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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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# for take-off: 329

3/18/26

Host Scott McCartney with “Professor” Doug Parker on Route & Hub Profitability. Also: Traffic levels at O’Hare; TSA funding issues continue; Spirit plan calls for more shrinking; Listener takes issue with idea that General...

# for take-off: 328

3/11/26

Guest Co-Host Oscar Munoz, Guest: Michael Huerta, Fmr Administrator, FAA. Also: The war and fuel prices; A change of the Homeland Security Administrator; Delta leadership changes; Listener feedback on the loyalty program pooling idea. 

# for take-off: 327

3/4/26

This week: Guest Co-Host Maya Leibman. Guest: Charlie Sultan, President Concur Travel. Topics: Major Middle East air travel disruptions; Elliott Management sells more SWA shares – says “mission accomplished”; Frontier shares drop;...

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