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AirX is an international company offering exposure to various markets and jurisdictions from around the world.\nAirX is looking for an Aircraft Performance Engineer to join the Operations Department in Malta reporting directly to the Nominated Person Ground Operations.\nRole\nThe role of this position is to provide technical expertise on all relevant Flight Ops performance engineering aspects, including but not limited to aircraft performance, weight and balance, aircraft performance monitoring, engine out procedures, aircraft documentation, operations planning and optimization, fuel conservation and operating cost optimization.\nThis role is also the focal for the Airbus performance tools, to strive to improve the performance efficiency of operations.\nMain Duties\nProvide technical advice and assistance on all Aircraft Performance Engineering.\nContribute to performance documentation technical content, customization, revision and production in relevant published manuals and support 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