Aviation Week's Window Seat Podcast
As the industry-leading podcast for the airline and airport sectors, Window Seat brings together editors and experts from across the Aviation Week Network who are joined by senior leaders to discuss the business of air transport.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 163
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Why 2023 Was A Big Year For Air Transport
Listen in as Aviation Week Network editors Karen Walker, Christine Boynton, David Casey, Jens Flottau and Lori Ranson discuss key industry moments and themes of the year and what they will be watchin…
Why Ethiopian Airlines Is Preparing To Buy More Widebodies
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Victoria Moores speaks with Ethiopian Airlines CCO Lemma Yadecha Gudeta, who reveals that the airline is close to a 400-seat aircraft order during a buzzing Gatwi…
The World’s Airlines Return To Profitability
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with Marie Owens Thomsen, IATA chief economist and sustainability head, about new financial and traffic forecasts and alternative fuel product…
Explaining ICAO’s Latest Sustainability Goals
How should we understand the sustainable fuels agreements brokered at ICAO’s CAAF/3 conference? Listen in to hear from Haldane Dodd, executive director of the cross-industry Air Transport Action Grou…
A Conversation With BOC Aviation’s Top Executives
Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with BOC Aviation's retiring CEO Robert Martin and his successor, incoming chief executive Steven Townend, about managing supply chain disruptions and how …
How IAG Thinks About Sustainability
Listen in Aviation Week Network's Victoria Moores sits down with International Airlines Group's Head of Sustainability Jonathon Counsell to discuss his thoughts on aviation’s path to net zero, includ…
A Conversation With Benyamin Ismail, CEO At AirAsia X
The head of the Malaysia-based long-haul LCC talks about Asia’s surging demand for air travel and his focus points with Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker.
The Biggest Challenges Facing Airports
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's David Casey and Victoria Moores speak with Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Airports Council International World director general. Recorded live at Routes World 2023 in I…
The Asia-Pacific Market Returns To Growth
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with the director general at the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, Subhas Menon, ahead of the organization's annual Assembly of Presidents…
How Will Aviation Meet Its 2050 Net-Zero Goals?
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with Marie Owens Thomsen, IATA's senior vice president for sustainability and chief economist, about key talking points at the first IATA Worl…
A Discussion With The President And CEO Of Republic Airways
Tune is as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with Bryan Bedford, president and CEO of Republic Airways, about the pilot shortage and other challenges affecting the U.S. regional airline ind…
A Discussion With Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr
Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker speaks with Carsten Spohr, the head of multiple European airlines, about North American route expansion, ITA, returning the Airbus A380 to service an…
ATC's Summer of Discontent
Listen in as Aviation Week editors David Casey, Aaron Karp and Victoria Moores discuss instances of air traffic control (ATC) chaos in Europe and North America this summer, as well as how some air se…
The UK’s Air Traffic Meltdown
Tune in as Aviation Week editors discuss the air traffic control failure in the UK that led to the cancelation of thousands of flights, which the UK’s ATC services provider, NATS, says was caused by…
What's Holding Back China’s International Aviation Recovery?
Tune in as Aviation Week experts Chen Chuanren, Hang Zhao and David Casey discuss the reasons behind China's slower-than-expected recovery.
Traffic in China’s domestic market has continued to surge s…
Lessons To Learn From Government COVID Rules
Tune in as ATW editors Karen Walker and Henry Canaday discuss their new cover story report on studies that detail the true impact of shutting down the air transport system during the COVID-19 pandemi…
Are Buses The Future Of Regional Aviation?
Listen in as Aviation Week editor Aaron Karp talks with Tim Kroll, airport director at Atlantic City Airport, and Nick Johnson, vice president and head of revenue for Landline, at TakeOff North Ameri…
Saudi Arabia's Bold Civil Aviation Ambitions
Listen in as Air Transport World’s Alan Dron and Edmond Rose, consulting director at aviation consultancy ASM, discuss Saudi Arabia's aviation ambitions with David Casey, editor in chief of Routes.
T…
South Africa's Air Transport Transformation
While many global markets have returned to their pre-pandemic norms, where stronger carriers have reasserted their dominance, South Africa’s aviation landscape tells a different story.
Routes Editor …
India And The Changing Airline Fleets Dynamic
Aviation Week Network editors Karen Walker, Jens Flottau and Richard Maslen discuss new aircraft orders and what it means for future airline networks on the release of ATW's World Airline Report.