This week: Guest Co-Host Christina Cassotis. Guest: Sean Donohue, Fmr CEO, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Also: Party Balloons (not drones) over El Paso Airport; Government shutdown & potential disruption in TSA operations; Two Elliott...
This week: Guest Co-Host, Charles Duncan, Guest: Scott Hamilton, Founder & Managing Director, Leeham Company and author: The Rise and Fall of Boeing: And The Way Back. Also: Elliott Mgt sells some SWA shares; Spirit sells more Chicago gates; AA...
This week: Host Scott McCartney with 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...
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...
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...
This week: Guest Co-Host Maya Leibman. Guest: Don Carty, Chairman, Porter Airlines. Also: The Allegiant- Sun Country deal; Is Frontier-Spirit now more likely? Altimeter conflict – FAA putting out 5G plan for public comment; Airport debt...
This week: Guest Co-Host Henry Harteveldt, Guest: Jeremy Bowen, CEO, Cirium. Topic: 2025 On Time Performance Award Winners. Also: Storms caused holiday travel challenges; Two operational mismanagement examples; American increases Chicago flights;...
This week: Host Scott McCartney with Chris Sloan. Reviews: American’s new A321XLR Flagship Suite & JetBlue’s new JFK Lounge. Also: The $50MM Spirit Christmas gift; More Spirit-Frontier talks; Frontier CEO Barry Biffle out, James...
This week: Scott McCartney with Guest Co-Host Christina Cassotis. Topics: 13 years of unpaid parking comes due; Spirit refutes competitors’ talk of impending shutdown; Losses due to government flight reductions; Lots to say about Southwest...
This week: Host Scott McCartney attends Doug Parker’s “School of Airline Pricing” – Extensive insights into pricing considerations.