The Indian #AvGeek
by Vishal Mehra
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Inside oneworld Alliance feat. Roger Blackburn & Gilbert Ott
Inside oneworld Alliance feat. Roger Blackburn & Gilbert Ott
About this podcast
Every fortnight, Vishal Mehra goes deep with airline CEOs and COOs, airport route-development chiefs, OEM leaders, loyalty heads and the analysts who keep them honest, from DEL and BOM to AMS, FRA, DFW and beyond.
Networks, fleets, slots, alliances, PaxEx and the economics behind every decision. The name is Indian. The conversation is global. The subject is always the business of aviation.
The Indian AvGeek is India's top aviation podcast.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 82 episodes
- Inside oneworld Alliance feat. Roger Blackburn & Gilbert Ott · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 82Fifteen airlines. One alliance. Millions of frequent flyers. And a rather complicated question: how do you make it all work as one? For Episode 82 of The Indian AvGeek, our…
- Why Airlines Fail: The WOW Air & PLAY Story feat. Birgir Jonsson (Ex-CEO, Play Airlines) · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 81Why do Iceland's low-cost airlines keep going bust, and can long-haul low-cost ever work? In Episode 81 of The Indian AvGeek, Vishal Mehra speaks with Birgir Jonsson, founding…
- All Routes Lead to Rome feat. Federico Scriboni (Director Aviation, ADR) · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 80Rome Fiumicino has grown into a 51 million-passenger global hub and India is firmly on its radar for what comes next. In Episode 80 of The Indian AvGeek, Vishal Mehra speaks with…
- The Art of Winning Airline Routes feat. Leon Verhallen (Dir Aviation Development, Brussels Airport) · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 79What does it actually take to convince an airline to deploy a $200 million aircraft on a brand new route? On Episode 79 of The Indian AvGeek, Vishal Mehra sits down with Leon…
- The Invisible Operating System of Aviation feat. Somit Goyal (CEO, IBS Software) · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 78On many flights you have taken - the booking, the check-in, the cargo hold below your feet, the crew rescheduling when things go wrong, is running on software you've never heard…
- Inside The Airport Tech Race feat. Sunil Ankalgi (Business Head, WAISL) · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 77If you've ever walked through an airport terminal and wondered who keeps it all running, this episode is for you. In Episode 77 of The Indian AvGeek, Vishal Mehra interviews…
- Royal Jordanian’s Big Bet on India & Levant feat. Karim Makhlouf (CCO, Royal Jordanian Airlines) · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 76In Episode 76 of The Indian AvGeek, host Vishal Mehra sits down with Karim Makhlouf, CCO of Royal Jordanian Airlines, for a deep dive in global aviation strategy. Karim shares…
- Inside Indian Aviation's Biggest Week with Tewolde & Willie Walsh (Ameya Joshi & Sean Mendis) - The Indian AvGeek Episode 75 · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 75In a wild 48 hour window, Indian aviation delivered a decade’s worth of news, forcing an emergency out-of-turn Episode 75 of The Indian AvGeek! Air India named Ethiopian Airlines…
- Why Airline Loyalty Ends Too Soon? feat. Safir Jamal (Founder & CEO, Passtination) · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 74Why does airline loyalty vanish the exact moment your luggage hits the arrival carousel? In Episode 74 of The Indian AvGeek, host Vishal Mehra sits down with Safir Jamal…
- Project Baraka & the Art of LCC Warfare feat. Antony Fernandes (Head Network Planning & Revenue Optimization, Jazeera Airways) · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 73Episode 73 of The Indian AvGeek features Antony Oliver Fernandes, Head - Network Planning & Revenue Optimization at Jazeera Airways, for a conversation that runs from the…
- The Greek Coup & Expansion feat. Ioanna Papadopoulou (Director, Athens International Airport) · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 72How does an airport leap from 21st to 2nd place in international connectivity rankings among major European hubs? In the 72nd episode of The Indian AvGeek, we sit down with…
- The Multi-Hub Myth feat. Behramjee Ghadially and Sean Mendis · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 71Episode 71 of The Indian AvGeek, host Vishal Mehra sits down with two of the sharpest minds in the business. Fresh off AviaDev 2026, Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially join the…
- Will Delhi Do Dallas? feat. Chris McLaughlin (CEO, DFW - Dallas Fort Worth Intl Airport) · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 70What does it take to run one of the world's largest, busiest aviation mega-hubs while actively chasing the world's fastest-growing aviation market? In Episode 70 of The Indian…
- AIX 2026 & The PaxEx Paradox feat. Seth Miller (Founder, PaxEx.Aero) · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 69What does it actually take to build a great passenger experience at 35,000 feet and who's keeping airlines honest when they fall short? In Episode 69 of The Indian AvGeek…
- Slot Archaeology & Airline Networking feat. Wilco Sweijen (Airline Partnerships Dir, AMS Schiphol) · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 68On Episode 68 of The Indian AvGeek, host Vishal Mehra sits down with Wilco Sweijen, Airline Partnerships Director at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, for a behind-the-curtain…
- The Future of Airline Loyalty feat. Mark Potter (Managing Director, Etihad Guest) · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 67In Episode 67 of The Indian AvGeek, we are going under the hood of one of the world’s most aggressive loyalty transformations. Our guest is Mark Potter, Managing Director of…
- State of the Aviation Industry (part 2) feat. Thomas Jaeger & Addison Schonland · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 66Episode 66 of The Indian AvGeek is part 2 of one of the most substantive conversations this show has ever hosted, and it goes deeper. Thomas Jaeger (Founder, ch-aviation) and…
- State of the Aviation Industry (part 1) feat. Thomas Jaeger & Addison Schonland · 60 min · Season 1 Episode 65Episode 65 In our landmark 65th episode, we bring together two of the world’s most formidable aviation analysts for a rare joint appearance. Thomas Jaeger (Founder & CEO…
- Hub & Seek: How Lufthansa is Playing the Long Game feat. Felipe Bonifatti (VP Asia Pacific, ME & JV East, Lufthansa Group) · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 64Episode 64 100 years of Lufthansa. One guest who's been there for 34 of them. In Episode 64 of The Indian AvGeek, we sit down with Felipe Bonifatti, VP Asia Pacific, Middle…
- On Pieter Elbers and IndiGo feat. Kushan Mitra (The Pioneer) & Ajay Awtaney (Live From A Lounge) · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 63Episode 63 On March 10th, 2026, the Indian aviation industry was rocked by the abrupt resignation of Pieter Elbers from IndiGo. As the architect of IndiGo’s global…
