ARUN KUMAR MITTINTI
Tirupati
Summary
Flight Dispatcher with 10+ years of airline and OCC dispatch experience across Air India, Vistara, and Air India SATS Airport Services. Expertise in flight planning, dispatch release preparation, ATC coordination, weather and NOTAM analysis, fuel planning, aircraft performance calculations, and operational risk assessment. Experienced in pilot briefing preparation, flight following, emergency response support, stakeholder coordination, and regulatory compliance.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
FLIGHT DISPATCHER
AIR INDIA
08.2023 - Current
- Coordinate with Air Traffic Control (ATC) for flight planning, route amendments, slot revisions, and schedule updates.
- Prepare dispatch release documentation and detailed pilot briefing packages covering weather, NOTAMs, route restrictions, and fuel requirements.
- Review and interpret TAF/METAR reports, SIGMETs, and NOTAMs to identify operational risks and support decision-making.
- Perform flight-following activities and monitor aircraft movements to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Conduct fuel planning and operational assessments while balancing safety and efficiency.
- Support irregular operations, diversions, delays, and emergency situations in coordination with flight crews and stakeholders.
- Maintain operational records, flight documentation, and compliance reports.
- Analyze and determine routes and flight altitudes for each Emirates flight, based on economical (such as
Overflight Permission charges), meteorological, safety, legal and comrequirements. This includes, analyzing and negotiating 'User Preferred Routes' on a tactical basis with the relevant Air Traffic Control (ATC) organizations. Calculate and manage fuel requirements for each Emirates flight, based on economical, meteorological and safety standards. - Ensure selection of take-off- destination- enroute- fuel- and Extended Twin Operations (ETOPS) alternate
airports for each Emirates flight as per legal and company requirements. Conduct ETOPS diversion and ETP strategy analysis for each ETOPS flight as per air law and company requirements. - Calculate take-off and landing performance as well as regulated weights for each Emirates flight as per legal requirements. Quantify effect on commercial payload and liaise with Ops Control, and load control. This includes the assessment and calculation of performance penalties due to meteorological
and technical reasons. To minimize commercial impact on Emirates flights. Based on all above, to optimize
commercial payload capability for each Emirates flight by adapting route, speed and altitude parameters
within the legal framework. - Collate and sign the Flight Release as per legal and company requirements for each Emirates flight. Prepare and file ATC flight plan for each Emirates flight and ensure that Flight Release, Computer Flight Plan and all briefing documentation is provided to the operating crew in time for briefing at Dubai and all outstations.
- Manage and avoid potential delays by negotiating airport and airway slots with the respective government
agencies worldwide. - Monitor flights until safe touchdown and ensure that these remain inside a safe envelope in regards to weather, technical problems, airport availability, traffic flow and security threats.
- If a flight is in danger of deviating from said safe envelope, to safeguard the operation by developing an alternative plan of action. Communicate and liaise with air traffic control, engineering, station staff and flight
crew in order to recover the situation. Support flight crew during decision making or trouble shooting processes. - Support Dispatch Duty Manager during disruption events.
- Periodically perform quality checks on General Handling Agent (GHA) briefing and dispatch services at outstations as part of Route Familiarization Flights.
FLIGHT OPERATION EXECUTIVE
VISTARA
12.2017 - 08.2023
- Calculated aircraft performance, take-off and landing limitations, regulatory weights, and fuel requirements.
- Prepared and filed ATC flight plans in compliance with operational regulations.
- Provided flight crews with weather updates, NOTAM information, and operational advisories.
- Coordinated ETD revisions with ATC units and operational control teams.
- Supported operational control activities during adverse weather and irregular operations.
- Managed retrieval, review, and archival of post-flight operational documentation.
- Assisted senior dispatchers in flight monitoring and operational decision-making.
- Coordinated with internal and external stakeholders to maintain operational continuity.
FLIGHT OPERATION OFFICER
AIR INDIA SATS AIRPORT SERVICES
05.2015 - 11.2017
- Prepared computerized flight plans and dispatch documentation for operating crews.
- Computed fuel requirements and operational data for safe flight execution.
- Filed ATC flight plans and monitored company flight-following systems.
- Analysed weather charts, TAF/METAR reports, and NOTAMs.
- Coordinated ground handling arrangements, fuel requirements, and operational support services.
- Ensured dispatch documentation was completed accurately and delivered on time.
- Supported day-to-day flight dispatch activities while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Education
Board of Intermideate Education
TirupatiSri Padmavathi High School
TirupatiSkills
- Flight Dispatch Operations
- Operational Control Center (OCC)
- ATC Coordination
- Flight Planning & Filing
- Pilot Briefing Creation
- Dispatch Release Documentation
- Weather & NOTAM Analysis
- Aircraft Performance Calculations
- Fuel Planning & Monitoring
- Stakeholder Management
- Emergency Response Support
- Regulatory Compliance
- SITA Aircom
- SITA Graflite
- Sabre-FWZ
- ACARS
- Microsoft Office
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Intermediate
B1
Hindi
Intermediate
B1
Timeline
FLIGHT DISPATCHER
AIR INDIA
08.2023 - Current
FLIGHT OPERATION EXECUTIVE
VISTARA
12.2017 - 08.2023
FLIGHT OPERATION OFFICER
AIR INDIA SATS AIRPORT SERVICES
05.2015 - 11.2017
Board of Intermideate Education
Sri Padmavathi High School