Air Transportation ─ A Management Perspective

"Now in its eighth edition, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management"--Provided by publisher.

Dr John Wensveen is Head of the Department of Aviation Technology at Purdue University. In addition to his administrative role, Dr Wensveen is an active researcher and expert speaker with a concentration on the airline start-up process and creation of new business models. He is President and CEO of Airline Visions, an industry leading aviation advisory and futurist firm specializing in business, strategy, and marketing plans for new-entrant and established airlines. Prior to the above role, Dr Wensveen was Partner of the Americas and Executive Vice President, Airline Start-ups, at Mango Aviation Partners responsible for overseeing airline start-up and airline restructuring projects from concept through launch of commercial operations. He was also Managing Director of Ventana Aviation Academy, Mangoa€?s subsidiary training company. Dr Wensveen was Global Head of Airline Services at Radixx International, where he was responsible for building and overseeing the advisory services division. Until June 2010, Dr Wensveen was Dean, School of Aviation, at Dowling College where he was Chief Academic and Administrative Officer for the 120-acre Brookhaven Airport campus. Prior to this role, he held an executive position at InterVISTAS-ga2, where he was responsible for developing international partnership agreements for air carriers worldwide. Dr Wensveen was one of the founding team members of Washington-Dulles based MAXjet Airways, the first US air carrier to receive certification since the events of 9/11. Until March 2005, he was Vice President and Senior Director of International Development. While at MAXjet, he led partnership negotiations and set up of the European infrastructure. From 1999 to 2004, Dr Wensveen was employed as Professor of Airline Management with the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he instructed airline management and operations courses. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, Dr Wensveen held various management positions with Canada 3000 Airlines and was also the airlinea€?s official mascot, Air Bear. Dr Wensveen is a Certified IATA instructor and conducts training programs for Terrapinn Training and Euromoney Training at various global locations. He publishes frequently in major aviation publications and is an aviation analyst for the media. He is author of the industrya€?s leading aviation textbook, entitled Air Transportation: A Management Perspective, and is author of the airline industrya€?s only book on how to start an airline, Wheels Up: Airline Business Plan Development. From 1996 to 1999, Dr Wensveen hosted a number of leading radio shows in the United Kingdom and was awarded a€?Best Male Presentera€? in 1997 at the BBC Radio One Awards. His interests include: international travel, cruising the high seas, flying, boating, scuba diving, fishing, and hitting the open road in his diesel pusher bus. Dr Wensveen was recently married to his wonderful wife, Lisa, and resides between a sunny little island near Key West, Florida and a home in West Lafayette, Indiana. Dr Wensveen, born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, earned Ph.D. and M.Phil degrees in International Air Transport/Business from Cardiff University (UK) and a B.A. in Geography/Transportation Land Use Planning from the University of Victoria (Canada). He also earned a Certificate in Airline Finance and Accounting from IATA.