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Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast

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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.
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Episodes

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.

Apr 18, 202422 min

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.

Apr 04, 202432 min

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 and international network strategy and the U.S. LCC market environment.

Mar 28, 202420 min

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.

Mar 21, 202417 min

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.

Mar 14, 202418 min

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.

Mar 07, 202420 min

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.

Feb 28, 202423 min

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.

Feb 01, 202425 min

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 for the Alaska-Hawaiian link-up.

Jan 25, 202421 min

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.

Jan 18, 202422 min

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 how they hope to impact the aviation industry.

Jan 11, 202414 min

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.

Jan 04, 202413 min

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.

Dec 21, 202330 min

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.

Dec 14, 202318 min

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.

Dec 07, 202318 min

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.

Nov 30, 202317 min

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.

Nov 14, 202325 min

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.

Nov 09, 202320 min

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, the major challenges facing airports and how the airport business model is changing.

Oct 19, 202327 min

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.

Oct 13, 202319 min

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.

Oct 05, 202318 min

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.

Sep 21, 202313 min

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 to address the challenges head on.

Sep 14, 202318 min

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 David Casey and ATW Europe and Africa Bureau Chief Victoria Moores discuss the initial findings of a report into the incident and what measures have been taken to ensure a repeat of the chaos does not happen again.

Sep 07, 202315 min
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