Patrick Edmond, Altair Advisory

Patrick is the founder and Managing Director of Altair Advisory, a specialist aviation strategy advisory and consulting firm working with a range of industry stakeholders (operators, airports, ANSPs, OEMs, regulators) to formulate strategies for development and sustainability. He is an engineer by training and also holds an MBA and a Masters in Air Transport Management.

Patrick has over 20 years of commercial aviation experience across senior roles in the airline, airport and aircraft leasing sectors. He has headed up the Network and Strategy function for three regional airlines as well as serving as Group Strategy Director for Shannon Group plc, the operator of Shannon Airport in Ireland, from 2013 to 2019. He was a board member of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) from 2018 to 2023. Now based in Ireland, he has lived and worked across Europe and speaks English, French, Irish and German.