The Aeropedia Podcast

Kansas City Aviation Department

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.

Air Taxi - Fly Aeolus

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.

Airports - Air Service Development

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.

Altavair and an AvGeek's Dream Career

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).

Routes

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.

Drones & Safety Policy

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.

Aviation as a Strategic Investment

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.
 
 

Aircraft Cabins

What goes into the perfect cabin design?  How do you achieve great passenger experience while keeping it financially viable?  We welcome Blake Emery to discuss!
Hear how Blake tapped "research driven strategy" to help develop the well recognized Boeing Sky Interior.
From Airbus' winglets, to new airport openings, listen in to Blake's trivia round, where Blake tips us with a potential future trivia question! 

Aviation Data - Part Deux

Courtney Miller joins us again, on a more impromptu episode (let us know how you liked the format), to share some insights into two previous aviation data analyses of his, including how they came about, and how they had an impact.
Of course we had to challenge him again on trivia, but threw him a curveball by challenging him to his first trivia round too to see if he retained any trivia from his first Aeropedia appearance.

SITA and the International Aviation Women's Association (IAWA)

In this episode we discuss two great aviation topics with our esteemed guest Cristiane Dart:
SITA and
International Aviation Women's Association (IAWA).
Working communications and marketing at both SITA and IAWA, learn more about these organizations and about Cristiane's experience.
Yes, of course we challenged Cristiane to a round of Aeropedia Trivia too.  Listen in to hear whether she was familiar with the "Reef Runway", or airport lighting color palettes.