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What India’s smaller airlines can learn from the US

Brett Snyder examines how smaller carriers compete with larger rivals, alongside tariffs, aircraft development and the choices facing US airlines in India’s market.

11 May 202550 min

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Brett Snyder, the founder of Cranky Flier and the host of The Air Show podcast, joins to discuss a wide variety of issues. From the impact of tariffs on aviation to Boeing and Airbus, Embraer’s NGNB, the importance of the Indian market for US airlines, Norse Atlantic planes with IndiGo, XLRs, Air India, regional aviation, Alaska Airlines’ plans for India, next-generation aircraft, and lessons that smaller Indian airlines can draw from the US market on how to compete with the Goliaths.

Brett Snyder - @crankyflier Vishal Mehra - @vishal1mehra

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Airline Operations

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Brett Snyder

Brett Snyder is the founder of Cranky Flier and a host of The Air Show podcast. His conversation with Vishal Mehra ranges across aircraft, airline competition and the India–US market. It considers the choices facing both large carriers and smaller challengers. The interview brings a US aviation perspective to questions with direct relevance for Indian airlines.