Tony Cocklin

Tony Cocklin, Senior Associate

A former Head of Communications with British Airways, Tony Cocklin is concerned with both internal and external communications for the air transport, travel and tourism industries. Since joining Nyras in 2007, Tony served as a member of the Nyras team which conducted the sale of GB Airways to easyJet PLC, advising GB Airways owners and senior manager on communications requirements. After beginning his career in journalism, going on to specialise in the coverage of commercial aviation, he entered the industry as Public Relations Manager for the former British Caledonian Airways (BCAL), later becoming Head of Public Affairs for the airline and special adviser to its chairman, the late Sir Adam Thomson. After the take-over of BCAL by British Airways in 1988, Tony was invited to join BA as senior General Manager, Public Affairs. He went on to become Head of Communications and served as special adviser to BA’s former chairman, Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge.

After leaving British Airways in 2005, Tony became a communications consultant to VisitBritain, the government agency responsible for tourism promotion; and also to British Mediterranean Airways (BMED). A journalist by profession, he is a former chairman of the Aviation Club of the UK and of the Airline Public Relations Organisation (APRO).