Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast

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Window Seat Podcast brings together editors and experts from across the Aviation Week Network to explore hot topics related to airlines, airports and the air transport service and supply chain.

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Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast episodes:

05.23.2024
IATA’s Willie Walsh On The Biggest Issues Facing Air Transport
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Willie Walsh about sustainability, taxation, government policies and air traffic management modernization ahead of the 80th IATA AGM.
05.09.2024
Why Europe's Regional Airlines Are Speaking Up
Listen in as European Regions Airline Association (ERA) Director General Montserrat Barriga shares her insights on Europe’s smaller operators, which are grappling with supply chain problems while also bracing for basic air service rule changes and new technologies that could...
05.02.2024
What’s Keeping European Airline CEOs Awake At Night?
Listen in as Airlines for Europe (A4E) Managing Director Rania Georgoutsakou speaks with Aviation Week on Russian overflight, contrails and other challenges European airline CEOs have on their desk this summer.
04.24.2024
Exclusive Interview With SAS President And CEO Anko Van Der Werff
SAS President and CEO Anko van der Werff opens up about the airline’s restructure, the switch from Star Alliance to SkyTeam and the reorganization of its fleet in conversation with David Casey at Routes Europe 2024 in Aarhus, Denmark.
04.18.2024
Scoot CEO Outlines Singapore-Based LCC’s Key Strategies
Listen in as CEO Leslie Thng sits down with Aviation Week's Karen Walker to explain how Scoot has become one of the world’s most successful budget airlines and why it is introducing the Embraer E190-E2 to its fleet.
04.11.2024
Are North American Budget Carriers Losing Out To The Majors?
Listen in as Aviation Week Network editors discuss the changing fortunes of airlines as passengers focus on premium services and brand.
04.04.2024
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian Talks About Strategy
Delta, the ATW 2024 Airline of the Year, is focused on continuous improved performance. Listen in as CEO Ed Bastian explains the strategy behind that goal to ATW Editor-In-Chief Karen Walker.
03.28.2024
Exclusive 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 Aaron Karp speaks with Anderson on issues such as the stalled potential Viva Aerobus partnership, Allegiant's domestic...
03.21.2024
Exclusive 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 ongoing expansion, including its network strategy, fleet plans and partnership with American Airlines.
03.14.2024
What 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 experts Peter Davies and Patrick Edmond discuss challenging questions for European airline CEOs.
03.07.2024
Where 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 proposed Alaska Airlines-Hawaiian Airlines linkup and the U.S. market as a whole.
02.28.2024
Exclusive 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 international network designs, fleet strategy, potential joint ventures and challenges moving forward.
02.22.2024
French 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 up for the Summer Olympics.
02.15.2024
Exclusive 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.
02.08.2024
Why 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 programs, they can become a win-win for airlines and passengers.
02.01.2024
Exclusive 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 potentially record-breaking summer season.
01.25.2024
What 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. Justice Department and the two East Coast-based carriers—as well as ULCC survival, competitiveness and implications...
01.18.2024
How 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 globally—and what this means for Boeing.
01.11.2024
What'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 Barriers to recruit and train diverse pilots. Listen in as Doug explains their action plan and...
01.04.2024
How 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 of sustainable aviation fuel.
12.21.2023
Why 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 of the year and what they will be watching for in 2024.
12.14.2023
Why 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 400-seat aircraft order during a buzzing Gatwick route launch event in London.
12.07.2023
The 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 traffic forecasts and alternative fuel production challenges.
11.30.2023
Explaining 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 cross-industry Air Transport Action Group, who has been championing the need for this framework.
11.14.2023
A 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 managing supply chain disruptions and how people make things happen at their leasing company.
11.09.2023
How 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 thoughts on aviation’s path to net zero, including reducing non-CO2 emissions.
11.03.2023
A 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 Karen Walker.
10.19.2023
The 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. Recorded live at Routes World 2023 in Istanbul, the trio discusses the outlook for passenger traffic globally,...
10.13.2023
The 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 organization's annual Assembly of Presidents in Singapore.
10.05.2023
How 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 key talking points at the first IATA World Sustainability Symposium in Madrid.
09.28.2023
A 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 affecting the U.S. regional airline industry.
09.21.2023
A 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, returning the Airbus A380 to service and supply chain problems.
09.14.2023
ATC'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 this summer, as well as how some air service providers and airlines are seeking...
09.07.2023
The 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 services provider, NATS, says was caused by a “one-in-15 million” event. Routes Editor-In-Chief...
08.31.2023
What'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 domestic market has continued to surge since Beijing began to ease pandemic-related restrictions in January. However, recovery of the country’s...
08.24.2023
Lessons 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 transport system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
08.17.2023
Are 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 revenue for Landline, at TakeOff North America, Routes' air service development forum dedicated to...
08.03.2023
Saudi 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 David Casey, editor in chief of Routes. The aviation landscape in Saudi Arabia is changing, helped by the...
07.26.2023
South 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 tells a different story. Routes Editor In Chief David Casey and Air Transport World Europe and Africa Bureau Chief...
07.20.2023
India 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 release of ATW's World Airline Report.
07.12.2023
Why 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.
06.29.2023
Former 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 where he sees the industry going.
06.21.2023
On 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 editors discuss the key themes of the show this year, as well as the...
06.15.2023
Cabin Fever From Hamburg
ATW editors discuss new cabin products and innovations seen at the Aircraft Interiors Expo better known as AIX.
06.07.2023
What’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.
06.01.2023
A Conversation With IATA CEO Willie Walsh
Ahead of the IATA AGM, Walsh talks about the industry’s main focus areas.
05.18.2023
Hopes End For Avianca-Viva Merger
Editors discuss why Colombia made a rescue of LCC Viva almost impossible.
05.11.2023
Has 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 Jankovec and Rafael Schvartzman discuss the state of the market with Aviation Week...
05.04.2023
A4A 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 is better value than ever.
04.27.2023
How 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 effectively communicating its sustainability efforts.

