Cranfield University

Dr Zheng Lei

Course Director, Part-time MSc in Air Transport Management
Location: Building 115
E: z.lei@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0) 1234 754240
Department of Air Transport

Current activities

Zheng is module leader for Quantitative & Research Methods.  His research interests are in aviation and tourism management, air transport regulation and policy analysis, regional competitiveness and research methodology.

Background

Zheng holds a PhD in Air Transport and Tourism Management from the University of Surrey.  He joined the Department of Air Transport in September 2008.  Previously, he was a Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University where he taught tourism and research methods. 

Zheng has research and consultancy experiences in such areas as corporate and management strategies with a particular focus on aviation and tourism, regional competitiveness and research methodology.  He is a frequent speaker and presenter at various research seminars and international conferences.  Zheng is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Air Transport Research Society.

Selected publications

1. Lei, Z., Papatheodorou, A. and Szvias, E. (2008, forthcoming) The impact of low-cost carriers on regional airports revenue: evidence from the UK. In: Forsyth, P., Gillen, D., Muller, J., Niemeier, H. and Starkie, D. (eds.) Airport Competition, Aldershot: Ashgate.
2. Lei, Z. (2008) (Aviation and tourism development in) China. In: Forsyth, P., Graham, A. and Papatheodorou, A. (eds.) Aviation and Tourism: Implications for Leisure Travel, Aldershot: Ashgate.
3. Papatheodorou, A. and Lei, Z. (2006) Leisure travel in Europe and airline business models: a study of regional airports in Britain. Journal of Air Transport Management, 12, 47-52.
4. Lei, Z. (2006) Theoretical pillars of industrial organization in tourism. In: Papatheodorou, A. (ed.) Corporate Rivalry and Market Power: Competition Issues in the Tourism Industry, London: I.B. Tauris.
5. Buck, S. and Lei Z. (2004) Charter airlines: have they a future? Tourism and Hospitality Research, 5(1): 72-78.