Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 international market has been steady rather than spectacular, with capacity still down by about 5...

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.

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 the North American marketplace.  Aaron, Tim and Nick analyze how motor coach services could change the landscape for regional air travel, with imp...

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 implementation of the government's Vision 2030, a project aimed at diversifying the economy away from oil dependency. With tourism set t...

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 Victoria Moores discuss the changing dynamics in the country's aviation market following the extensive restructure of South A...

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.

Top aviation lawyer Ken Quinn shares his thoughts on what it will take to make air transport carbon net-zero.

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.

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 latest aircraft orders.

ATW editors discuss new cabin products and innovations seen at the Aircraft Interiors Expo better known as AIX.

Our editors at the IATA AGM in Istanbul heard discussions on aviation sustainability, OEM supply chain frustrations and other key issues.

Ahead of the IATA AGM, Walsh talks about the industry's main focus areas.

Editors discuss why Colombia made a rescue of LCC Viva almost impossible.

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 Network's David Casey and Victoria Moores.

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.

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.

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 long-term strategy.