Overview
Deputy Manager, Aircraft Acquisition Jobs in Dhaka, Bangladesh at US-Bangla Airlines Ltd.
Title: Deputy Manager, Aircraft Acquisition
Company: US-Bangla Airlines Ltd.
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
US-Bangla Airlines is the largest private passenger airline in Bangladesh. Launched in July 2014 from its Dhaka hub, the carrier operates an extensive and growing network of domestic and international destinations across Bangladesh and Asia.
Driven by its motto, "Fly Fast, Fly Safe," the company is continuously expanding its routes and product offerings with a versatile fleet of ATR 72-600, Boeing 737-800, and Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
The Deputy Manager, Aircraft Acquisition is responsible for supporting the strategic, technical, commercial, legal, and financial processes related to aircraft acquisition, leasing, purchasing, sale and leaseback arrangements, fleet induction, and aircraft contract administration for the airline. The position plays a critical role in ensuring that all aircraft acquisition activities are commercially optimized, financially viable, operationally suitable, legally protected, and aligned with the airline’s fleet growth strategy, regulatory obligations, and long-term business objectives.
Job Purpose
The purpose of this role is to:
- Support the airline’s fleet expansion and modernization strategy through structured and commercially sound aircraft acquisition processes.
- Ensure acquisition, leasing, financing, and fleet induction activities are executed efficiently and in compliance with legal, technical, operational, insurance, and regulatory requirements.
- Minimize commercial, legal, technical, financial, and residual value risks associated with aircraft transactions.
- Develop robust analytical and negotiation support mechanisms for aircraft purchase and lease agreements.
- Protect the airline’s interests during negotiations with OEMs, lessors, financiers, brokers, and suppliers.
- Ensure aircraft acquisition decisions align with operational efficiency, profitability, sustainability, financing capability, and long-term fleet strategy.
Detailed Functions and Tasks
1. Aircraft Acquisition Planning and Market Intelligence
Functions
Support strategic fleet acquisition planning and market analysis.
Tasks
- Conduct aircraft market intelligence analysis for narrow-body, wide-body, regional, cargo, and special mission aircraft.
- Monitor global aircraft pricing trends, lease rate factors, residual values, and secondary market movements.
- Analyze aircraft supply-demand conditions and fleet availability in global markets.
- Develop comparative assessments of aircraft types based on:
- Fuel efficiency
- Route suitability
- Maintenance economics
- Crew training implications
- Payload-range capability
- Environmental performance
- Lifecycle cost
- Support long-term fleet planning and replacement strategies.
- Maintain database of aircraft lessors, financiers, brokers, OEMs, and market conditions.
- Evaluate geopolitical, financial, and regulatory developments affecting aircraft acquisition markets.
- Analyze aviation financing environments including:
- Interest rate trends
- Export credit conditions
- Islamic finance structures
- Sale and leaseback opportunities
- PDP financing
- Dry and wet leasing trends
- Support business case preparation for fleet acquisition proposals.
2. Aircraft Purchase and Leasing Transactions
Functions
Support aircraft purchase, lease, sale, and financing transactions.
Tasks
- Assist in evaluation of:
- Operating leases
- Finance leases
- Sale and leaseback arrangements
- PDP financing
- OEM purchase agreements
- ACMI arrangements
- Interpret and analyze key contractual structures for:
- New aircraft acquisitions
- Used aircraft acquisitions
- Aircraft transitions
- Lease extensions
- Lease returns
- Review aircraft acquisition proposals from lessors and manufacturers.
- Coordinate technical, legal, financial, operational, and insurance due diligence.
- Support aircraft selection and transaction evaluation committees.
- Analyze total ownership and operating cost implications.
- Assist in aircraft valuation exercises and residual value analysis.
- Support aircraft acceptance and delivery documentation processes.
- Participate in negotiations with lessors, OEMs, and financiers.
- Support preparation of internal acquisition recommendation papers.
3. Contract Analysis and Negotiation Support
Functions
Support negotiation and contractual risk management.
