1st Edition
Strategies for Sustainable Air Services Development An airline-destination collaborative approach
1 A holistic Approach to Air Services Development
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
2 Scoio-economic Impact of Air Connectivity
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
3 Regualtory Framework governing Air Services Development and Operations
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
4 Implementing the Air Services Agreement
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
5 Strategic planning and implementation of air services, an airline approach
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
6 Air services and strategic network planning as an airline's assets
Darren Ellis
7 Forecasting air travel demand
Edgar Jimenez Perez
8 Developing a compelling business case for emerging and existing air services
Ahmed Abdelghany
9 Negotiating ground handling agreements with destination airports
Alastair Long
10 Strategic planning and contrbution to air services, an airport's pivatol role
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
11 Strategic planning and contribution to air services: tourism board and destination organisaions
Gavin Eccles
12 Sustaining air services through stakeholders collaboration
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
13 case studies of air services development
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
14 Facilitating air services development through dedicated industry events
Jon Howell
15 Towards a common goal
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
16 Air services post-COVID
Kareem Yarde, Chrystal Zhang
Biography
Dr. Kareem Yarde serves as an air transport and tourism consultant. He obtained his PhD from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, researching airline-destination power dynamics and the resource capabilities available to destination stakeholders to positively influence airline route decision-making. He has also served as a Tourism examining committee member. Kareem’s interest in tourism and air transport are arguably governed by one central precept. He is fiercely committed to maximizing air transport and tourism’s roles as catalyst for wider socio-economic development particularly in tourism-dependent economies.
Dr Chrystal Zhang is Associate Professor of Aviation in RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She has a rewarding career spanning two decades in the aviation industry and having taken various senior roles in government agencies and renowned consultancy firms in China and the UK. Driven by her desire to inspire the next generation of aviation professionals she became an academic in 2011 after attaining her doctoral degree from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. Armed with real-world insight and a commitment to excellence, she has brought a unique perspective to her teaching and devotes her research to addressing real-world problems with an impact. She has expertise in aviation regulatory compliance, strategies and air travellers’ behaviour. She regularly shares her expert comments with mainstream media outlets such as ABC News, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, and the Conversation on pressing global aviation matters. Her research interest is in airport/airlines strategies, their relationship with destination stakeholders, and air travellers’ behaviour.
