Anna Briukova

Senior Aviation Consultant and Co-founder

Anna Briukova, IAP, is a Senior Aviation Consultant, Co-founder of the Clear to Take Off Institute, certified trainer at Windrose Training Academy (Bulgaria) and psychologist with over fifteen years of experience in terminal operations, customer service, audit management and aviation training. Throughout her career she has held key leadership roles in the airline industry and at a major airport in Russia, where she managed complex operational tasks and built and guided high-performing teams. She has personally trained more than 900 aviation professionals and delivered over 30 projects of varying scale and complexity, including the first airport brand service programme in her country, "Agents of Hospitality", and "Silver Age Agents". She consults on international airport operational readiness projects worldwide, designs training programmes tailored to the evolving needs of the aviation sector and integrates her background in psychology to support both professional and personal growth. In 2025 she was recognised as International Airport Professional of the Month by ACI and ICAO. In early 2026 she co-authored "Clear to Take Off: A practical guide for woman in aviation and men who champion change", a guide to the psychological challenges faced by women in aviation, strategies for overcoming them and key issues in career development and leadership. She is currently supporting the ORAT project in Jeddah on behalf of IATA, focusing on terminal operations, trial management and stakeholder coordination.