335 - Guest Co-Host Maya Leibman. Guest: Rick Elieson, Chief Revenue Officer, Signature Aviation

About this episode

The episode features guest co-host Maya Leibman and guest Rick Elieson discussing various aviation news topics including Spirit's potential government bailout and the demand for air travel.

Guest Co-Host Maya Leibman. Guest: Rick Elieson, Chief Revenue Officer, Signature Aviation. News: Spirit's potential government bailout; Overall demand for air travel continues; Q1 results; Alaska-Hawaiian system cutover process; NTSB preliminary report issued on LGA CRJ/fire truck incident.

People in this episode

Host: Scott McCartney

Guests: Maya Leibman, Rick Elieson

Topics covered

• air travel demand
• government bailout
• aviation news
• Q1 results
• incident report

Keywords

• air travel
• government bailout
• aviation news
• Q1 results
• NTSB report

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Signature Aviation, Spirit, Alaska, Hawaiian, NTSB

Places: LGA

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