United’s Media Day Extravaganza

About this episode

Jon Ostrower and Brett Snyder discuss United's media day and the airline's strategies for economic downturns.

Jon Ostrower and Brett Snyder report back from United's media day where new hard products were shown off on several different aircraft. It was also on full display that the airline has been preparing for the next downturn with strategies that allow it to move forward with long term plans even when things don’t look good in the short term. We would like to thank Plusgrade for supporting The Air Show.

People in this episode

Guests: Jon Ostrower, Brett Snyder

Topics covered

• aviation
• airline strategies
• media day
• product launch
• economic downturn

Keywords

• United Airlines
• media day
• aviation products
• economic strategies
• airline industry

Sponsors

Plusgrade

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United

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