Tasks
- Identify critical negotiation clauses within:
- Aircraft purchase agreements
- Lease agreements
- Engine agreements
- Maintenance reserve agreements
- Power-by-the-hour contracts
- Analyze major contractual risk areas including:
- Maintenance obligations
- Return conditions
- Security deposits
- End-of-lease compensation
- Delivery conditions
- Delay penalties
- Warranty clauses
- Insurance liabilities
- Technical acceptance standards
- Assist in drafting negotiation briefs and commercial evaluation matrices.
- Coordinate with legal counsel regarding contractual interpretation.
- Ensure negotiated terms align with operational realities and financial sustainability.
- Support avoidance of common pitfalls in aircraft acquisition transactions.
- Track contract obligations and milestone compliance.
- Review amendment requests and commercial implications.
4. Aircraft Financing and Investment Analysis
Functions
Support aviation finance analysis and investment evaluation.
Tasks
- Conduct aircraft investment feasibility analysis.
- Analyze aircraft financing structures and repayment models.
- Support treasury and finance teams in evaluating:
- Loan structures
- Lease financing
- Export credit financing
- Islamic aviation finance
- Syndicated financing
- Evaluate cost of capital implications.
- Analyze lease-versus-buy scenarios.
- Develop aircraft lifecycle cost models.
- Assist in foreign exchange exposure analysis.
- Support insurance and asset protection assessments.
- Conduct scenario modeling for fleet investment decisions.
- Monitor aircraft asset valuation trends.
5. Delivery, Transition, and Redelivery Coordination
Functions
Support aircraft induction and transition management.
Tasks
- Coordinate aircraft delivery schedules with OEMs and lessors.
- Monitor compliance with technical acceptance conditions.
- Coordinate pre-delivery inspections and records review.
- Support aircraft registration and documentation processes.
- Coordinate with engineering and CAMO during induction.
- Monitor aircraft transition project timelines.
- Support lease return and redelivery processes.
- Coordinate maintenance reserve reconciliation.
- Ensure compliance with contractual return conditions.
6. Insurance and Risk Management Coordination
Functions
Support aviation insurance and risk mitigation processes.
Tasks
- Coordinate insurance requirements related to aircraft acquisition and leasing.
- Review insurance clauses in leasing and financing agreements.
- Support hull and liability insurance coordination.
- Analyze risk transfer mechanisms.
- Coordinate with insurers regarding asset protection requirements.
- Support claims-related documentation where applicable.
7. Documentation, Reporting, and Governance
Functions
Maintain governance and acquisition documentation systems.
Tasks
- Maintain aircraft acquisition documentation repository.
- Prepare reports for senior management and Board committees.
- Develop acquisition status dashboards and KPI reports.
- Ensure confidentiality of acquisition and financing information.
- Support audit and compliance reviews.
- Ensure documentation complies with internal governance standards
Functional Competencies
Aircraft Acquisition and Leasing
- Understanding of aircraft acquisition models and lease structures
- Knowledge of aircraft purchase agreements and leasing contracts
- Familiarity with aircraft lifecycle management
Aviation Finance
- Aircraft financing principles
- Lease rate factor analysis
- PDP financing structures
- Financial modeling
- Residual value analysis
Contract Interpretation
- Commercial contract review capability
- Risk identification in lease and purchase agreements
- Understanding of aviation legal terminology
Aviation Insurance
- Aircraft hull and liability insurance principles
- Insurance obligations within lease agreements
Market Intelligence
- Aircraft market trend analysis
- Fleet economics analysis
- Airline business intelligence interpretation
Regulatory Understanding
- Familiarity with:
- ICAO
- CAAB
- FAA
- EASA
- IATA leasing frameworks
Minimum education requirements:
Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in one or more of the following:
- Aviation Management
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Finance
- Economics
- Business Administration
- Law
- Aircraft Maintenance Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
Experience: 5 to 9 years in a similar role.
Please be noted that this job post will be removed once we receive a sufficient number of applications. Thank you!
