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Ryan Leick

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Dr. Ryan Leick

Biography

Dr. Ryan Leick is an Assistant Professor specializing in air transport strategy, marketing and operations at Utah Valley University in Provo, Utah, USA. He is a graduate of the Air Transport Management PhD program at Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and alumni of the School of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Campus. Dr. Leick draws upon industry experience in airline marketing, distribution and information technology acquired from working for entrepreneurial start-up and long-haul, low-cost carrier MAXjet Airways; legacy carrier United Airlines and privately held, niche carrier Aloha Airlines.

Education

PhD, Cranfield University, 2008

Major: Air Transport Management

BS, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2003

Major: Aviation Business Administration

Teaching

AVSC 4950

Aerospace Technology Management Capstone Project WE, Spring 2025

AVSC 4950

Aerospace Technology Management Capstone Project WE, Spring 2025

AVSC 2150

Air Transportation Management, Spring 2025

AVSC 2150

Air Transportation Management, Spring 2025

AVSC 2150

Air Transportation Management, Spring 2025

AVSC 2150

Air Transportation Management, Spring 2025

AVSC 2150

Air Transportation Management, Spring 2025

AVSC 2150

Air Transportation Management, Spring 2025

AVSC 3120

Airport Management, Spring 2025

Presentations

Leick, Ryan (Co-Presenter), Annie Teixeira, Annie (Co-Presenter), ACP Airport Roundtable, "Landing Fees and Parking/Tiedown Fees", Aviation Council of Pennsylvania , Online. (June 3, 2025)
Leick, Ryan (Presenter & Author), UAOA Spring 2025 Conference, "Landing Fees", Utah Airport Operators Association, St George, UT. (March 7, 2025)
Leick, Ryan (Panelist), Tenbrink, Tyler (Panelist), Taylor, Mark (Panelist), 2025 Aviation Policy Seminar , "Career Panel", University Aviation Association (UAA), Washington, D.C.. (January 6, 2025)
Leick, Ryan (Presenter & Author), UAOA Fall 2024 Conference, "Airport Revenue", Utah Airport Operators Association, Provo, UT. (September 20, 2024)
Leick, Ryan (Presenter & Author), UAOA Fall 2024 Conference, "Airport 101", Utah Airport Operators Association, Provo, UT. (September 19, 2024)
Laine, Dalton (Presenter & Author), Organ, Aaron (Author Only), Leick, Ryan (Author Only), 2024 ATRS World Conference, "Economic Viability of Rural Air Mobility", Air Transport Research Society, Lisbon, Portugal. (July 3, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Leick, Ryan , Organ, Aaron , (2020) "Balance Utah Feasibility Study" .
Hoskins, Jake David, Leick, Ryan , (2019) "Fraud Abroad? GDP Per Capita, Online Customer Reviews and Vacation Rental Unit Booking Rates in the Sharing Economy" (Issue: 2, vol. 13). United Kingdom: Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JRIM-10-2018-0126/full/html
Leick, Ryan , Clark, Alexandra , (2018) "Utah Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division Aviation Operations Business Use Case Report" .
Leick, Ryan , Wensveen, John G, Prokop, Darren , (2014) "The Airline Business" (vol. 1). Santa Barbara, CA: The Business of Transportation, Praeger Publishers. https://www.abc-clio.com/products/a3557c/
Wensveen, John G., Leick, Ryan , (2009) "The long-haul low-cost carrier_ A unique business model" (Issue: 3, vol. 15). Journal of Air Transport Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.11.012

Awards

Captain V.L. Larsen Trans World Airlines (TWA) Award for Teaching Excellence

University Aviation Association - October, 2018

Open Educational Resources (OER) Early Adopter Award

UVU Office of Teaching and Learning