Per Arne Watle (born 1948) is a Norwegian businessperson and former politician for the Centre Party.
He then worked as information director at SINTEF in Trondheim from 1977 to 1983 and as a personal secretary (now known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 1983 to 1985, under Willoch's Second Cabinet.
While working as personal secretary he also took a degree in economics at the Norwegian School of Management.
In 1985 he was hired in Scandinavian Airlines System,[1] and in 1986 he was promoted to director of SAS Norge.
[6] He remained in Widerøe for eleven years, and also chaired the Federation of Norwegian Aviation Industries.