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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7/29/26

9 hours ago

This week: Guest Co-Host Charles Duncan. Guest: Greg Anderson, CEO,  Allegiant Travel Company. Plus: Farnborough Air Show’s military focus; Thoughts from  EAA  AirVenture Oshkosh; SWA, United, Alaska, American reports numbers; JetBlue wins bid for...

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7/22/26

1 week ago

This week: Scott McCartney with Guest Co-Host Oscar Munoz. Topics: More earnings news. A deeper dive into fare data – current fares vs 10 years ago; Investors showing more interest in airlines; A look at the current state of industry competition.

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7/15/26

2 weeks ago

This week: Scott McCartney with Guest Co-Host Maya Leibman. Topics: The fate of EasyJet – Apollo tops Castlelake offer; Earnings season starts with Delta, huge fuel cost increases, refinery income; Tribute to aviator Wally Funk; Thoughts on Delta’s...

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