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Dr. Bijan Vasigh is professor of Economics and Finance in the Department of Business Administration at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Florida 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 Handbook of Airline Economics, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Transportation Management, Transportation Quarterly, Airport Business, Journal of Business and Economics, and Journal of Travel Research. He was consultant with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and provided assistance on evolution of aeronautical charge structure for the Brazilian Institute of Civil Aviation (IAC). He is a member of editorial board of Journal of Air Transport Management, the Southwest Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics and Journal of Air Transportation World Wide. He is currently a member of the international faculty at the IATA Learning Center, where he is faculty leader of the Airline Finance and Accounting Management.