Bijan Vasigh

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Bijan Vasigh is professor of Economics and Finance in the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a Managing Director at Aviation Consulting Group, LLC.

Dr. Vasigh received a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the State University of New York in 1984, and he has written and published many articles concerning the aviation industry. The articles have been published in numerous academic journals such as the Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Transportation Management, Transportation Quarterly, Airport Business, Journal of Business and Economics, and Journal of Travel Research, and quoted in major newspapers and magazines around the world. He was a consultant with the International Civil Aviation Organization and provided assistance on the evolution of aeronautical charge structure for the Brazilian Institute of Civil Aviation.

Bijan Vasigh is currently a member of the international faculty at the International Air Transport Association Learning Center and instructs Airline Finance and Accounting Management courses at IATA training centers around the world. He is a member of the editorial board of Journal of Air Transport Management and Journal of Air Transportation World Wide. He worked on a NASA Research Grant on "Determination of Statewide Economic Benefits of the Small Aircraft Transportation System" in 2001 and 2003, and he is a member of the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) Global Airport Benchmarking Task Force.