Prof. Dr. Karsten Benz

Professor
Prof. Dr. Karsten Benz

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Academic activities & publications

Teaching

Key areas and interdisciplinary aspects of teaching

  • Air Traffic Management
  • Air Traffic Management
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Start-up establishment and scaling

Core competences

Activities in research / education and training / consultancy 

  • 2018–2020 Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Law; main areas of research and teaching: air transport, sustainable mobility
  • 2002–2021 Head of the Air Transport Management degree programme at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
  • A wide range of consultancy projects in the field of air transport (customer loyalty programmes, restructuring, development of hub systems, digital transformation and growth) and in the field of energy (sustainable fuels) 

Miscellaneous information

Work experience

  • Mercedes-Benz, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Cologne/Frankfurt/Chicago/London
  • Austrian Airlines AG, Vienna
  • AlixPartners, London

Positions on advisory boards / supervisory boards 

  • German Air Traffic Control (DFS), Advisory Board
  • Droniq GmbH, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
  • Roadfans GmbH, investor and member of the advisory board