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1/14/26

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 increase...

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1/7/26

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;...

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12/24/25

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 Dempsey named...

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