About airlinetrends.com

Airlinetrends.com is an independent industry and consumer trends research agency. We are continuously monitoring the global aviation industry for commercial innovations in response to changing consumer behavior. Our corporate clients and newsletter subscribers are marketers, product developers, managers, researchers, suppliers, and anyone else who wants to stay on top of the latest developments in the airline industry. Please see our services page how we can help you improve or develop new products and services.

People

Raymond KollauRaymond Kollau (39), founder of airlinetrends.com, has extensive experience in analyzing industry and consumer trends. For the past 7 years, Raymond has been part of leading consumer trends agency trendwatching.com as a Consumer Trends Analyst, a position he still holds part-time today. Combining his travel industry expertise and his experience in consumer trends research, Raymond founded airlinetrends.com to bring inspiration and innovation to aviation professionals. Needless to say Raymond spends his fair share of time at airports and at 30,000 ft.

Raymond holds a Master degree in Business from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and also studied International Relations at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. His professional background also includes positions as Industry Analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consultants (now part of IBM), and Internet Strategist at agency.com. In these roles, Raymond worked with many clients in the travel industry.
For questions on airlinetrends.com’s services, or for input if you are writing an article, please contact Raymond directly at

Researchers. airlinetrends.com works with a small and experienced team of freelance market researchers and workshop moderators. Depending on the nature of the project, a small and flexible team is formed with the required skills.

Website. Harley Peddie, independent designer, developed the current airlinetrends.com website and keeps all tech running.

Board of advisors. airlinetrends.com greatly benefits from the advice of Reinier Evers, founder trendwatching.com, Liesbeth den Toom, senior editor Springwise new business ideas, and Stan Vermeulen, innovation director Generous Minds.

What others say..

Airlinetrends.com has an extensive knowledge of developments in the airline industry. Their trend presentations provided high quality output that played a significant contribution to our marketing strategy. - Peter Verheijde, Head of R&D Inflight Services, Air France KLM
The ability of airlinetrends.com's founder Raymond Kollau to link major consumer trends to daily observations in the business arena, has made him an invaluable part of trendwatching.com s core team. - Reinier Evers, founder trendwatching.com
The airlinetrends.com newsletter is highly appreciated at airBaltic. We are always inspired by the latest innovations featured in the newsletter and for example use it as input for our brainstorming sessions. - Janis Vanags, Vice President Corporate Communications, airBaltic
Whenever I need fresh ideas for work  airlinetrends.com is among the very first I look up. - Gunnar Mägi, Director of Development and Marketing, Estonian Air