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Aircraft & Fleets
An aircraft choice sets limits long before a route launches: range, seats, cost and availability shape what an airline can actually fly. These conversations examine narrowbodies and widebodies, orders, leasing and fleet constraints through the people who plan, sell and analyse aircraft. Begin with the A321 XLR discussion, then compare widebody deployment and the economics of leased fleets.
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Wide Body Wonders - feat. Evan (Analytic Flying)
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Lease, Lift, and Land: Insights on Aircraft Leasing & Asset Management - feat. Alok Anand (Chairman/CEO - Acumen Aviation) - The Indian AvGeek
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The Small Narrow Body Edition - feat. Vasuki Prasad (Embraer)
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The aircraft makers shaping aviation’s next chapter
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The Multi-Hub Myth feat. Behramjee Ghadially and Sean Mendis
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Will Delhi Do Dallas? feat. Chris McLaughlin (CEO, DFW - Dallas Fort Worth Intl Airport)
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AIX 2026 & The PaxEx Paradox feat. Seth Miller (Founder, PaxEx.Aero)
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State of the Aviation Industry (part 2) feat. Thomas Jaeger & Addison Schonland
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State of the Aviation Industry (part 1) feat. Thomas Jaeger & Addison Schonland
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On Pieter Elbers and IndiGo feat. Kushan Mitra (The Pioneer) & Ajay Awtaney (Live From A Lounge)
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Frenemies at the Gate: The Lufthansa - Air India Moment feat. Kevin Markette (Head of Sales-South Asia, Lufthansa Group)
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Inside BBJ's feat. Chris Shindle (Director of Marketing, Boeing Business Jets)
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Air Canada’s 2026 Flight Plan feat. Mark Nasr (EVP & COO, Air Canada)
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The Cheeky Challenger feat. Shivani Singh Deo (Country Manager - India, Virgin Atlantic)
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The Last MD‑83 and the Next Frontier feat. Arun Kr Singh (President & CEO, TezJet)
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The Indian Travel Stack feat. Suresh Khadakbhavi (CEO, Digi Yatra Foundation)
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50 Shades of Oneworld feat. Nathaniel Pieper (CEO, Oneworld)
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Hub & Spoke Huddle: From Munich to Mumbai via Beijing, feat. Behramjee Ghadially
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Seat 1A. Up-Front and Lie-Flat Truths feat. John Walton (Editor in chief, The Up Front)
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Unpacking AI171 Prelim Report with India’s Top Aviation Minds
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Props to the Future: feat. Jean-Pierre Clercin (Commercial Head - APAC, ATR)
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Inside the Business of the Sky: feat. Brian Sumers (Founder/Editor, The Airline Observer)
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Nose to Tail Insights! - feat. Arvind Chandrasekhar (Head of Network, Fleet Management & Director Sales India, Lufthansa Consulting)
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Inside IndiGo’s Flight Plan - feat. Abhijit DasGupta (Head of Planning and Revenue, IndiGo)
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The Cranky Cockpit - feat. Brett Snyder (Founder/Author, Cranky Flier)
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The aircraft makers shaping aviation’s next chapter
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Insights on Aircraft Leasing & Asset Management (Part 2) - feat. Alok Anand (Chairman/CEO - Acumen Aviation) - The Indian AvGeek
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Lease, Lift, and Land: Insights on Aircraft Leasing & Asset Management - feat. Alok Anand (Chairman/CEO - Acumen Aviation) - The Indian AvGeek
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Wings, Wisdom, and Willy - feat. Willy Boulter (ex CCO, IndiGo)
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Wide Body Wonders - feat. Evan (Analytic Flying)
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Flying far, with the A321 XLR - feat. Evan (Analytic Flying)
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Forecasting 2025 for Indian Aviation (part 2) - feat. Ajay Awtaney (Live From A Lounge)
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Forecasting 2025 for Indian Aviation - feat. Ajay Awtaney (Live From A Lounge)
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Indian Aviation in 2024, Part 2 - feat. Devesh Agarwal (Bangalore Aviation)
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Highflying Headlines - feat. Jagriti Chandra (The Hindu)
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The Embraer Encore - feat. Vasuki Prasad (Embraer)
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The Small Narrow Body Edition - feat. Vasuki Prasad (Embraer)
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What it takes to build a regional airline
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High Finance: Navigating the skies of Aircraft Leasing - feat. Nitin Sarin (Sarin & Co)
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“If Mohammad, Jesus & Ram put forward an airport proposal” - feat. Sean Mendis
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The Business of General Aviation - feat. Captain Kishore Chinta
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