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Professor Kan Tsui

Professor Kan Tsui
Name Kan Tsui
Pronoun He/Him/His
Position Professor (Aviation)
Section School of Business, Law, Humanities and Pathways
Office A334
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4559
Extension 4559
Email
Qualifications BBusSt Massey University , BAvn Massey University , PGDipPA Massey University , PGDipAvn Massey University , PGDipBusAdmMgmt Massey University , MMgt Massey University , PhD Massey University

Biography

I am a Professor of Aviation in the School of Business, Law, Humanities and Pathways. I hold a PhD in Aviation Management from Massey University (2013) and bring over five years of professional experience in the aviation industry, along with prior academic roles at the University of South Australia.

My research spans aviation, tourism, and economics, with 70 peer-reviewed journal articles published in leading journals such as Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research, Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Transportation Research Part A, Urban Studies, Regional Studies, Transport Policy, and Journal of Cleaner Production—ranked Q1 and A*/A on the ABDC list and featured in Shanghai 219 or FT50.

I have received the Early Career Research Award (2015) and the College Research Award for Supervision (2022) from Massey University. I have led research projects as Principal Investigator and advised government and airport stakeholders. I am a Doctoral Supervisor, with a supervision record that includes seven PhD completions and more than ten Master’s students. I also hosted visiting scholars through the China Scholarship Council and supervising PhD student through the Cotutelle Scholarship Scheme.

I am Editor for Case Studies Transport Policy, Handling Editor for Transport Research Record, Guest Editor for Issues in Tourism and Research in Transportation Business & Management, and Editorial Board member for Journal of International Logistics and Trade.

I have a strong interest in exploring the aviation-related issues, with particular emphasis on:

• Airline and Airport Strategy, Networks, Regulations, and Performance

• Air Transport, Tourism, and Demand Analytics

• Traveller Behaviour

• Sustainable Aviation

• Diversity, Inclusion, and Workforce Development in Aviation

• Advanced Air Mobility, Emerging Aviation Technologies, and Low-Altitude Economy

Research Career


  • Econometric And Statistical Methods ( 380202 )
  • Cross-Sectional Analysis ( 380201 )
  • Econometrics not elsewhere classified ( 380299 )
  • Panel Data Analysis ( 380204 )
  • Econometrics ( 380200 )

I have a strong interest in exploring the aviation-related issues, with particular emphasis on:

• Airline and Airport Strategy, Networks, Regulations, and Performance
• Air Transport, Tourism, and Demand Analytics
• Traveller Behaviour
• Sustainable Aviation
• Diversity, Inclusion, and Workforce Development in Aviation
• Advanced Air Mobility, Emerging Aviation Technologies, and Low-Altitude Economy


- Member of the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS)
- Member of Belt and Road Global Research Network•
- Member of The Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE)
- Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (New Zealand Division)
- Member of Belt and Road Global Research Network


• Executive Member of the Aviation Policy and Research Centre (the Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Teaching


AVN1105 Introduction to Aviation Business (Bachelor of Aviation)

AVN2101 Airport Operations Management (Bachelor of Aviation)

AVN3110 Aviation Security Management (Bachelor of Aviation)

AVN5101 OptimiZing Air Transport Economics (MBA in Aviation)

AVN6101 Forecasting the Future of Air Transportation (MBA in Aviation)

Supervising PhD and Master students


14 Years


14 Years


Aviation Discipline Lead: Mar 2024–December 2025; Academic Lead from Jan 2026 onwards

Supervision


  • Econometric And Statistical Methods ( 380202 )
  • Cross-Sectional Analysis ( 380201 )
  • Econometrics not elsewhere classified ( 380299 )
  • Panel Data Analysis ( 380204 )
  • Econometrics ( 380200 )