The Multi-Hub Myth feat. Behramjee Ghadially and Sean Mendis

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   S1 · E74 · 27 Jul 2026 · 49 min

   Why Airline Loyalty Ends Too Soon? feat. Safir Jamal (Founder & CEO, Passtination)

   Why 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 , Founder & CEO of Passtination (and creator of Global Nomad Pass). Safir spent over a decade driving global strategy for giants like Procter & Gamble and Ford before turning his attention to a major flaw in aviation: airlines understand you as a passenger in seat 14C, but have zero idea who you are as a person once you step out of the airport. In this episode: ✈️ How travel spend often leaks away from local economies ✈️…

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   S1 · E73 · 13 Jul 2026 · 58 min

   Project Baraka & the Art of LCC Warfare feat. Antony Fernandes (Head Network Planning & Revenue Optimization, Jazeera Airways)

   Episode 73 of The Indian AvGeek features Antony Oliver Fernandes, Head - Network Planning & Revenue Optimization at Jazeera Airways , for a conversation that runs from the ambitious, wide-body dreams of Kingfisher Airlines to rebuilding an entire airline's network from scratch in a matter of days. ✈️ From Kingfisher Airlines' wide-body ambitions to yield management, and what that taught him before he ever landed in the Gulf ✈️ Building Jazeera Airways' network thesis inside a market with no hub ambitions, a protected national carrier like Kuwait Airways, and tight bilateral and slot…

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   S1 · E72 · 29 Jun 2026 · 55 min

   The Greek Coup & Expansion feat. Ioanna Papadopoulou (Director, Athens International Airport)

   How 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 Ioanna Papadopoulou, the Director of Communications & Marketing at Athens International Airport (AIA) , to talk one of the most fascinating growth stories in modern aviation. With India overtaking China as Greece’s leading long-haul market, Athens has positioned itself at the epicentre of a massive geopolitical and economic shift. ✈️ The inside story of how the conversation started, the narrative built to convince…

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   S1 · E70 · 31 May 2026 · 58 min

   Will Delhi Do Dallas? feat. Chris McLaughlin (CEO, DFW - Dallas Fort Worth Intl Airport)

   What 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 AvGeek, we sit down with Chris McLaughlin, CEO of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) , to unpack the ultra-long-haul economics, airspace complexities, and massive infrastructure upgrades redefining global travel. Chris dives deep into the data behind why a direct DEL–DFW nonstop is "inevitable", how premium passenger demand from Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad is shifting the calculus, and what the "last…

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   S1 · E69 · 17 May 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

   AIX 2026 & The PaxEx Paradox feat. Seth Miller (Founder, PaxEx.Aero)

   What 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, Vishal Mehra sits down with Seth Miller , Founder and Editor-in-Chief of PaxEx.Aero and host of the Dots, Lines & Destinations podcast, one of the sharpest minds covering in-flight product, cabin design, connectivity, and the business of passenger experience globally. Fresh off AIX 2026, Seth and Vishal go deep on what was real versus what was theatre on the show floor, why Air India's premium transformation still has…

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   S1 · E68 · 3 May 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

   Slot Archaeology & Airline Networking feat. Wilco Sweijen (Airline Partnerships Dir, AMS Schiphol)

   On 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 conversation on how AMS picks its airline partners, courts new routes, and quietly shapes the future of European long-haul aviation. ✈️ India-Amsterdam corridor: 42 flights/week & 8,48,000 pax in 2025, with 26% point-to-point passengers ✈️ IndiGo at AMS: how that conversation actually began ✈️ Slot archaeology: art of finding underutilised slots & the delicate diplomacy of "use it or lose it" conversations ✈️ "The best…

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   S1 · E80 · 5 Oct 2026 · 34 min

   All Routes Lead to Rome feat. Federico Scriboni (Director Aviation, ADR)

   Rome 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 Federico Scriboni, Director Aviation Business Development at Aeroporti di Roma, about how airports actually build airline networks, identify new routes and convince carriers that a market can work. Federico explains ADR’s “magic triangle” of route development — market opportunity, commercial and marketing support, and operational execution and takes us inside Fiumicino’s next phase of growth. We discuss Air India…

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   S1 · E79 · 21 Sep 2026 · 58 min

   The Art of Winning Airline Routes feat. Leon Verhallen (Dir Aviation Development, Brussels Airport)

   What 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 Verhallen, Director Aviation Development at Brussels Airport Company , to look at the business of airport route development. Few people have watched European aviation evolve from as many vantage points as Leon. He began his career at Fokker, spent years helping develop Amsterdam Schiphol during its emergence as one of Europe's great hubs, and has spent nearly two decades shaping the aviation strategy of Brussels…

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   S1 · E78 · 7 Sep 2026 · 45 min

   The Invisible Operating System of Aviation feat. Somit Goyal (CEO, IBS Software)

   On 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 of. That software is IBS.In Episode 78 of The Indian AvGeek, host Vishal Mehra sits down with Somit Goyal, CEO of IBS Software, for one of the most technically rich conversations on this channel. Somit comes to aviation from Microsoft, SAP and Oracle, he's spent two years dismantling the assumption that aviation is "too complex" for modern enterprise software thinking.Episode Timestamps 00:04 – Welcome to Episode 78…

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    S1 · E77 · 24 Aug 2026 · 38 min

    Inside The Airport Tech Race feat. Sunil Ankalgi (Business Head, WAISL)

    If 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 Sunil Ankalgi , Business Head at WAISL Limited (Ex-Amadeus, Ex-SITA), to discuss the complex digital infra powering modern airports. From why legacy global platforms struggle to keep pace with Indian growth to what an actual Digital Twin does versus a glorified analytics dashboard, this episode strips away the hype around airport tech. Key Highlights: Who is the Real Customer? Balancing airlines, airport operators,…

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