Hosted by Vishal Mehra · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 72 episodes
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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.
Vishal Mehra hosts The Indian AvGeek, a leisure show with 72 episodes published.
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 Communicat
Episode 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 show for an unfiltered, deeply analytical
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, C
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
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
In 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 Etihad Guest. India is Etihad Guest's second-l
Episode 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 Addison Schonland (Founder, AirInsight Group)
Episode 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, ch-aviation) and Addison Schonland (Founder & Par
Episode 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 East & Joint Ventures East at the Lufthansa Gro
Episode 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 expansion—introducing wide-bodies, business class, and a
Episode 62 This week on The Indian AvGeek, we hit a bucket-list milestone. We are joined by Scott McCartney, the legendary creator of the Wall Street Journal’s "Middle Seat" column. For 29 years, Scott was the ultimate a
Episode 61 Just as the aviation industry digests the news of the Lufthansa-Air India MoU and the arrival of the Allegris cabin in New Delhi, we sit down with Kevin Markette, Head of Sales for South Asia at Lufthansa. In
Episode 60: What does it take to get a widebody jet from Mumbai to land in Copenhagen? It turns out it’s a mix of high-stakes matchmaking, "slot surgery", and sometimes even a twenty-year game of patience. In this landma
In Episode 59 of The Indian AvGeek, Vishal Mehra sits down with Chris Shindle to explore the evolving world of business aviation through Boeing’s lens. From Honeywell’s forecast of 8,500 new biz jets in the next decade t
Episode 58: We are kicking off 2026 with a high-altitude deep dive! In the season premiere, Vishal Mehra sits down with Mark Nasr, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at Air Canada. Mark is the man
Episode 57: The 2026 Flight Plan with Ajay Awtaney As 2025 draws to a close, the Indian skies look vastly different than it did twelve months ago. We’ve seen the "arrival" of India on the global stage at the IATA AGM in
Episode 56 Virgin Atlantic isn’t just flying to India; they are painting the skies red with a staggering 350% growth since 2019. In this episode, Vishal sits down with Shivani Singh Deo, Country Manager – India for Virgi
Episode 55 with Arun Kumar Singh, the CEO of Kyrgyzstan-based TezJet. From the hyper-regulated regional skies of India’s UDAN scheme to the mountainous terrain of Central Asia, Arun’s journey is as unique as the fleet he
Episode 54 What happens when a pilot, an airline operator, and a strategist decide to reimagine aviation through the lens of data? In this episode, I sit down with Courtney Miller, the mind behind Visual Approach Analyti
What does it take to reimagine flight for India’s cities — and make it affordable, scalable, and safe? In this episode of The Indian AvGeek, I sit down with Prof. Satya Chakravarthy, Founder, CEO-CTO of The ePlane Compan
Chris McLaughlin
Master Gardener and Modern Homesteader · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
1 appearance on this show
Seth Miller
Executive Director · Innocence Project of Florida
1 appearance on this show
Courtney Miller
Licensed Clinical Psychologist · Visual Approach Analytics
1 appearance on this show
John Walton
professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Wheaton College · The Up Front
1 appearance on this show
Brian Kelly
Rocco Botticelli (The Divine) · St. Margaret's Episcopal School
1 appearance on this show
Brett Snyder
President & Chief Airline Dork · Cranky Flier
1 appearance on this show
Mark Ross-Smith
CEO and Co-Founder · Loyalty Status Co.
2 appearances on this show
Felipe Bonifatti
Lufthansa Group
1 appearance on this show
Mark Nasr
Air Canada
1 appearance on this show
Satya Chakravarthy
The ePlane Co
1 appearance on this show
Willy Boulter
IndiGo
1 appearance on this show
Devesh Agarwal
Bangalore Aviation
1 appearance on this show
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