Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast

Will the United Nations' aviation organization back airlines' call for a carbon net-zero goal by 2050? 

Passenger traffic has rebounded strongly during the northern summer season, but airlines are approaching the winter months with renewed caution. 

Getting across Africa by air is so difficult that passengers often have to detour via Europe, but there is now a renewed push to make African air transport liberalization a reality. After years of pushing for regulatory change, ex-IATA executive Adefunke Adeyemi has just become secretary general of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), the body tasked with helping liberalize African air t...

A discussion on the groundbreaking announcement that United and Emirates are working together.

Latest numbers show solid performances across the air cargo sector, but economic headwinds are slowing down demand. Has the cargo surge peaked?

Low-cost carriers are huge in Europe and the UK. How are they faring as inflation, sky-high oil prices, airport disruptions and the war in Ukraine affect their costs and operations?

As more COVID-related travel restrictions lift, airlines and airports across Asia-Pacific are seeing demand return. And they are also looking to new markets as China adheres to its zero-COVID policy.

What will these two U.S. airlines look like as a single operation; and how hard will it be to get it through regulatory approval?

Airlines are angry about an FAA proposal to address the risk of interference from new 5G wireless towers in the US. Our expert editors, who have been tracking the issue, discuss what's going on.

Why are European and UK airport and airline execs fighting about the air travel disruptions that have occurred this year, as people rush to fly again, instead of working together on solutions?  

ATW Editors covering the airshow, back after a four-year gap, talk about the commercial air transport buzz, orders, technology announcements and that heatwave.  

Stan Deal, president and CEO at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, talks with Karen Walker about customer expectations, how Boeing will deliver, and expectations for the Farnborough Airshow.

A captain with a major U.S. airline talks about his campaign to raise the commercial pilot age cap to 68 and shares his views on why unions oppose a change.

Airlines and their representative organizations in America are expressing concerns about a long-term pilot shortage, yet pilot unions say there's no shortage and are pressing for higher wages. US editors at ATW and Aviation Week discuss the opposing views.

Aviation Week Network editors covering the 78th IATA AGM in Doha report on airline industry optimism and challenges as air traffic demand surges back.

At Aircraft Interiors Expo this week in Hamburg, Aviation Week Network editors discuss the new products that have caught their attention, and share their thoughts about the major trends in they see in cabin design and manufacturing.

Even though China's borders remain largely closed, the recovery in Southeast Asia is in full swing—that's the view from airline and airport executives from the region who this week gathered at the Routes Asia event in Vietnam. Listen in as Routes Editor-in-Chief David Casey, ASM consultant Tony Griffin and Chen Chuanren, ATW's Southeast Asia and China Editor, share what they've been hearing.

A discussion on key themes and topics raised at the 2022 CAPA Americas & LCC Summit.

Can Norse Atlantic succeed in making a success of the low-cost transatlantic business model? CEO Bjørn Tore Larsen breaks down the startup's plans in conversation with Routes Editor-in-Chief David Casey.

This week's Window Seat Podcast comes from Bergen, Norway, where decision-makers are gathering at Routes Europe to shape future airline networks. Listen is as ATW European Bureau Chief Victoria Moores, Routes Editor-in-Chief David Casey and Aviation Week Network MD of strategy and consulting David Stroud take the temperature from the floor. All veterans of the event, they report on an unprecedente...

Our editors Karen Walker, David Casey and Ben Goldstein discuss competing bids to acquire U.S. ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines and how the outcome could change the U.S. airline landscape.

As air transport recovers to normal levels in much of the world, IATA Director General Willie Walsh discusses the issues carriers are now contending with, how the market is changing and the outlook for the industry. 

Listen in as Aviation Week and ATW air transport editors discuss the pilot shortage U.S. airlines are grappling with during the post-pandemic rebound. They explore the underlying issues and discuss potential near-and long-term solutions.

Recorded at the Seattle headquarters of Alaska Airlines, CEO Ben Minicucci sits down with ATW Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker to talk 2022 goals, customer service, sustainability and innovation. Read a transcript of this interview here

Listen in as Etihad CEO Tony Douglas sits down with Aviation Week's Karen Walker to discuss a range of topics, including how the airline is striving to become more sustainable.