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Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast
As the industry-leading podcast for the airline and airport sectors, Window Seat brings together editors and experts from across Aviation Week who are joined by senior leaders to discuss the business of air transport.
Episodes
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastExclusive Interview With Allegiant Air President Greg Anderson
Listen in to this exclusive interview with Allegiant Air President Greg Anderson, recorded live at Routes Americas 2024 in Bogotá. Aviation Week Network's…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastExclusive Interview With JetSMART CEO Estuardo Ortiz
Listen in to this exclusive interview with JetSMART CEO Estuardo Ortiz, recorded live at Routes Americas 2024 in Bogotá. Ortiz discusses the Chile-based ULCC's…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhat Are The Tough Questions We Need To Ask European Aviation?
Will aviation make it to net zero? Will airlines have to sacrifice demand for sustainability? Are carriers delivering on customer service? Listen in as…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhere Do JetBlue And Spirit Go From Here?
Listen in as Aviation Week Network editors discuss the news of JetBlue and Spirit's dissolved merger and what it means for both carrier moving forward, the…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastExclusive Interview With Malaysia Airlines MD Izham Ismail
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's David Casey sits down for an exclusive interview with Malaysia Airlines MD Izham Ismail to discuss the carrier's…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastFrench Bee CEO Talks About A350 Ops And Transatlantic Market
Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker speaks with French Bee CEO Christine Ourmieres-Widener as the Paris-based long-haul leisure carrier is gearing…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastExclusive Interview With Former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker
A conversation with former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker looking back at his long and game-changing industry career.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhy Ancillary Revenue And Loyalty Programs Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin | Sponsored By Plusgrade
In this sponsored podcast Plusgrade executive Danielle Brown talks about changing approaches to airline ancillaries and how, when aligned with loyalty…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastExclusive Interview With EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren
Listen in as EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren talks about how the LCC will reach its ambitious sustainability goals and updates on its fleet as it gears up for a…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhat Are The Latest Developments In The JetBlue-Spirit Merger?
Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker sits down with editors to get the latest on the JetBlue-Spirit merger and discuss the legal battle between the U.S…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastHow Has The Latest MAX Incident Affected Airlines?
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker sits down with editors to discuss how the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door plug incident has affected airlines…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhat's Doug Parker's Next Move: Diversifying Pilots
Aviation Week Network's Lee Ann Shay speaks with Doug Parker, former American Airlines chairman and CEO, who has launched a non-profit called Breaking Down…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastHow The World Can Grow SAF Supply
Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker sits down with IATA Director for Net Zero Transition Hemant Mistry, who explains what's needed to grow the global supply…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhy 2023 Was A Big Year For Air Transport
Listen in as Aviation Week Network editors Karen Walker, Christine Boynton, David Casey, Jens Flottau and Lori Ranson discuss key industry moments and themes…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhy Ethiopian Airlines Is Preparing To Buy More Widebodies
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Victoria Moores speaks with Ethiopian Airlines CCO Lemma Yadecha Gudeta, who reveals that the airline is close to a…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastThe World's Airlines Return To Profitability
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with Marie Owens Thomsen, IATA chief economist and sustainability head, about new financial and…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastExplaining ICAO's Latest Sustainability Goals
How should we understand the sustainable fuels agreements brokered at ICAO's CAAF/3 conference? Listen in to hear from Haldane Dodd, executive director of the…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastA Conversation With BOC Aviation's Top Executives
Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with BOC Aviation's retiring CEO Robert Martin and his successor, incoming chief executive Steven Townend, about…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastHow IAG Thinks About Sustainability
Listen in Aviation Week Network's Victoria Moores sits down with International Airlines Group's Head of Sustainability Jonathon Counsell to discuss his…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastA Conversation With Benyamin Ismail, CEO At AirAsia X
The head of the Malaysia-based long-haul LCC talks about Asia's surging demand for air travel and his focus points with Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastThe Biggest Challenges Facing Airports
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's David Casey and Victoria Moores speak with Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Airports Council International World director general…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastThe Asia-Pacific Market Returns To Growth
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with the director general at the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, Subhas Menon, ahead of the…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastHow Will Aviation Meet Its 2050 Net-Zero Goals?
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with Marie Owens Thomsen, IATA's senior vice president for sustainability and chief economist, about…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastA Discussion With The President And CEO Of Republic Airways
Tune is as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with Bryan Bedford, president and CEO of Republic Airways, about the pilot shortage and other challenges…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastA Discussion With Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with Carsten Spohr, the head of multiple European airlines, about North American route expansion, ITA…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastATC's Summer of Discontent
Listen in as Aviation Week editors David Casey, Aaron Karp and Victoria Moores discuss instances of air traffic control (ATC) chaos in Europe and North America…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastThe UK's Air Traffic Meltdown
Tune in as Aviation Week editors discuss the air traffic control failure in the UK that led to the cancelation of thousands of flights, which the UK's ATC…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhat's Holding Back China's International Aviation Recovery?
Tune in as Aviation Week experts Chen Chuanren, Hang Zhao and David Casey discuss the reasons behind China's slower-than-expected recovery. Traffic in China's…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastLessons To Learn From Government COVID Rules
Tune in as ATW editors Karen Walker and Henry Canaday discuss their new cover story report on studies that detail the true impact of shutting down the air…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastAre Buses The Future Of Regional Aviation?
