The Allplane Podcast

The Allplane Podcast #123 with Delta Air Lines Chief...

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2025/04/10

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 2050 with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) expected to play a big role in achieving this goal. To this end, Delta has signed a string of SAF deals across the US and is also working with SAF producers in

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The Allplane Podcast #122, with Flynow’s Co-founder...

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2025/03/28

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 the co-founder and CCO of this startup, which aims to produce tens of thousands of electrically-powered eCopter eVTOLs, both for cargo and passenger transportation. The idea is that the eCopters will be

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The Allplane Podcast #121 - with Electra CEO, Marc...

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2025/03/08

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 Electra, a US startup that is developing a hybrid-electric ultra-short take-off and landing aircraft capable of landing in incredibly short open spaces, and Tomislav Land, co-founder and CEO of Flyvbird, a

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The Allplane Podcast #120 - latest in hydrogen...

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2025/02/03

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 over a decade, made headlines after being acquired by Joby Aviation, one of the forerunners in the advanced air mobility race.During all this time, H2FLY has been steadily and quietly making strides in the

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The Allplane Podcast #119 - optimizing airline...

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2025/01/28

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 partnership with CellPoint Digital, we delve into the topic of airline payments tech.Diego Pérez, VP Business Development for Latin America and CellPoint Digital, shares some insights about the different elements

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The Allplane Podcast #118 - executive aviation in...

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2025/01/23

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 its own private jet fleet, to MRO and charter services.The MEBAA executive aviation show, which took place in Dubai in December 2024 provided an excellent opportunity to catch up with Kanika (apologies

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The Allplane Podcast #117 - sustainable aviation in...

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2024/12/15

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 developments taking place across the Asia-Pacific region, a part of the world that has the capacity to move the needle when it comes to decarbonizing the skies.This is a matter that generates plenty of headlines,

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The Allplane Podcast #116 - building jet engine of...

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2024/10/19

Things we talk about in this episodeIan Brooke’s background and story as an entrepreneur from an early ageWhat is Astro Mechanica and how it got startedWhat is an electric adaptive jet engine and how does it workWhat are the potential applications of the electric adaptive jet engineAstro Mechanica’s acceptance into Y Combinator, the famous Silicon Valley startup acceleration programmeWhere is Astro Mechanica at the moment and what are its next milestones

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The Allplane Podcast #115 with Vertical Aerospace...

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2024/10/09

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 months with a handful of airlines), but before that, Vertical Aerospace will have to complete a thorough a comprehensive testing and certification process.And no one better placed to talk precisely about this

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The Allplane Podcast #114 with Lilium co-founder,...

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2024/09/30

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The Allplane Podcast #113 - understanding aircraft...

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2024/09/15

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The Allplane Podcast #112 - the safest and...

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2024/09/05

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The Allplane Podcast #111 - investing in sustainable...

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2024/08/06

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 industry is to meet the EU’s ambitious SAF adoption plans.No wonder, then, that some of the most prominent initiatives to channel fresh investment towards this field have come from inside the industry. The

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The Allplane Podcast #110 - the state of the aviation...

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2024/07/08

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 through the popular “Heard on the Streat” section on the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), he is able to offer a no-nonsense view from outside the aviation industry bubble.So, my idea for this episode was to review,

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The Allplane Podcast #109: why we calculate it all...

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2024/05/03

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 mobility.Is the train really a better alternative to the plane? Which mode of transportation is most efficient over short, medium and long distances? Should we keep building more high speed rail infrastructure to

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The Allplane Podcast #108: communicating...

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2024/04/17

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 reputation crisis and public relations storm that the aviation industry is facing in the face of climate change and how airlines should be communicating about sustainability.What can airlines say when they are being

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The Allplane Podcast #107: designing iconic airline...

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2024/04/01

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 the podcast we speak with Ryan Frost, Executive Creative Director at Landor, about the attributes of a great airline brand and we dissect what and how three great British airlines that couldn’t be more

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The Allplane Podcast #106 - the Seaglider revolution...

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2024/02/10

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 craft that flies just a few meters above the surface of water making use of a draft-reducing aerodynamical effect.As a matter of fact, wing-in-ground vehicles are not new, the Soviets had a go at them during

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The Allplane Podcast #105 - air freight moonshots...

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2024/02/04

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, both on civilian and military projects.He is the founder and CEO of Natilus, a Californian startup that is working on a family of truly disruptive blended-wing-body freigther aircraft that are also designed

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The Allplane Podcast #104 - Charles Everett Director...

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2024/01/24

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 airport system.More than 144 million passengers pass every year through the airports under the responsibility of the Port Authority, which include JFK, La Guardia and Newark-Liberty, and this number is set

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