Duration: Two Years
Location: London Heathrow
Salary: £33,600
Start Date: September 2025
The programme
Unlike many other graduate programmes, this one will give you the responsibility to use data to help drive tangible change. Change that you'll be able to see in when and where we fly and with what aircraft. Or on our website, in our pricing, our product offering and how we market it to our customers. Ultimately, you’ll see it in our commercial results and in the exemplary customer experience, you help us to deliver.
Through your placements, you'll work within different teams of graduate and professional colleagues, all the way up to Senior Management, giving you the chance to learn from them and build your internal network.
The placements you may experience in our area include:
- Commercial Analytics: We operate in a fast-paced and often constantly evolving sector, where you’ll interpret complex commercial data and identify revenue generating opportunities. Our colleagues combine analytical skills with commercial acumen and find creative ways to answer time-sensitive questions every day, such as “How should we respond to a competitor’s new pricing strategy?”. With exposure to senior leaders, you'll relish the challenge of finding new ways of doing things and influencing decisions.
The projects that you could be involved with include the use of new data and metrics; working hand in hand with our front-line Global Sales team, so we can improve revenue and market share; understanding how we get our products in front of our customers and how our customers pay for them; and influencing the digital customer experience roadmap through measuring performance, testing new innovative solutions, and understanding the online customer journey.
- Network Analytics: Fleet Planning and Network Planning both sit within the Networks & Alliances directorate, at the heart of British Airways’ business, making critical decisions affecting the future strategy of the airline. We drive the management and planning of our network, schedules, fleet, airport slot portfolio and infrastructure development. You’ll be part of the team by analysing and interpreting complex data, influencing colleagues right across the business, and supporting key strategic recommendations in those respective areas.
The projects that you could be involved with include the evaluation and acquisition of new aircraft, to defining and delivering the seating configuration for each aircraft type; developing the strategic direction of our future flight network, with a focus on planning beyond 18 months; and optimising our current flight, covering the period from 18 months to 3 months prior to departure.
About you
We are looking for a minimum of a 2:2 degree, or equivalent, in any subject (either achieved or expected). Ideally in a subject involving numbers and analysis. Numerical competence and an inquisitive nature, with the ability to identify trends, patterns and insights from data, and a talent for communicating complex ideas.
What's in it for you?
Looking to join our graduate scheme? You won't be disappointed. Recently winning TargetJobs 'Most Popular Graduate Employer in the Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain', ranking #15 in the 'GTI Top 300 Graduate Employers' and #66 in the 'The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers', we can't wait to welcome you into the British Airways family.
We have many benefits for graduates at British Airways, here are a handful to showcase the diversity of our graduate community:
- Part of our graduate network and community, with the opportunity to engage with graduates from all schemes in the business and learn from former graduates
- Involvement in our bold sustainability vision or volunteering for an active role to champion specific community groups including LGBTQ+ 'Flying Proud' and ethnic minority network 'BeMe'
- Involvement in Community Investment programmes, taking part in fundraising challenges for partnership charities, supporting causes close to your heart
- Volunteering in schools, colleges and universities, sharing personal experiences to encourage, empower and mentor students and support their potential to gain employment in the industry we love
- Access to heavily discounted flights to globe trot, and a generous annual leave entitlement to turn your bucket list into reality
Further information & next steps
We are delighted you are considering applying! Here’s some more information you may need about the application process:
- All sections of your application need to be complete, including all online tests, by the deadline given
- Due to high volumes of applications, you may only apply for one graduate programme. We would recommend for you to read about each graduate scheme before applying as only your first application will be considered
- If you are successful with the online tests, you will be invited to complete a short video interview within a given timeframe
- Across all stages of the application process, if you fail to submit by the deadline, your application will be automatically withdrawn.
Do you have any questions or need advice? During the recruitment window, we will be running weekly virtual drop-in centres for applicants to talk to our recruitment team. Come along any Tuesday between 3:30pm and 4:30pm.
Want to know more about British Airways and our Graduate schemes? Visit our student website, Speedbird-Z. This is a one-stop-shop for students interested in a career in aviation. You can speak to our digital mentors, complete learning modules to help your application and find out what events we have coming up!
At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.
Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
Timelines for this recruitment process
- Initial applications open between 4th November – 21st November.
- If your initial application is successful, you will be invited to complete a video interview early December 2024
- If your video interview is successful, you will be invited to an Assessment Centre in January 2025
For more information about our Commercial Analytics graduate scheme visit the BA careers site.
Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship
If you and your circumstances meet the New Entrant criteria, we will be able to offer sponsorship for the following roles:
- Data Science Graduate
- Commercial Analytics Graduate
- Commercial Business Graduate
- Finance Graduate
- Engineering Technical Graduate
- Engineering Planning and Supply Chain Graduate
If you and your circumstances do not meet the New Entrant criteria OR if you are applying for a scheme that is not on the list above, you may be expected to self-fund your own visa.
You can find more information about the New Entrant Visa route on the gov.uk website.
