer Description:Virgin Atlantic took off in 1984 when Richard Branson set out to shake up the aviation industry—and we’ve been doing things differently ever since. What began with a single 747, one route, and a small but mighty team has grown into an international airline with a global network and thousands of passionate people behind it. But our story has never just been about planes—it’s about people. From the very beginning, we’ve believed that travel should feel exciting, personal, and filled with possibility. That belief still drives us today as we work towards our mission: to become the most loved travel company. Whether we’re designing innovative customer experiences, pushing boundaries in sustainability, or building inclusive teams that reflect the world we serve, we’re united by a shared spirit of adventure, heart, and humanity. Because at Virgin Atlantic, we don’t just fly people from A to B—we help them take off in every sense. We’re not just your average airline. When it comes to our people, they’re a passionate lot, united in creating something different. It’s always been like this. It’s in our DNA, and it was ignited within us from the moment we started flying.Working Hours :Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm, but a degree of flexibility will be required.Skills: Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience....Read more...
Our client is an award-winning luxury tour operator specialising in bespoke honeymoons, family holidays and tailor-made, once-in-a-lifetime journeys. they have built a reputation for creating highly personalised travel experiences across destinations including East and Southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the South Pacific, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.
Due to continued growth, they are now seeking a Documentation/Admin Executive to join their dynamic operations team.
Reporting to the Head of Operations, this role plays a key part in ensuring every client receives accurate, beautifully presented and well-organised travel documentation prior to departure. The successful candidate will take ownership of the final stages of the booking journey, helping to ensure that every trip runs smoothly from the moment documentation is issued.
This is a full-time role ideally based in the company’s South Bucks office.
The Role
Our client is seeking a Documentation Executive to join their dynamic and growing team.
Reporting to the Head of Operations, this role plays a key part in ensuring all client travel documentation is accurate, well-presented and delivered ahead of departure.
This is a full-time role ideally based in the company’s Beaconsfield office, although exceptional candidates based in London may also be considered.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will take ownership of all final travel documentation for clients, including:
Cross-checking final travel arrangements to ensure accuracy
Generating airline e-tickets
Preparing personalised pre-departure letters
Uploading documentation to the company’s client travel app
Printing and packaging documentation where required
Sending pre-departure gifts to clients
Maintaining the monthly departures list
Dispatching tickets and travel documentation
The role will also include:
Supporting the Reservations Manager with booking authorisation when required
Assisting with the implementation of new systems and technologies to streamline operational processes
About You
The ideal candidate will have strong organisational skills, exceptional attention to detail and a passion for travel.
Key competencies include:
Strong affinity for luxury travel and customer service
Excellent attention to detail and presentation
Strong organisational and communication skills
Professional and proactive approach to work
Willingness to learn and develop new skills
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable but not essential:
Administration or operations experience
Knowledge of airline GDS systems
Salary & Benefits
Salary circa £26-32k dependent on experience
Ongoing training and development opportunities
28 days annual leave including bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
Additional day off for your birthday
Company pension scheme
Friendly and collaborative working environment
Location
The company’s headquarters are based in South Buckinghamshire and this is an office-based position.
Interested?
If you have the reqwuired experience and skillset and wouild like to be considefred, please send your CV though by applying online or directly to michael@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk
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The core focus of this role will be to support our Products and the evolution of our travel systems, from understanding and collating business requirements through to production delivery and support. Tasks & responsibilities include:
Understand customer businesses and our operational departments as to how they use our products
Be recognised as a subject matter expert and provide support to internal & external teams on designated products and systems
Collate and document business requirements working closely with internal stakeholder departments
Work with operational teams to understand key business areas for improvement and automation
Review and analyse Product & System specifications
Using knowledge gained, recommend platform enhancement opportunities to reduce offline activity or improve process
Support product roadmap delivery based on business wide priorities
Report product defects to development teams and communicate known issues to Product stakeholders
Design and create test scripts for manual execution
Execute test scripts, reviewing, and communicating results
UAT validation for new functionality, product defect resolution and version updates
Investigate test case failures, including Grafana, JSON & XML file review
Conduct overall platform regression testing
Contribute to our Support Centre knowledge base articles and Customer portals to further internal and external knowledge transfer
Investigate and escalate any reports of platform or major functionality outages
Support with onboarding and user setup
Training:The candidate will follow a Level 3 apprenticeship programme and study towards a full standard as an IT Solutions Technician. This training will be structured and delivered by Cheshire College– South & West. If you do not already hold GCSEs at grade A-C / 8-4 in English and maths you may be required to complete Functional Skills in the related subjects to attain Level 2 Functional Skills.Training Outcome:
A full-time role is potentially available on successful completion of apprenticeship
Employer Description:We’re the foundation brand bringing together our three companies, Lime, Calrom & Aviate, all with unique services to the travel trade. This position sits in Lime & Aviate – here’s a little more on each brand’s speciality: Lime are the British Airways experts, providing the airline’s best fares to the travel industry with a number of unique benefits. Aviate was founded in 2009 with the purpose of offering the best flight content to tour operators. They now encompass multiple brands with a broad offering, all with their customers in mind. This role sits within our team of Product experts who act as the gateway between our client facing brands and our development company Calrom. We’re responsible for our Travel Systems products; including identifying business requirements, scoping, change management, defect resolution, test plans and versioning release validation of our bespoke travel systems and partner integrations to ensure our Travel System products operate seamlessly.Working Hours :Monday- Friday between the hours of 08:00– 19:00 (to be determined by manager)Skills: Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Analytical skills,Time management skills....Read more...
