Aviation Management, Graduate School of Social Sciences - Anadolu University, 2001

Aviation Management, Graduate School of Social Sciences - Anadolu Üniversty 1998 and TEFL, Graduate School of Education - Bilkent University, 1989

TEFL, Faculty of Education - Anadolu University, 1983

Air Transportation Management, Airport Operations, Aviation Security, Airport Planning and Management

Dr. Hatice Küçükönal graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English Language Teaching from Anadolu University Faculty of Education in 1983. She later pursued her Master's Degrees in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) from Bilkent University and in Aviation Management from Anadolu University Graduate School of Social Sciences in 1989 and 1998, respectively.

After completing her Ph.D. in Aviation Management in 2001, she became an Assistant Professor. Dr. Küçükönal also held the position of Deputy Director from 2003 to 2008 while being a faculty member at the School of Civil Aviation. She established the School of Aviation at Özyegin University in 2011, where she served as a director from 2011 to 2016 and as vice dean of the Faculty of Aviation and Aeronautical Sciences from 2016 to 2023. During the years 2012 to 2023, she held the role of Department Chair of Aviation Management and fulfilled the position of Accountable Manager of the Approved Training Organization (ATO).

Her primary research interests center around air transportation management, airport operations, airport security, and airport planning and management. She has presented papers at national and international conferences and has published articles in both refereed and non-refereed journals.

She also served as an advisory and scientific board member in aviation symposiums held in Turkey and worked as a researcher on two research projects sponsored and published within the scope of TUBITAK and Anadolu University Scientific Research Projects.

In addition to her academic pursuits, Dr. Küçükönal held positions of responsibility within the field of air transportation. She served as a member of the working committee for the Special Expertise Commission on Air Transportation for the 8th and 9th Development Plan of the State Planning Organization, as well as a member of the working committee established by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation under the Ministry of Transportation and Communication to prepare reports for the 2004 Economy Congress of Turkey.

She held positions on both the Civil Aviation Commission and the Education Commission, established through the collaborative efforts of YÖK and SHGM in 2012. Additionally, she assumed the role of Head of the Pilot Training Sub-committee.

Dr. Küçükönal has been a member of the Board of Trustees of AABI (Aviation Accreditation Board International) since 2020 and has been actively engaged in the AABI accreditation audit team since 2021.