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The Allplane Podcast
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The Allplane Podcast is all about commercial aviation and air travel. Every episode features an aviation professional that opens up for the audience a different aspect of the aviation industry.
Episodes
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The Allplane Podcast #143: leading innovation at IAG, with Nacho Tovar
International Airlines Group (IAG) is one of the world’s largest airline groups, with British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus and LEVEL in its ranks. And like other leading industry players in such a technology-driven industry, IAG wants to have first row in the innovation arena. This is the...
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The Allplane Podcast #142: how to prevent contrail formation, with Maxime Meijers (Estuaire)
In the debate about how to aviation’s contribution to global warming there is a factor that is getting an increasing amount of attention: contrails. These happen when water vapour and particles from the aircraft’s jet exhaust form little crystals upon entering in contact with the very cold air…
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The Allplane Podcast #141: ETS, CORSIA and SAF with IATA’s Chief Economist, Marie Owens Thomsen
Marie Owens Thomsen, Chief Economist and SVP Sustainability at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has emerged as one of the most outspoken voices in the aviation decarbonization debate. Is the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) fit for purpose? Are the EU's current…
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The Allplane Podcast #140: electric aviation infrastructure w/Dr. Stefan Breunig (Albatross)
The path towards electric aviation is not an easy one. On this podcast we have talked on previous occasions about some of the challenges it faces, from getting batteries with enough energy density to setting up a supply chain from scratch. One area we have so far - until now, at least! - paid...
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The Allplane Podcast #139: eVTOL supply chains with Stefan Schamberger (Nova Elevation)
eVTOL developers promise thousands of aircraft by the start of next decade, but is this realistic? I am not even talking about the long and costly certification processes, let’s assume, for the sake of simplicity, that this is sorted. What about the capacity of aerospace supply chains, already...
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The Allplane Podcast #138: the tokenization of the aircraft engine, w/ John Kristoff & Max Van der Griend
Blockchain technology has been making headlines for quite a few years, so perhaps may come as a surprise to many of you that its use in fields such as aerospace finance has been rather limited to date. But this may soon change if a Florida-based company, Forum Markets (previously known as…
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The Allplane Podcast #137: the state of the aerospace battery industry, with Gerard Torres (Bold)
The future of electric aviation depends on progress being made in the battery technology front. This is a topic we like to cover with certain regularity here on this podcast, since things are moving forward…but, are they moving fast enough? No one better to ask this question to than those that…
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The Allplane Podcast #136: a new approach to flight tracking, with Alex Lungu (Wingbits)
The popularity of flight tracking apps has transcended the boundaries of the aviation community and truly become mainstream. I guess most of our readers and listeners are familiar with the market leader in this space, but what if I told you the competitive landscaspe in this space is far from...
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The Allplane Podcast #135: an advanced air mobility reality check, with Adrian Norris
Every now and then is good to stop for a second, and take some time to think and assess what’s going on around you. If you are following the advanced air mobility industry on a day to day basis it is easy to get carried away by a deluge of triumphalist announcements and press releases. But what…
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The Allplane Podcast #134: electrifying aircraft taxiing, with David Valaer (Green Taxi)
What if the lowest-hanging fruit in aviation decarbonization was not in the air, but waiting right in front of us, on the ground? This is what David Valaer, founder and CEO of Green Taxi Aerospace thinks. A pilot since the age of 16, David has spent his whole life surrounded by aircraft, either...
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The Allplane Podcast #133: large electric aircraft with Daniel Rosen Jacobson, co-founder of Elysian Aircraft
What is building a large scale battery-powered aircraft was more feasible than originally thought? Our guest on this episode of the podcast, Daniel Rosen Jacobson co-founder and co-CEO of Elysian Aircraft, has come on the podcast to explain how asking the right questions and conducting scientific...
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The Allplane Podcast #132: Airships w/ Michael Kendrick, Mark Dorey & James Dexter (Straightline Aviation)
Is the airship ready for a big comeback? This is not some sort of retro-futurist sci-fi scenario, since there are a handful of companies working to develop a new generation modern-day iteration of this iconic type of aircraft. But, in fact, airships and, more generally, lighter than air aircraft...
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The Allplane Podcast #131 with Megha Bhatia, EVE Air Mobility Chief Commercial Officer
Among the top contenders in the eVTOL space, EVE Air Mobility stands out—not because it's closer than others to entering service or because it generates more media headlines. In fact, what sets EVE aside from the pack is the backing of one of the world’s most successful and technologically…
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The Allplane Podcast #130 with Mukund Karanjikar, CleanJoule founder and CEO
The world badly needs sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and, fortunately, there is not shortage of entrepreneurs willing to take on the challenge to scale up production. Now, are all SAF pathways the same? Of course not. Today on the podcast we will talk with Mukund Karanjikar, founder and CEO of...
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The Allplane Podcast #129 with Shashank Nigam (Simpliflying / Sustainability in the Air)
In this episode of the we welcome Shashank Nigam, who, together with Dirk Singer, has co-authored the Sustainability in the Air book series, two volumes that cover many of the most prominent entrepreneurs, companies and projects striving to make air travel cleaner and more sustainable. Now,...