A highly passionate bunch, our data, analytics and AI team bring our unique software solutions to life. Our mission is to empower our customers and internal stakeholders to improve business performance and minimise risk by providing them with clean, reliable data and analytical models. We are with them to help make informed decisions, deliver a personalised service and automate their workloads. So, in this role you might be building data pipelines, modelling data, developing predictive models or automations for repeatable tasks or creation of data products.
You might be working with stakeholders to understand their intelligence needs, designing and creating report visualisations or creating a new ML model for a key business driver. You could also be working with the software and infrastructure teams to optimise performance and scalability of our systems.
Whatever you’re working on, you’ll be using software development best practice and the latest tools and processes from the Microsoft Azure stack.
What the role involves:
Identifying data sources to meet the organisation's requirement, using evidence-based decision making to establish a rationale for inclusion and exclusion of various data sets and models
Liaising with the client and/or colleagues from other areas of the organisation to establish reporting needs and deliver accurate information
Collecting, compiling and, if needed, cleansing data, such as sales figures, Digital Twins etc. solving any problems that arise, to/from a range of internal and external systems
Creating performance dashboards and reports in the Visualisation and Model Building phase
Supporting the business by maintaining and developing reports for analysis to aid with decisions, and adhering to organisational policy/legislation
Producing a range of standard and non-standard statistical and data analysis reports in the Model Building phase
Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in data sets · Drawing conclusions/recommend appropriate responses/offer guidance/ interpretation
Summarise and present the results of data analysis to a range of stakeholders, making recommendations
Provide regular reports & analysis to different management/leadership teams, ensuring data is used and represented ethically in line with relevant legislation (e.g. GDPR, which incorporates Privacy by Design)
Ensure data is appropriately stored and archived, in line with relevant legislation
Practise continuous self-learning to keep up to date with technology 100% developments to enhance relevant skills and take responsibility for their own professional development
Training:
The candidate will follow a Level 4 apprenticeship programme and study towards a full standard as a Data Analyst. This training will be structured and delivered by Cheshire College – South & West
If you do not already hold GCSEs at grade A-C / 8-4 in English and maths you may be required to complete Functional Skills in the related subjects to attain Level 2 Functional Skills
Training Outcome:
A full-time role is potentially available on successful completion of apprenticeship
Employer Description:As renowned travel industry heavyweights (if we do say so ourselves), the Travel Innovation Group offers a wealth of unique services via our three companies: Lime, Aviate and Calrom. So, what exactly do we do? We began with our bespoke tech which provides market-leading flight booking systems for the world's leading airlines to the travel trade. Our service is legendary in the industry (for all the right reasons) and thanks to this foundation, our growth continues to sky-rocket with new, exciting products launching regularly, from cruise packages to luxury hotel booking services. What can we say – we’ve always been innovators at heart! While we now have offices, people and partners across the globe, we’re looking for exceptional talent to join us, succeed with us and grow with us at Calrom, Manchester/Ellesmere Port our company developing specialised B2B advanced pricing, booking management and ticketing engines for the airline sector.Working Hours :Monday - Friday, flexible between 08:00 - 20:00, to be agreed with line manager.Skills: Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Analytical skills,Team working....Read more...
