AviationPros Podcast

Editors Joe Petrie and Josh Smith discuss airline trends and predictions for 2022 and explore how these may impact other segments of the aviation industry.

Kaven Swan of HOK discusses the current challenges and opportunities for airports to leverage disadvantaged business enterprises to improve operations and development. 

Scott Sangster, vice president of global logistics service providers at Descartes, joins Ground Support Worldwide editor Josh Smith to discuss how automated demurrage and tracking technology can be used together to address the challenges of ULD and pallet shortages.

In AviationPros' annual Year in Review Show, Walker Jaroch, assistant editor for AviationPros , is joined by Joe Petrie, editor of  Airport Business ; Josh Smith, editor of  Ground Support Worldwide ; and Jennifer Wilberschied, editor of  Aircraft Maintenance Technology . As part of their look back on 2021, the group touches on the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, passenger unruliness in air...

Captain Lee Collins, Senior Vice President of Industry & Government Affairs at Paragon Flight Training shares his thoughts on the recent parts shortage debacle and what bigger fixes need to be made to better the supply chain overall. 

In the final episode of the AviatonPros Podcast series, Aviation and the Environment, Walker Jaroch speaks with Jonathan Smith, senior attorney with the organization Earthjustice , about the dangers of leaded avgas and the work Earthjustice has been doing to get the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate it.

Carla Potts and Dan Black with Nachurs Alpine Solutions Industrial discuss the benefits of using chloride-free deicing materials for landside winter weather operations.  

Uschi Schulte-Sasse, senior vice president at INFORM GmbH, joins Ground Support Worldwide editor Josh Smith at the IATA Ground Handling Conference to discuss her company's GroundStar platform, which can be used for various short-, mid- and long-term personnel management details among other tasks.

Chris Cooper joins the podcast to offer insight about the current state of sustainable aviation fuels and the future SAF has in the industry. Cooper is vice president of North America renewable aviation at Neste -- a Finland-based multinational renewable fuel, and renewable polymer and chemicals company. In 2020, the Corporate Knights Global 100 ranked Neste as the third most sustainable company i...

Mitul Ruparelia of Vision-Box discusses the reopening of international travel between the U.S. and U.K and how technology will play a key role in the future of travel security. 

Propeller Airports CEO Brett Smith discusses the company's recent purchase of Castle & Cooke's FBO at Paine Field and it's foray into the FBO market. 

In the fourth episode of the AviationPros Podcast Series, Aviation and the Environment, we focus our attention on noise pollution, speaking with Ryan Waguespack and Vickie Tuten. Waguespack, senior vice president of aircraft management, air charter services and MROs for the National Air Transportation Association, speaks with us directly from the floor of this year’s NBAA show in Las Vegas, which...

Keith Sawyer, manager of alternative fuels for Avfuel talks about the company's new commitment to sustainability. 

Melinda McCoy, environmental sustainability manager for John Wayne Airport talks with Editorial Director Joe Petrie about the airport's investment in electric ground vehicles and how this fits into their overall sustainability efforts. 

In this episode of the AviationPros Podcast, Ground Support Worldwide editor Josh Smith speaks with Vince Howie, senior vice president and CEO at ATS World Wide, about his company's aircraft towing concept that utilizes electric tow dollies and below-grade tracks on airport ramps and taxiways to pull planes between the taxiway and the gate.

Michael J. Zeto III, senior vice president global strategy and emerging businesses for Boingo Wireless talks with Editorial Director Joe Petrie about the company's expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services and the new private network the company's launched at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

Scott Morrissey, senior vice president, sustainability, Denver International Airport, joins Walker Jaroch, assistant editor of AviationPros, for an extended conversation on the airport’s environmental goals and actions. Topics range from the water quality and conservation projects the airport is undertaking to the role an airport should be playing in its local community and climate. All past episo...

In this episode of the AviationPros Podcast, Veta Traxler, paint and interior designer and Emilie Harbour, corporate aircraft lead designer at West Star Aviation and Julie Voisin, global marketing manager with Sherwin-Williams Aerospace visits with Aircraft Maintenance Technology editor Jennifer Wilberschied to share their thoughts on AMT’s recent paints and coatings survey results and what paint...

Walker Jaroch speaks with Brandon Fried, executive director of the Airforwarders Association, about Amazon's recent 20-year lease of two Newark Liberty International Airport cargo buildings and the challenges and benefits this lease will have for the airport and the cargo operations already present there. 

In this episode of the AviationPros Podcast, Steve Berry - manager of fuel quality and safety at the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), visits with Ground Support Worldwide editor Josh Smith to share information about the upcoming Ground Handling Safety Symposium, taking place virtually on Sept. 14 and 15.

In the second episode of the AviationPros Podcast Series: Aviation and the Environment, Walker Jaroch, assistant editor, speaks with guests  Steven Barrett , Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, and Roei Ganzarski, CEO of  magniX . In the first half of the episode, Barrett describes the work he and his colleagues at MIT have done on  post combustion emission control systems  for aircr...

In this episode of the AviationPros Podcast, Ground Support Worldwide editor Josh Smith speaks with Dr. Gert Pfeifer to learn more about Jettainer's program to utilize virtual counterparts of its ULD fleet to make data-driven decisions that improve operations.

Sam Sleiman, executive vice president of national transportation for Suffolk Construction talks with Editorial Director Joe Petrie about what impact the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill will have on airports across the U.S. and how they can utilize the $25 billion in new airport improvement funding.         

Originally recorded on July 30, 2021, Wisconsin Aviation President and CEO Jeff Baum talks with Editorial Director Joe Petrie about the growth of Wisconsin Aviation and what's in store for the company as it looks to the future. 

Originally recorded on July 20, Ryan Waguespack, senior vice president at the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), spent a few minutes with Ground Support Worldwide editor Josh Smith at EAA AirVenture 2021 in Oshkosh, Wis., to discuss some of the NATA's initiatives among the general aviation community.