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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10/14/26

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;...

# for take-off: 357

10/7/26

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...

# for take-off: 356

9/30/26

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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