Alan Murray
Director - Inclusive Tour Programmes @ Air Partner
United Kingdom
Crawley
Aviation & Aerospace
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Director - Inclusive Tour Programmes
Gatwick - West Sussex - UK
Responsibility for the growth of UK and European Inclusive Tour Programmes as an integral part of the Air Partner Commercial Jet Division. Air Partner is a leading provider of commercial and private aviation services to industry, commerce, governments and private individuals worldwide. Air Partner holds a Royal Warrant from HM Queen Elizabeth II and flies for six of the G8 Group of governments. The Company also works with a number of other leading tour operators, cruise lines and Airline partners globally. Air Partner has been trading for over 50 years and is a world leading provider of aviation charter services to industry, commerce, governments and individuals worldwide. The Group is globally recognised as a leading charter broker and organises ad hoc aircraft charters of every type for any reason. Its three main divisions comprise Air Partner Freight, Air Partner Commercial Jets and Air Partner Private Jets. The Commercial Jets division charters commercial airliners to move groups of any size. Private Jets offers the company’s pre-paid JetCard scheme and on-demand charter for individuals and smaller parties. With its headquarters alongside Gatwick airport in the UK, Air Partner operates 24/7 year-round and employs 200 aviation professionals across its 21 offices spanning Europe, North America, the Far East and Middle East. Air Partner is the only company in the aviation industry to hold a Royal Warrant, a globally recognised mark of excellence. www.airpartner.com

Chief Operating Officer
Voyages of Discovery
West Sussex
Overseeing all the operation of the cruise vessels under the brand including charter operations with full P&L responsibility.

Managing Director
Voyages of Discovery
Part of All Leisure Group PLC which includes brands such as Voyages of Discovery, Hebridean Island Cruises, Swan Hellenic, Page & Moy Travel, Travelsphere, Just You and Discover Egypt. Voyages of Discovery is a soft-culture and enrichment cruise line with a small and friendly ship (MV Discovery) which travels to destinations some of the larger vessels simply cannot. This offers Discovery customer the opportunity to visit out-of-the-way ports on a ship that is large enough to make light work of crossing the great oceans. Discovery avoids the excesses of today’s mega-liners. Instead she has been expressly conceived for our special brand of discovery cruising to create an atmosphere on board that is friendly and relaxed. During our voyages you will be accompanied by around 650 like-minded passengers, complementing the talks given by our own guest speakers, who will also preview the destinations ahead. The programme features historians, explorers, naturalists and diplomats, who will share their expertise, anecdotes and interests. In December 2012, our second ship MV Voyager will join the fleet with her inaugural season sailing to the Caribbean and circumnavigating Central and South America via the Panama Canal, around Cape Horn, to the Falkland Islands and to the Amazon. Voyager is again a small and intimate vessel (15,000 tons) with around 540 passengers, 36 Balcony Suites and 90% outside cabins though still offering the same unique Voyages of Discovery itineraries, smaller ports and guest speaker and enrichment programmes.

Managing Director
Responsible for sales in excess of 3.5m charter seats annually Monarch charter division turnover in excess of £500m Successfully integrated the charter sales department of Monarch into First Aviation Immediately obtained significant cost reductions for group tour operations (Cosmos & Avro) third party aviation procurement Helped to turn around the fortunes of the charter division with customer and sales growth Managed a fleet of up to 33 aircraft Extensively involved commercially in the project team for fleet replacement / procurement Delivered significant shareholder value First Aviation profitable in first year trading and has consistently remained extremely profitable Both businesses have remained profitable during my tenure, the charter division consistently delivering circa £100m gross contribution annually Member of Group Executive Team Chair of Group Commercial Steering Group (Managing the commercial aspects of all the groups commercial activities; Charter, Scheduled and Tour Operations) Worked closely with all the senior executives and provided regular updates directly and indirectly to the shareholders.

Sales Director
Viking Aviation / Air 2000 / First Choice Airways
Helped manage and lead the integration of the Unijet and First Choice Aviation teams Responsible for all third party sales on the combined fleet of 30 aircraft Instrumental in the Group tour operators programme planning Responsibility for the profitability of the broking business Maintained and grew the position of market leader in the aircraft seat sales and brokerage sector Board member of Viking Aviation, Air 2000/First Choice Airways

Viking Aviation Sales Director
Unijet Group PLC
Responsibility for all sales to third party tour operators Responsible for Group Tour Operations programme planning Market leader in third party seat broking Responsible for filling the fleet of owned aircraft Fleet planning for in-house airline (Air UK Leisure / Leisure International Airways)

Commercial Sales Manager
Flight Directors Limited in Crawley
Largest independent aircraft seat brokers Helped grow the business significantly in the wake of the ILG and Dan Air failures As part of a small team were the market leaders in providing aircraft charter capacity to small/medium sized tour operators Very profitable and focussed business

General Manager / Aviation Director
Barwell Travel / Barwell Aviation Ltd
Responsible for the day to day running of the business Responsible for all the reservations and admin activities Responsible for all the aviation procurement Started a small aircraft brokerage business which was highly successful Owner managed business and worked closely with the owners on rebranding

Aviation Manager
Breakaway Holidays in London W1
Responsible for all aviation procurement in conjunction with the MD Responsible for all the sales activity P&L responsibility for this part of an enlarged group

Aviation and General Manager
Flights of Fantasy
Flights of Fantasy in London W1; Responsibility for all aviation procurement in conjunction with the owner Responsible for all the sales and marketing

Seat Purchasing Executive
Owners Abroad
Responsibility for trading seats with other tour operators Responsibility for sales of seats to tour operators Responsibility for purchasing seats to cover company over bookings
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