Now Taking Off!

Hosted by Scott McCartney, Former Travel Editor/"Middle Seat" Columnist for The Wall Street Journal. 
Top Stories, C-Suite Guests, Listener Questions.   
The Leading Podcast Reaching Travel Industry Insiders, Frequent Flyers, & Aviation Geeks. Created by Ben Baldanza.

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10/7/26

11 hours ago

This week: Scott McCartney with Guest Co-Host Henry Harteveldt. Topics: A NASA SR-71 Blackbird revival? Terrorism by 1st officer on FlyDubai; Scott Kirby envisions massive increase in United Chicago flights; United launches Base First fare and...

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# for take-off: 356

9/30/26

1 week ago

This week: Guest Co-Host Oscar Munoz. Guest: Ben Minicucci, CEO, Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines. Also: Airline market capitalization, Primary and backup system failure at Philly TRACON; Market share numbers & discussion; Listener input on Frontier’s...

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# for take-off: 355

9/23/26

2 weeks ago

This week: Scott McCartney with Jimmy Dempsey, CEO, Frontier Airlines – From the stage of The American Bar Association’s 2026 Forum on Air and Space Law Annual Meeting in Denver. Session presented by Husch Blackwell. Plus: AirBaltic bankruptcy...

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