Ian Lowden is a highly-experienced aviation consultant for airlines, airports, industry representative bodies providing expert witness, research, 'White Papers' and policy studies, traffic forecasts and operational/capacity/masterplanning, business planning for airports, airlines and associated bodies.Currently Associate Lecturer in Aviation at University of Westminster. Previously Board Director of Route Development Group, Vice President and Partner of SH&E and British Caledonian Airways and British Aerospace. Published ETTSA Airline Distribution Costs Report of October 2017 - an Examination of direct versus indirect distribution costs for airlines and examination of the costs associated with direct and indirect distribution channels for Hotels 2018. Also 'APTRA Research Low Cost Airline Sector in the Asia-Pacific region', Moodie Airport Commercial Revenue Study 2009, plus numerous other publications. Also makes frequent conference presentations and is a regular lecturer on air transport industry short courses at the University of Westminster and has provided many training courses including airport commercial development, airport business planning, airline business planning, marketing, forecasting, route development and the 'one week airline MBA'.He holds an MBA from University of Brighton with dissertation in airport business planning and a degree in Economics from the University of East Anglia.Specialities: expert witness, research, white paper and policy studies, network planning, traffic forecasting, operational, capacity analysis, distribution, e-commerce, business planning and cargo analysis, strategic planning, market analysis, due diligence, airlines, airports, training. Has developed numerous supporting models including leading leading-edge 'theoretical schedule' tool for capacity planning.