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The Allplane Podcast #128 with Otto Aviation COO Scott Drennan
In this episode of the podcast we’ll explore one of the most truly disruptive clean-sheet aircraft projects currently underway. Scott Drennan is President and Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Otto Aviation, a US startup aircraft maker that is developing an ultra-efficient executive jet. The...
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The Allplane Podcast #127: how ELeather saves airlines tons of fuel, w/Lisa Conway (Gen Phoenix)
When we talk about aviation sustainability, the first thing that usually comes to mind is propulsion technologies or new aircraft designs. But there are other ways to lower the environmental footprint of flying. Some are even hidden in plain sight! Today we bring you the story of a company doing...
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The Allplane Podcast #126: the electric jet engine, with Ivar Aune (SiriNor)
Ivar Aune is the CEO of SiriNor, a company working on an electric jet engine. Yes, you read that right! While most electric aircraft projects aim to power a propeller, SiriNor is going for the very technology that powers most of today’s commercial aviation industry. After all, a modern jet engine...
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The Allplane Podcast #125: sewage to SAF w/Yvonne Moynihan (Wizz Air) & James Hygate (Firefly)
Wizz Air takes pride in having the lowest carbon footprint per passenger and kilometer in the airline industry, 52g, number that it expects to bring further down as it renews the fleet with larger, denser and more efficient aircraft. But fleet renewal alone won’t do the trick. In fact, “fleet” is...
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The Allplane Podcast #123 with Delta Air Lines Chief Sustainability Officer, Amelia DeLuca
In this episode of the podcast we welcome Amelia DeLuca, Chief Sustainability Officer at Delta Air Lines. Besides being one of the World’s largest airlines, Delta, is also a very active player in the field of air travel innovation and decarbonization. Delta has committed to getting to net zero by...
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The Allplane Podcast #122, with Flynow’s Co-founder Yvonne Winter
Flynow is an Austrian eVTOL developer with big ambitions and, so far, a low media profile. But you can be sure that if you ever come across one of its eCopters, with its distinctive capsule-like, tail-less shape, it will catch your eye! Yvonne Winter, our guest in this episode of the podcast, is...
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The Allplane Podcast #121 - with Electra CEO, Marc Allen, & Flyvbird Founder, Tomislav Lang
This episode has two exceptional guests because more often than not, innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. Great successful products and services are those that fast achieve product-market fit and this is precisely what we are going to talk about here today. Our guests are Marc Allen, CEO of...
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The Allplane Podcast #120 - latest in hydrogen aviation with Josef Kallo (H2FLY)
Josef Kallo is a true sustainable aviation pioneer. He was already working on hydrogen-powered aircraft back in 2013, when few outside a small circle had heard about sustainable aviation or alternative propulsion technologies. Fast forward to 2021 and H2FLY, the company he has been leading for…
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The Allplane Podcast #119 - optimizing airline payments, with Diego Pérez (CellPoint Digital)
Payments are an essential element of the airline business and one that is often overlooked by most people. But, have you considered the tech required by any international carrier to handle thousands of payments from all over the world, smoothly and instantly? In this episode, produced in...
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The Allplane Podcast #118 - executive aviation in India, with Kanika Tekriwal (JetSetGo)
Kanika Tekriwal is the co-founder and CEO of JetSetGo, a company that has emerged, over the course of the last decades, as the major integrated executive aviation operator in India. JetSetGo provides a whole range of services in one of the world’s most promising air travel markets, from operating...
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The Allplane Podcast #117 - sustainable aviation in Asia, w/ Joshua Ng, Director at Alton Aviation Consultancy
Joshua Ng is a Director at Alton Aviation Consultancy, which, at the name implies, is a global consultancy firm serving the aviation industry with actionable analysis, advice and recommendations. Being based in Singapore, Joshua has a rather advantageous viewpoint on the sustainable aviation...
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The Allplane Podcast #116 - building jet engine of the future, with Ian Brooke (Astro Mechanica)
Things we talk about in this episode Ian Brooke’s background and story as an entrepreneur from an early age What is Astro Mechanica and how it got started What is an electric adaptive jet engine and how does it work What are the potential applications of the electric adaptive jet engine Astro...
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The Allplane Podcast #115 with Vertical Aerospace CTO, Michael Cervenka
Vertical Aerospace is one of the world’s leading advanced air mobility developers, at least when it comes to its order book. Some 1,500 units of its VX4 eVTOL aircraft have already been pre-ordered (including a 500 aircraft order from Avolon, which the lessor then managed to place in a matter of...
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The Allplane Podcast #111 - investing in sustainable aviation, w/ Mukul Hariharan of United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund
The decarbonization of the aviation industry will require huge amounts of investment. If we focus on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) alone, the amount of capex that will be required is staggering. Take Europe, for example, that will need over 100 new SAF production plants by 2030 if the aviation...
