332 - Guest Co-Host Christina Cassotis. Guest: Khalid Usman, Partner, Oliver Wyman

About this episode

The episode features guest co-host Christina Cassotis and guest Khalid Usman discussing recent airline industry news and updates.

Guest Co-Host Christina Cassotis. Guest: Khalid Usman, Partner, Oliver Wyman. News: British Airways to allow Video/Audio calls with Starlink; Spirit proceedings update; JetBlue & United raise bag fees; FAA reducing SFO arrival rate; Kevin Burke of ACI to retire; IATA's Willie Walsh named new CEO at IndiGo replacing Pieter Elbers; Listener feedback on "Professor" Doug Parker's route profitability.

People in this episode

Host: Scott McCartney

Guests: Christina Cassotis, Khalid Usman

Topics covered

• airline news
• industry updates
• guest insights
• aviation trends
• listener feedback

Keywords

• British Airways
• Spirit
• JetBlue
• United
• FAA
• IATA
• aviation
• airline fees
• listener feedback

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oliver Wyman, British Airways, Spirit, JetBlue, United, FAA, ACI, IATA, IndiGo

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