Airlines Confidential Podcast

This week; Roger Dow President/CEO, U.S. Travel Association; USA inbound travel rules kick in; A re-sizing/re-deployment of long haul equipment; United drops service to 3 markets; Is the GE business division breakup good for the aviation sector? Plus shout-outs.

This week: Robert Sumwalt, Former Chair, National Transportation Safety Board; Ryan Air / Wizz Air differing growth projections; Azul makes a play for LATAM; Fuel prices & strategies behind hedging; Listener Q: Breeze's ability to attract pilots? Plus this week's shout outs

This week: Chris Sloan reports on first Breeze Airways A220 & it's unusual configuration; American's operational/staffing issues; Avoiding issues at Thanksgiving; What should a CEO do when a Flight Attendant gets punched? How do airlines select what equipment goes where? Fine or Whine? and shout-outs.

This week: Michael G. Whitaker, Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group; Q3 financial results; SkyWest operational issues; Listener Q: What airline was the first to offer passengers a "barf bag"? Plus shout-outs (apologies for technical audio issues)

This week: Mark A. Dombroff, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP; Delta posts a profit; Southwest service starts to recover; Boeing has another rough week; Spirit accommodates displaced passengers on other airlines?; How do fuel price increases affect Legacy, ULCC, & LCC? Plus shout-outs.

This week: Major service disruption at Southwest; Spotlight on Air India, The Tata Group, & Air travel competition in India; British Airways low cost spin-off back in the news; Listener Q: Is it time for public education to reduce the number of rude passengers? First Class passenger behaving badly-Fine or Whine? Plus the week's shout-outs.

This week: Linda Rutherford, EVP for People & Communications, Southwest Airlines; More employee vaccination mandates; The JetBlue/AA alliance spurs competition? Delta beefs up Boston; Can Aha Airlines (ExpressJet) succeed? An Avianca & Sky Airlines merger?  AAdvantage's disadvantage to Europe; How do you play the "Hub Draft" game?

This week: Vasu Raja, Chief Revenue Officer at AA; British Airways scraps low cost startup idea and blames pilots; Should an airline's "no fly list" be shared among the industry and made public? Listener Q's plus a complaint about Frontier- Fine or Whine? A shout-out to Bamboo Air in Vietnam

This week: Andrew Levy, Founder, Chairman & CEO Avelo Airlines;  British Airways, alternative fuel, & questions needing answers; Can American replace the  LATAM alliance loss with GOL? Who will get the open slots at Newark? A listener challenges the argument for PFCs, & from Australia: Potential for a Spirit/Frontier merger? An upset Delta Elite-Fine or Whine?

This week: Dave Dickson, Fmr Airline Audit Chair at Ernst & Young; 9-11 recollections; Stepped up employee Covid requirements; Navigating airline labor concerns and shortages; Alternate fuel use by 2030; Listener Q's; Why did I get a meal in economy? Stuck on the tarmac for 6 hours - Fine or Whine?