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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: 323

2/4/26

This week: Guest Co-Host Charles Duncan. Guest: David Seymour, COO, American Airlines. Topics: AA hit hard by weather related operational issues; A good week for Southwest, cash pouring in, will Elliott Mgt cash out? American earnings drop; JetBlue...

# for take-off: 322

1/28/26

This week: Guest Co-Host Dave Hilfman. Guest: John Heimlich, VP/Chief Economist, AFA.  Also: Michael O’Leary and Elon Musk spar over Starlink; The latest Wall Street Journal airline scorecard; Is Castlelake an answer to Spirit’s woes...

# for take-off: 321

1/21/26

This week: Host Scott McCartney with Guest Co-Host Oscar Munoz. Topics: Do the rich fly Delta? Frontier not yet selling tickets for Spring/Summer – Did Barry Biffle run off with the scheduling system password?  Looking at the Frontier-Spirit...

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