Listen in as Aviation Week editor Aaron Karp talks with Tim Kroll, airport director at Atlantic City Airport, and Nick Johnson, vice president and head of…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastSaudi Arabia's Bold Civil Aviation Ambitions
Listen in as Air Transport World's Alan Dron and Edmond Rose, consulting director at aviation consultancy ASM, discuss Saudi Arabia's aviation ambitions with…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastSouth Africa's Air Transport Transformation
While many global markets have returned to their pre-pandemic norms, where stronger carriers have reasserted their dominance, South Africa's aviation landscape…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastIndia And The Changing Airline Fleets Dynamic
Aviation Week Network editors Karen Walker, Jens Flottau and Richard Maslen discuss new aircraft orders and what it means for future airline networks on the…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhy The Aviation Industry Needs A Sustainability Moonshot
Top aviation lawyer Ken Quinn shares his thoughts on what it will take to make air transport carbon net-zero.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastFormer Virgin Atlantic Director Talks Airline Regulation
Former Virgin Atlantic director Barry Humphreys discusses his new book "The Regulation of Air Transport From Protection to Liberalisation, and Back Again" and…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastOn Location At Le Bourget
Sustainability and supply chain issues are among the hot topics at the Paris Air Show, which returns to the industry's calendar after a four-year break. ATW…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastCabin Fever From Hamburg
ATW editors discuss new cabin products and innovations seen at the Aircraft Interiors Expo better known as AIX.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhat's On The Minds Of The Top Executives Of The World's Airlines
Our editors at the IATA AGM in Istanbul heard discussions on aviation sustainability, OEM supply chain frustrations and other key issues.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastA Conversation With IATA CEO Willie Walsh
Ahead of the IATA AGM, Walsh talks about the industry's main focus areas.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastHopes End For Avianca-Viva Merger
Editors discuss why Colombia made a rescue of LCC Viva almost impossible.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastHas Europe's Air Transport Recovery Hit A Ceiling?
Leaders from ACI Europe and IATA share their views on the European recovery, following a lively debate at Routes Europe 2023 in Poland. Listen in as Olivier…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastA4A CEO Outlines Focus Areas And Challenges For US Airlines
Nick Calio, the head of Airlines for America, talks operational readiness for the summer travel season, Air Traffic Control modernization, and why flying today…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastHow Can Airlines Avoid Greenwashing Charges?
Aviation Week editors discuss the rising number of greenwashing allegations leveled at airlines and the increasing challenge that the industry faces in…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastSingapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong Interview Exclusive
The head of one of the world's most successful and highly regarded airlines, which is the 2023 ATW Airline of the Year, talks about its COVID rebound and…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastA Conversation With Ben Baldanza
Baldanza talks about his long airline career that started at American and included transforming Spirit into an ultra-low cost carrier.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastFinnair CEO On Strategy
Listen in as Finnair CEO Topi Manner explains how his airline has adapted its strategy and innovated after back-to-back crises laid waste to its business model.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastAn Interview With The Americas Regional Head Of IATA
Peter Cerda challenges governments to remember all the good that airlines do.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastPorter Airlines' E2 Strategy
Canada's Porter Airlines is in the midst of dramatically changing its overall business strategy with the introduction of new Embraer E195-E2 aircraft…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastExclusive Interview With Emirates President Tim Clark
Emirates President Sir Tim Clark talks about his 50-year career, the Emirates blueprint and where he believes the air transport industry is heading.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastTransatlantic Market: A Record Summer Awaits?
Aviation Week editors discuss the highly lucrative market between Europe and North America, where demand for flights has returned stronger than ever.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastIs Colombia Losing An Airline?
Aviation Week editors discuss the twists and turns of ultra-low cost carrier Viva Colombia, which suspended operations this week.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastThe State Of The European Airline Market
Editors discuss airline failures, acquisitions and partnerships that will shape the European aviation market as it heads into its busiest season.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastAsia's International Resurgence
As international travel surges back across the Asia-Pacific region, what does the future hold for this dynamic aviation market? Aviation Week Network's David…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastUS DOT's Wrong-headed Proposal To Regulate Airline Ancillary Fees
ATW editor-in-chief Karen Walker and IATA VP North America Doug Lavin discuss changes that could make buying an air ticket more complicated and more expensive.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastThe Incredible, Iconic Boeing 747
Aviation Week editors talk about being at the delivery ceremony of the last Boeing 747 and why it is such an important aircraft.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastWhat's Next For European Carriers?
From consolidation and summer operations to greenwashing and policy shifts, Altair Advisory's Patrick Edmond joins to discuss what's next for European airlines.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastGrowing Airline Connections
After a decline in alliances, every airline now seems ready to either renew a partnership or start a new one. Aviation Week Network air transport editors…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastChina's Reopening—The View From Shanghai
Almost three years after mainland China closed its borders to quell the spread of COVID-19, quarantine restrictions were finally lifted on Jan. 8, putting…
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastSouthwest Airlines' Meltdown
Editors discuss what happened to Southwest's operations over the holidays and the potential implications of the IT meltdown on the wider industry.
Aviation Week's Window Seat PodcastReviewing 2022 In The World Of Air Transport
ATW editors discuss key events and trends in 2022 and look ahead to 2023.