Oman Air Launches Future Leaders Commercial Graduate Programme for Omani Nationals
Muscat: Oman Air, launched its Future Leaders Commercial Graduate 2-year Programme exclusively for Omani graduates. This intensive programme is currently inviting applications from 2020, 2021, or 2022 university graduates. 12 selected candidates the opportunity to gain internationally recognised qualifications while being exposed to all commercial functions at Oman Air.
The programme which will begin in October 2022, is designed for the most talented Omani graduates which will provide exposure to six core commercial departments—Strategy & Planning, Revenue Management, Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and Service Delivery-equipping them to become commercial managers.
Oman Air CEO Eng. Abdulaziz Al Raisi opined that they are committed in attracting, guiding and mentoring university students for a successful career in aviation. Through Future Leaders, we aim to train the best minds to become the best leaders with hands-on learning and responsibility in a fast-paced, real-world airline setting.
Students in the programme will be provided formal induction and training for two weeks before starting their employment with Oman Air. They will receive soft and hard skills training from senior commercial leadership during their first week of onboarding. They will also be given an overview of each commercial department. They will board their first flight as an Oman Air employee and spend two days working alongside one of the airline’s country managers overseas to gain insight into how the company conducts business abroad.
In their second week, they can fly to IATA’s European headquarters in Geneva to undergo world-class formal training and can appear for the test for the prestigious IATA Air Transport Management Certificate. The rest of the 2-year programme will see them spend three to four months rotating around each commercial function.
2020, 2021 and 2022 university graduates (Omani nationals) can apply to the programme on the Oman Air website before 31 July 2022.
