Guest Co-Host Dave Hilfman. Guest: Joerg Eberhart, CEO, ITA Airways. Also: Two go-arounds at Boston Logan; GAO report issued on airfares indicates strong competition persists; Aviation Week Boeing and Airbus CEO interviews reveal two very different outlooks; Improved ATC system starts taking shape; Listener Q: How to compete in CLT. Happy July 4th! Next episode: July 15th.

344 - Guest Co-Host Dave Hilfman. Guest: Joerg Eberhart, CEO, ITA Airways

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Welcome to Airlines Confidential. I'm Scott McCartney wishing everyone a happy and safe 4th of July. The 250th birthday of the United States is an important milestone. And just to put the airline industry in a little historical perspective for the holiday, I'm reminded that commercial air service has only existed for about half of those 250 years. The first commercial airline flight by Tony Janus

across Tampa Bay was January 1, 1914. The first seat was auctioned off for $400, but standard tickets after that were $5, which in today's dollars would be about $168, which seems remarkably correct, except that the first airline route only covered about 20 miles. Still, it was a time saver compared to going by land

between Tampa and St. Pete in your Model T Ford without any bridges, so the long way around. Dave Hilfman, I suspect you would have been lining up for one of those seats on the St. Petersburg-Tampa airboat line. Welcome back, Dave. I'm curious, do you have World Cup fever? Do you have Independence Day fever? Or do you just have the usual golf fever, Dave?

344 - Guest Co-Host Dave Hilfman. Guest: Joerg Eberhart, CEO, ITA Airways

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

344 - Guest Co-Host Dave Hilfman. Guest: Joerg Eberhart, CEO, ITA Airways

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.