Mr. Fisher is a senior ASI Associate. He
is a graduate of both the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, (B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering,
1964), and Harvard University (M.B.A., 1967). Since
1967, he has spent his entire career providing aviation-consulting
services to governments, corporations and international
agencies throughout the world.
Mr. Fisher is an aviation consultant with broad
experience in project management and analysis for
a wide variety of clients in both the public and
private sectors. In addition to a general background
in most aspects of aviation, his specific fields
of expertise include traffic forecasting, airline
route analysis, strategic planning, equipment acquisition,
benefit/cost analysis and financial feasibility
studies. For the past thirty-five years, Mr. Fisher
has been involved in over 300 projects for a large
number of clients including most major airframe
manufacturers, many airlines, international organizations
including the World Bank (IBRD, IFC and the South
Pacific Project Facility), ICAO, the European Investment
Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian
Development Bank, as well as many ministries and
departments in the Canadian and various provincial
governments.
Mr. Fisher is particularly well versed in airline
forecasting, having completed over 200 projects
where traffic and fleet forecasts were required.
On behalf of the Canadian Federal Government, Mr.
Fisher is the author of the Manual of Transport
Canada Aviation Forecasting Procedures. Since 1995,
Mr. Fisher has acquired substantial experience and
knowledge with respect to the various impacts of
airline deregulation. Since that year, he has completed
six studies on the effects on various infrastructures
as a result of a deregulated transponder aviation
environment that exists between Canada and the United
States. Typical recent studies include:
- three studies into the possible restructuring
scenarios for a Russian airport and airline necessitated
by the break-up of Aeroflot.
- an extensive and detailed assessment of Taipei's
potential to become a major Asian airline hub.
- development of a methodology and conducting an
analysis of potential air traffic over proposed
airline commuter routes in Turkey.
- preparation and presentation of detailed route,
traffic, economic and financial analyses for a wide
variety of airlines, including seven major and regional
carriers in North America, as well as others overseas,
in support of Bombardier's marketing efforts for
the Regional Jet aircraft,
- team leader of an ICAO general review of the
civil aviation situation in the South Pacific region,
to determine how technical assistance was being
allocated by the major donors and how effectiveness
could be improved. The review included air transport
development, flight operating standards; air traffic
services and meteorology; airways facilities; civil
aviation organization; staffing requirements, training
needs and personnel licensing.
- assessment of current and projected traffic levels
for both terminating and over flying traffic in
Hungary, and provision of financial and economic
analyses related to the upgrading of the overall
air traffic control system.
- for Zhejiang Airlines in China, review and development
of an appropriate phased airline inception plan
and schedule, identification of specific prerequisites
to be in place for the initiation of operations
(organization, infrastructure, equipment, personnel,
training), assessment of the local capability on
providing these, and provision of a technical and
operational overview of the applicable provincial
civil aviation system, including airports.
Additionally, Mr. Fisher has a substantial body
of knowledge concerning civil aviation in an African
context, having worked on multi-national projects
for the African Civil Aviation Commission, as well
as the Economic Community of West African States,
and Air Afrique. To date, he has contributed to
consulting projects in eight different African states.