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The Allplane Podcast #110 - the state of the aviation industry w/ Jon Sindreu (Wall Street Journal)
Right as the commercial aviation industry gears up for the 2024 edition of the Farnborough Air Show, I got on Zoom with Jon Sindreu, one of the top journalists out there that knows the industry best. Perhaps because, in addition to his strong focus on aviation, Jon covers also range of sectors...
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The Allplane Podcast #109: why we calculate it all wrong, w/ Dr. Klaus Radermacher
As Europe is trying to get people off planes and into trains out of environmental concerns, Dr. Klaus Radermacher stands out as a contrarian voice. We are calculating it wrong!…says this engineer and consultant, who, in the last few years has taken a keen interest in the topic of sustainable...
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The Allplane Podcast #108: communicating sustainability, w/Elizabeth Maclean & Mike Evans (Herdwick Communications)
Sustainability has become a central topic in aviation, but are airlines prepared for this conversation? Elizabeth Maclean and Mike Evans are the co-founders of Herdwick Communications, a consultancy firm that advises airlines all over the world. With Elizabeth and Mike we speak about the…
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The Allplane Podcast #107: designing iconic airline brands with Ryan Frost, Creative Executive Director at Landor
Landor is, possibly, the creative agency that has designed the most iconic brands in aviation. British Airways, Alitalia, Singapore Airlines and Etihad are just a few of the big names of the airline industry that have entrusted their public identity to Landor’s creative minds. On this episode of...
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The Allplane Podcast #106 - the Seaglider revolution w/Billy Thalheimer, founder of REGENT
Our guest in this episode is Billy Thalheimer, founder and CEO of REGENT, a startup based in Rhode Island developing a wing-in-ground vehicle that will make it possible to fly fast and sustainably between coastal cities before the end of this decade. A wing-in-ground vehicle (WiG) is a type of...
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The Allplane Podcast #105 - air freight moonshots w/Natilus founder Aleksey Matyushev
Is the air cargo market ripe for its own technology revolution? Aleksey Matyushev and his team at Natilus are certainly doing their bit to make it happen. A graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Aleksey has been working at the cutting edge of aerospace technology for quite some time,...
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The Allplane Podcast #104 - Charles Everett Director of Aviation at the Port Authority of NY & NJ
Charles Everett is the Director of Aviation at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a public organization set up by these two states in order to manage key pieces of infrastructure, including the ports, some tunnels and roads and, importantly for this episode of the podcast, New York’s...
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The Allplane Podcast #102 - Airport Innovation with Giulio Ranucci (Aeroporti di Roma)
Giulio Ranucci is the Head of Innovation at Aeroporti di Roma (AdR), the company managing Rome’s two airports, Fiumicino (FCO) and Ciampino (CIA), with nearly 45 million annual passengers combined. What makes Giulio’s work at the helm of AdR’s innovation arm particularly interesting, is the very...
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The Allplane Podcast #101 - redefining executive aviation, with Comlux CEO Richard Gaona
Richard Gaona is one of the key players in the global executive aviation industry. The once president of Airbus’ Executive Aircraft division is currently leading one of the most unique operators in the highly sophisticated world of private aviation. Richard is the President and CEO of Comlux, a...
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The Allplane Podcast #99 - airline ancillaries, with Jay Sorensen (IdeaWorksCompany)
Jay Sorensen is one of the world’s top experts in airline ancillaries. Every year, Jay’s firm, IdeaWorksCompany, produces a comprehensive report about the state of airline ancillaries, a piece of work that has become the reference in this field, the Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue. As someone that...
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The Allplane Podcast #98 - vertiports and advanced air mobility, with Addison Ferrell (Skyports)
Addison Ferrell is Director, Infrastructure and Head of Americas at Skyports, one of the world’s leading vertiport developers. Vertiports will be an essential element of the upcoming advanced air mobility revolution. Will they be more like airports or like metro stations? What sort of experience...
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The Allplane Podcast #97 - electric seaplanes with Jekta founder, George Alafinov
The seaplane industry could not remain off trend. Electrification is driving a wave of innovation in aviation and George Alafinov, the scion of a family of seaplane designers, is making sure it does not skip one of the oldest branches of the industry. True, seaplanes may have fallen out of…
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The Allplane Podcast #96 - autonomous flight with Xwing founder Marc Piette
Marc Piette is the founder and CEO of Xwing, a California-based company that is developing a system that allows aircraft to fly fully autonomously, from gate to gate without human intervention. This may sounds like science-fiction to some, but it is certainly not. Already back in 2021, Xwing...
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The Allplane Podcast #95 - with Jenny Kavanagh, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions
Things we talk about in this episode: Jenny’s professional background What is Cranfield Aerospace Solutions What is the relationship between Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Cranfield University Why Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has pivoted towards the search for sustainable technologies in...
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The Allplane Podcast #94 - Damon Vander Lind & Andy Goessling of Magpie Aviation
As used as I am in reviewing all sorts of innovative ideas in aviation, the concept that Magpie Aviation presented a few weeks ago really caught my eye. Is this even possible? This was my first reaction when learning about the system to get an electric aircraft to tow, mid-air, a passenger…
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