Contact Dr Darren Ellis
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754244
- Email: Darren.Ellis@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Aviation Management & Operations
Background
Darren Ellis received a PhD in strategic airline management from the University of New England (UNE) Business School, Armidale, NSW, Australia in 2017. His thesis investigated the likely future trajectory of the global airline industry based on a five stage mixed methods Delphi study. In 2011 he completed a Master of Aviation Management through Griffith University, with a final thesis which looked at the global ascendancy of the three major Gulf carriers - Emirates, Etihad and Qatar.
Prior to this, he completed a number of postgraduate degrees in International Relations, International Security Studies, Management (in Leadership) and Education. Darren completed a Bachelor of Arts (History) in 1999. He has worked in the Australian Public Service in Canberra, taught undergraduate and MBA students at UNE, taught English in Japan, supervised aviation Masters students via Griffith University, taught undergraduate aviation students at the University of South Australia, taught and marketed tertiary aviation courses in Hong Kong, as well as in Oman, Slovakia and Singapore.
Darren has disseminated his work and research at academic conferences in India, Italy, the UAE (Dubai), Singapore, the Netherlands, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia and Estonia. He has also been a guest speaker at a transport corporate summit in Portugal, an online presenter at an international aviation forum in Latvia, and a contributor at an air transport workshop in Saudi Arabia.
Darren is a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (MRAeS), along with being a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Current activities
Darren Ellis is experienced in the design, development and application of the Delphi method in air transport research. He continues to focus on Delphi-based interdisciplinary air transport research located at the nexus between strategic management, transport geography and international aviation law. Darren is particularly interested in the contemporary relevance and future prospects for the 1944 Chicago Convention, and for the international bilateral system of traffic rights, including the likelihood of multilateralism gaining momentum over time. Together with this, he is interested in and focused on emerging air markets.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Jimenez E, Ellis D & Uyan B. (2023). Vision 2030 and prospects for network airlines in Saudi Arabia. Transportation Research Procedia, 75
- Mayer R, Ellis D, Rothe H & Tschannen T. (2023). The role of Austrian Airlines within the Lufthansa Group. Transportation Research Procedia, 75
- Ellis D & Foster A. (2023). Buying airline partners: parallels between Swissair and Etihad Airways. Transportation Research Procedia, 75
- Zuan H, Ellis D & Pagliari R. (2023). Expert insights into the impact of aeropolitics on regional air market integration in ASEAN. Transportation Research Procedia, 75
- Ellis D. (2022). Insights from a mixed-methods Delphi study into the global airline industry. International Journal of Aviation Management, 1(1)
- Ellis D & Jimenez E. (2022). A comparative strategic analysis of China Airlines and EVA Air. Transportation Research Procedia, 65(C)
- Uyan B, Ellis D & Pagliari R. (2022). An assessment of Turkish Airlines: geographical location, fleet mix & international network. Transportation Research Procedia, 65(C)
- Ellis D & Leib S. (2021). Benchmarking global carrier status in the airline industry. Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering, 10(2)
- Zuan H, Ellis D & Pagliari R. (2021). Geopolitics and the ASEAN single aviation market: Aspirations versus realities. Transportation Research Procedia, 59
- Aquilina-Spagnol C & Ellis D. (2021). A strategic analysis of Saudia using the PEG framework. Transportation Research Procedia, 59
- Ellis D. (2020). Developing a strategic framework of analysis for air transport management. Transportation Research Procedia, 51
- Ellis D. (2020). Internal versus external European air market realities: the competitive divide. European Transport Research Review, 12(1)
- Ellis D. (2020). The strategic context of the three major Gulf carriers. Transportation Research Procedia, 43
- Aquilina-Spagnol C, Ellis D & Pagliari R. (2020). Viewing the Middle East big three (MEB3) carriers as heterogeneous. Transportation Research Procedia, 51
- Ellis D. (2018). The Global Airline Industry and International Relations: The Globalization Paradox. The Global Studies Journal, 10(4)