The Airline Weekly Lounge Podcast

Connecting the Through Lines

Madhu Unnikrishnan

Last week Skift and the Airline Weekly team hosted our first conference devoted to aviation. Guests including Southwest CEO and Chairman Gary Kelly, Air France CEO Anne Rigali, Air Lease Corp. Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Házy, and Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie discussed the current state of the industry.

For today’s podcast, the Airline Weekly team connects the dots between the conversations.

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Photo Credit: Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie speaking at Skift Aviation Forum in November 2020.
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