New report on ownership and control released

The most recent report in the "Principles of Market Access" series (associated with a three-year FRST/MST grant in New Zealand) has been released.  

The report looks closely at the aeropolitics of ownership and control and considers several policy options in the context of international and domestic air transport in New Zealand.

The full report is available here. 

Thanks

Was quite honoured to receive the 2012 Outstanding Faculty Award by our very own students association (BASA) last night.  These kinds of awards mean a lot, so it was humbling.  Here's a picture of me and Steven Hobson, the outgoing VP External of BASA.

RA position available

I'm currently hiring a Research Assistant to be affiliated with my three-year Tourism and Transport research project.

The project is funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Science and Innovation.  More information can be found at the website for the Centre for Air Transport Research at the University of Otago (New Zealand).

This position is subject to budgetary approval.

New affiliation - University of New South Wales

I accepted recently an offer to be Senior Visiting Fellow in the School of Aviation at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.  Aviation at UNSW is a leader in aviation-related education in the Asia-Pacific, so it was quite an honour to establish a formal affiliation.

I am currently working with Dr Tay Koo at UNSW (and Dr David Tan of ANU in Canberra) on the use of error correction models for examining the relationship between airline supply (capacity) and visitor demand.  Tay, David and I have other projects that we are planning, but I also look forward to more years of fruitful collaboration with other staff in the School.

Pegged

In December 2010, my office at the University of Otago in New Zealand was packed up and the contents stuffed into a large, seaworthy container. Destination: Winnipeg, Canada (aka "The Peg" or "Peg City").

As of 1 April 2011, I shall be Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Winnipeg. Conveniently, I shall retain an honorary position at the University of Otago in order to retain linkages and synergies formed over nearly ten years.

Despite some tantalising opportunities in Canada (some of which I may take up in due course), my research focus on the economic regulation of New Zealand's commercial air transport sector remains unchanged.

The Centre for Air Transport Research continues to exist, although its function is more or less restricted to dissemination activities associated with the three-year Tourism and Aviation: Critical Linkages project for which I still retain responsibility.