Aviation has been increasing its focus on environmental sustainability, with many airlines committing to improving their carbon efficiency. Listen in as Anders Fagernæs, Vice President of Sustainability at Norwegian, shares about his role and the sustainability initiatives at Norwegian.

Travelers regularly encounter airline customer service agents, but what does their role entail behind the scenes, and how do they help keep the passenger journey smooth? Listen in as Kristi MunLeeuw shares a bit more, along with her unique journey from cosmetology to aviation!

You are likely aware of EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, and some of that is thanks to the work of Dick Knapinski, Director of Communications at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Hear more about Dick's aviation career as well as all the activities the Experimental Aircraft Association supports in order to spread the love of aviation.  

Marina Efthymiou shares her fascinating career path that began in Greek tourism and eventually landed at Dublin City University, with strategic fuel stops on the way. Join us to hear Marina's story, as well as the great aviation learning opportunities at Dublin City University.

Very excited to announce our 2024 Aeropedia Podcast Trivia Champion! Over 29 Aeropedia episodes in 2024 just one pair of contestants got all 5 trivia answers correct. In this episode we let our champion challenge the hosts, hear how Ashwin and Peeter did.  

We welcome Vasuki Prasad who shares insights of his expansive aviation career journey from engineering, to airline planning, aircraft marketing and sales, all tapping his passion for data analytics. Vasuki also shares perspectives about aviation in India, so be sure to listen in.   

How does one get into reporting on aviation, and what does it entail? Brian Sumers, editor of "The Airline Observer" and co-host of "The Airshow" podcast, shares his fascinating and unique path with us!

We welcome Captain Matthew Fischbacher, an airline pilot with over 20 years of flight experience, who shares insights from his career flying in various parts of the world as well as details about sustainable aviation from a flight operations perspective.

We cover a variety of airport topics with Craig Simon, Director of Aviation, at California's Oakland airport. From infrastructure, to air service, and airline relations, Craig gives great insight into all it takes to be a Director of Aviation.  Craig is also a wealth of knowledge about Oakland airport and shares some very interesting facts about the airport on the bay.

We welcome back two special guests, Courtney Miller and Brian Rynott, for this episode to close out 2024 and kick off 2025 with their perspectives. Also, we open our trivia round to a round robin, with Courtney, Brian, Ashwin and Peeter each asking the group a trivia question.  We all learned something new, and hope you do too!

Given the extensive background of our guest, Lee Brewster, we are able to pack a lot of fascinating topics into this episode! From maintenance training, to aircraft brokering, and the International Aviation Women's Association (IAWA), listen in to hear about Lee's vast experience and learn about her unique aviation career path.

In our first "pilot" episode we are very lucky to welcome Captain Jeff Whiteman, Chief Pilot for UPS! Hear all about UPS flight operations, the role of the Chief Pilot, as well as the many other roles that help keep UPS flying smoothly. Captain Whiteman also gave us some fun UPS trivia along the way, so be sure to listen in!

Happy to have Andy Balser, from Air Partner, joining us to share the intricacies of private aviation customer service and customer experience.  What are the differences and how are both manifested in aviation? Andy offers a number of interesting personal examples and insights from his extensive experience on the topic, so enjoy!

Since Kansas City operates two airports, why not have two guests? We welcome Melissa Cooper and Justin Meyer, Director and Deputy Director of Aviation for the Kansas City Aviation Department to share more about the Kansas City International Airport and Wheeler Downtown Airport. This team makes a dynamic duo on aviation trivia too!  Listen in to see how they strategized their way through the round.

What is a relatively affordable way to take advantage of private aviation in Europe?  Consider an air taxi! We speak with Stefaan Ghijs, Founder & CEO of Fly Aeolus, to tell us how his air taxi business model has taken shape and grown.

What role does an airport take in attracting new airline service? We welcome Nate Lavin, Air Service and Business Development Manager at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC / KSLC) to share more about how SLC has done it, while also transitioning from a historically majority connecting airport to one now with more origin & destination traffic.

We welcome Brian Rynott to the podcast to hear about his broad and unique aviation career, including a deeper dive into Altavair where he is currently Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Americas. Brian is arguably one of the industry's most respected AvGeeks, so we had to up the ante on his trivia lineup.  Listen in to hear how he performed under the pressure (no L1011 misses in this episode).

Get the inside scoop on Routes, an amazing forum and network that airlines and airports around the world use to plan prospective new air service. We welcome Deanna Dow, Director of Airline Partnerships at Informa Markets, to explain more about Routes and the critical role its forums and offerings play in fostering new air service.

We welcome Harrison Wolf to the podcast as we take a slight tangent into the world of drones and Harrison's role at the Flight Safety Foundation. Aviation touches so many facets, and we were excited to hear a bit more about this fascinating and growing segment.

What role can aviation play as a personal or corporate investment?  We speak with Shelley Svoren, of Infinite Branches, to find out.  We also get to hear Shelley's unique career path vector into aviation.