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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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10/21/26

10 hours ago

This week: Scott McCartney with Guest Co-Host Christina Cassotis. Topics: Back to the Future Week; Airline stock retreat; Southwest Media Day announcements; A focus on JetBlue; Lufthansa to acquire large stake in TAP Air Portugal; Politico story on...

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10/14/26

1 week ago

This week: Guest Co-Host Charles Duncan. Guest Dave Emerson, CEO, Virgin Australia. Also: Delta reports lower earnings; Riyadh airport war disruptions; JetBlue financials; Gary Leff’s View From The Wing reports change in American’s bumping policy;...

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# for take-off: 357

10/7/26

2 weeks 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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