Bio
Peter Harbison is Executive Chairman of CAPA-Centre
for Aviation (formerly the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation), which is today the world’s largest
publisher of B2B commercial aviation information and analysis.
Peter
established CAPA in 1990. It now produces the leading range of executive
analysis, numerous newsletters, data and information reports, covering the
global airport, air navigation services and airline industries. CAPA’s
Knowledge Centre also presents major conferences on key aviation topics and
provides education and training courses for the aviation and tourism
industries.
Peter is an aviation lawyer, consultant
and commentator on industry issues. He frequently speaks at industry events and
presents private high-level executive briefings to airlines, airports,
suppliers and consultants.
His career in aviation comprises more
than 40 years, in government and in industry, including two years with the
Australian mission to the International Civil Aviation Organisation in Montreal
and 10 years at a senior level in the International Air Transport Association,
IATA, in Geneva. Over the
past 20 years, he has conducted more than 200 consultancy projects in aviation,
including airport privatisations, airline startups, strategy formulation and
regulatory development. He has authored and/or edited numerous reports on the
aviation industry, including a recent comprehensive 300-page report on the
global low cost airline industry.
Peter
Harbison was formerly Chairman of IATA’s World Aviation Regulation Monitoring
Group, President of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
and an IATA Travel Agency Commissioner.
He holds LLBs from
Melbourne and London Universities and LLM (McGill).
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