What's Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast episodes:

IATA’s Willie Walsh On The Biggest Issues Facing Air Transport

Why Europe's Regional Airlines Are Speaking Up

What’s Keeping European Airline CEOs Awake At Night?

Exclusive Interview With SAS President And CEO Anko Van Der Werff

Scoot CEO Outlines Singapore-Based LCC’s Key Strategies

Are North American Budget Carriers Losing Out To The Majors?

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian Talks About Strategy

Exclusive Interview With Allegiant Air President Greg Anderson

Exclusive Interview With JetSMART CEO Estuardo Ortiz

What Are The Tough Questions We Need To Ask European Aviation?

Where Do JetBlue And Spirit Go From Here?

Exclusive Interview With Malaysia Airlines MD Izham Ismail

French Bee CEO Talks About A350 Ops And Transatlantic Market

Exclusive Interview With Former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker

Why Ancillary Revenue And Loyalty Programs Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin | Sponsored By Plusgrade

Exclusive Interview With EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren

What Are The Latest Developments In The JetBlue-Spirit Merger?

How Has The Latest MAX Incident Affected Airlines?

What's Doug Parker's Next Move: Diversifying Pilots

How The World Can Grow SAF Supply

Why 2023 Was A Big Year For Air Transport

Why Ethiopian Airlines Is Preparing To Buy More Widebodies

The World’s Airlines Return To Profitability

Explaining ICAO’s Latest Sustainability Goals

A Conversation With BOC Aviation’s Top Executives

How IAG Thinks About Sustainability

A Conversation With Benyamin Ismail, CEO At AirAsia X

The Biggest Challenges Facing Airports

The Asia-Pacific Market Returns To Growth

How Will Aviation Meet Its 2050 Net-Zero Goals?

A Discussion With The President And CEO Of Republic Airways

A Discussion With Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr

ATC's Summer of Discontent

The UK’s Air Traffic Meltdown

What's Holding Back China’s International Aviation Recovery?

Lessons To Learn From Government COVID Rules

Are Buses The Future Of Regional Aviation?

Saudi Arabia's Bold Civil Aviation Ambitions

South Africa's Air Transport Transformation

India And The Changing Airline Fleets Dynamic

Why The Aviation Industry Needs A Sustainability Moonshot

Former Virgin Atlantic Director Talks Airline Regulation

On Location At Le Bourget

Cabin Fever From Hamburg

What’s On The Minds Of The Top Executives Of The World’s Airlines

A Conversation With IATA CEO Willie Walsh

Hopes End For Avianca-Viva Merger

Has Europe’s Air Transport Recovery Hit A Ceiling?

A4A CEO Outlines Focus Areas And Challenges For US Airlines

How Can Airlines Avoid Greenwashing Charges?