The Allplane Podcast

The Allplane Podcast #143: leading innovation at IAG, with Nacho Tovar

International Airlines Group (IAG) is one of the world’s largest airline groups, with British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus and LEVEL in its ranks. And like other

The Allplane Podcast #142: how to prevent contrail formation, with Maxime Meijers (Estuaire)

In the debate about how to aviation’s contribution to global warming there is a factor that is getting an increasing amount of attention: contrails. These happen when wa

The Allplane Podcast #141: ETS, CORSIA and SAF with IATA’s Chief Economist, Marie Owens Thomsen

Marie Owens Thomsen, Chief Economist and SVP Sustainability at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has emerged as one of the most outspoken voices in the

The Allplane Podcast #140: electric aviation infrastructure w/Dr. Stefan Breunig (Albatross)

The path towards electric aviation is not an easy one. On this podcast we have talked on previous occasions about some of the challenges it faces, from getting batteries

The Allplane Podcast #139: eVTOL supply chains with Stefan Schamberger (Nova Elevation)

eVTOL developers promise thousands of aircraft by the start of next decade, but is this realistic? I am not even talking about the long and costly certification processe

The Allplane Podcast #138: the tokenization of the aircraft engine, w/ John Kristoff & Max Van der Griend

Blockchain technology has been making headlines for quite a few years, so perhaps may come as a surprise to many of you that its use in fields such as aerospace finance h

The Allplane Podcast #137: the state of the aerospace battery industry, with Gerard Torres (Bold)

The future of electric aviation depends on progress being made in the battery technology front. This is a topic we like to cover with certain regularity here on this pod

The Allplane Podcast #136: a new approach to flight tracking, with Alex Lungu (Wingbits)

The popularity of flight tracking apps has transcended the boundaries of the aviation community and truly become mainstream. I guess most of our readers and listeners ar

The Allplane Podcast #135: an advanced air mobility reality check, with Adrian Norris

Every now and then is good to stop for a second, and take some time to think and assess what’s going on around you. If you are following the advanced air mobility indust

The Allplane Podcast #134: electrifying aircraft taxiing, with David Valaer (Green Taxi)

What if the lowest-hanging fruit in aviation decarbonization was not in the air, but waiting right in front of us, on the ground? This is what David Valaer, founder and

The Allplane Podcast #133: large electric aircraft with Daniel Rosen Jacobson, co-founder of Elysian Aircraft

What is building a large scale battery-powered aircraft was more feasible than originally thought? Our guest on this episode of the podcast, Daniel Rosen Jacobson co-fou

The Allplane Podcast #132: Airships w/ Michael Kendrick, Mark Dorey & James Dexter (Straightline Aviation)

Is the airship ready for a big comeback? This is not some sort of retro-futurist sci-fi scenario, since there are a handful of companies working to develop a new generati

The Allplane Podcast #131 with Megha Bhatia, EVE Air Mobility Chief Commercial Officer

Among the top contenders in the eVTOL space, EVE Air Mobility stands out—not because it's closer than others to entering service or because it generates more media headli

The Allplane Podcast #130 with Mukund Karanjikar, CleanJoule founder and CEO

The world badly needs sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and, fortunately, there is not shortage of entrepreneurs willing to take on the challenge to scale up production. No

The Allplane Podcast #129 with Shashank Nigam (Simpliflying / Sustainability in the Air)

In this episode of the we welcome Shashank Nigam, who, together with Dirk Singer, has co-authored the Sustainability in the Air book series, two volumes that cover many o

The Allplane Podcast #128 with Otto Aviation COO Scott Drennan

In this episode of the podcast we’ll explore one of the most truly disruptive clean-sheet aircraft projects currently underway. Scott Drennan is President and Chief Oper

The Allplane Podcast #127: how ELeather saves airlines tons of fuel, w/Lisa Conway (Gen Phoenix)

When we talk about aviation sustainability, the first thing that usually comes to mind is propulsion technologies or new aircraft designs. But there are other ways to lo

The Allplane Podcast #126: the electric jet engine, with Ivar Aune (SiriNor)

Ivar Aune is the CEO of SiriNor, a company working on an electric jet engine. Yes, you read that right! While most electric aircraft projects aim to power a propeller, S

The Allplane Podcast #125: sewage to SAF w/Yvonne Moynihan (Wizz Air) & James Hygate (Firefly)

Wizz Air takes pride in having the lowest carbon footprint per passenger and kilometer in the airline industry, 52g, number that it expects to bring further down as it re

The Allplane Podcast #124, the state of the eVTOL industry with Gary Vermaak