About this episode

Brian Sumers and Jon Ostrower discuss insights from the IATA annual general meeting in Rio, covering airline concerns and fare trends.

Brian Sumers and Jon Ostrower are back from the IATA annual general meeting in Rio. They tell Brett Snyder about what they saw and heard, from how US airlines aren't worried about the price of fuel to the way fares are moving differently in the US compared to Europe. Thank you to Points, a Plusgrade company, for sponsoring this week's episode. SHOW NOTES: The number of times Scott Kirby has been mentioned on the show

People in this episode

Host: Brett Snyder

Guests: Brian Sumers, Jon Ostrower

Topics covered

• aviation news
• IATA meeting
• US airlines
• fuel prices
• airfare trends

Keywords

• IATA
• aviation
• fuel prices
• airfare
• US airlines
• Scott Kirby

Sponsors

Points

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Plusgrade, IATA

Places: Rio

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