Dr Bill Brunger
Airline Consultant and retired Senior Vice-President of Network
Continental Airlines

Dr. Bill Brunger is the former Senior Vice President of Network, Continental Airlines Inc., a role he held between August 2003 and December 2005. In that position, he was responsible for developing and implementing the airline’s route network, including economic forecasting, route planning, scheduling, pricing, revenue management and the decision support functions related to those disciplines.  Previously, he was Vice President of Distribution Planning and Revenue Decision Support development for Continental, and sat on the Boards of Directors of Orbitz.com, the Airline Reporting Corporation, Airline Ventures and Amadeus. Over a 25-year airline career, he has held a range of positions in the pricing, revenue management, strategic planning and marketing departments. 

Bill recently completed his Doctorate in Management at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.  His dissertation topic was “The Impact of the Internet on Airline Fares.”  He continues to do consulting projects for Continental and other airlines.  Bill has a Masters of Business Administration degree with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in market modeling and decision sciences, and a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Middlebury College. He sits on the Board of Trustees for the Houston Ballet and Pitzer College. 

Brunger lives in Houston with his wife, and they have one son.