Airways Podcast

In this episode, our hosts analyze the future of the airline alliances and discuss the repercussions of Delta's new partnership with LATAM Airlines. Delta finalized a $1.9 billion investment for a 20% stake in the Latin American carrier.

The third episode kicks off with Rohan, Vinay, and Enrique analyzing the most relevant headlines in the commercial aviation industry, followed by an exclusive interview with the Founder and CEO of Volaris, Enrique Beltraena. This episode's analysis topics are: Thomas Cook Shuts Down; The new Mexico City International Airport is canceled. 

Episode 2 of Season 3 kicks off the most relevant headlines in the commercial aviation industry, followed by the second part of our exclusive interview with David Neeleman. He tells Airways his thoughts on ultra-long-haul, the A321XLR, his involvement with TAP Portugal, and a few personal remarks. This episode's topics are: - American Airlines retires the MD-80. - British Airways is crippled by 2 days of crew strikes. - Frontier opens new base in Newark.

Season 3 kicks off with an all-new format. Rohan Anand and Vinay Bhaskara welcome Enrique Perrella as the third host of the show. In this episode, David Neeleman exclusively tells Airways the tentative launch date of his new startup, code-named Moxy. Rohan, Vinay, and Enrique analyze three topics drawn from the top headlines in the commercial aviation scene. Welcome aboard!

Airbus is taking a majority stake in Bombardier's troubled CSeries Program (0:35) which Rohan likes to call, "the mic drop." As if Vinay doesn't have enough reasons to call Rohan out for being a stereotypical millennial, Rohan insisted that Vinay humor a discussion about a potential United - JetBlue merger (23:35). Onto more concrete topics, we dive into Q3 2017 earnings season by discussing Delta's results (34:10).

We start by checking in on the continued woes at AirBerlin and Alitalia (1:10). We also take a look at Ryanair, which once appeared to be one of the highest bidders for some of Alitalia's assets. But now, Ryanair is suffering from extensive operational and commercial fallout over a pilot shortage (16:35). We then move on to Turkish Airlines' blockbuster order for 40 787-9s (30:18). We wrap up the show by discussing new trans-Atlantic routes from Delta in Summer 2018 in nontraditional markets (36:30).

We start off by examining the consequences that natural disasters have on air travel (4:07). Next, we evaluate new transatlantic routes (15:25) across the Atlantic to midsized markets like Nashville and Indianapolis. A countervailing factor transatlantic capacity reductions in the form of Air Berlin (25:05), who filed for insolvency on August 15. Speaking of transformation, Sun Country is revamping its business model (32:10) to a ULCC. Finally, Rohan and Vinay do a pulse check on Basic Economy (37:23).

2017 Paris Air Show Special - Day 1 Recap

Episode 31 - Crisis for Qatar Airways & United Adds LA - Singapore

Episode 30 - LAX Terminal Shuffle, Alaska's Paine is Seattle's Gain, & Electronics Ban Expansion

Episode 29 - Dr. Dao vs. United, WestJet's ULCC, and Emirates capacity cuts

Bay Area Aviation - Deep Dive #10

Post-Merger Growth at Alaska Airlines [Network Beat #11]

Episode 28 - Delta's Operational Meltdown and Ryanair 2.0

It's Time For United Airlines to Come Home - Network Beat #10