Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Airlines committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions from their operations by 2050 at the IATA AGM in 2021.

As this year’s edition of that event fast approaches, American Airlines’ Jill Blickstein, IATA’s Marie Owens Thomsen and PwC’s Jan Wille join Aviation Week Network’s Karen Walker for a special edition of The Outlook With PwC podcast to explore what it will take for IATA member airlines to meet that goal.

Direct download: The_Outlook_with_PWC_Sustainability_Special.mp3
Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 9:00am BST

The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract for a fighter aircraft to replace the F-22 Raptor in 2024. Aviation Week editors discuss how the service got to this point, and where the competition might be headed.

Direct download: Check6_ReplaceF-22RaptorBegins_052323.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00am BST

Aerospace Industries Association chief Eric Fanning joins our reporters to talk about the FAA's leadership woes and chronic underfunding of ATC.

Direct download: A_Call_To_Help_The_FAA.mp3
Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 8:28am BST

What's behind the grounding of scores of airplanes and how Pratt is working to fix it.

Direct download: Explaining_Pratt__Whitneys_Durability_Problem.mp3
Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 8:57pm BST

Despite supply chain problems, inflation and the war in Ukraine, aerospace and defense will see growing revenue this year, according to the latest Accenture Commercial Aerospace Insight Report. But that does not mean everything will be rosy. Industry executives have a dim view of their supply chain’s near-term capabilities, while confidence is growing longer term.

But what really keeps executives up at night might surprise you, as it is hardly a headline risk these days.

Listen in as Aviation Week interviews Accenture aerospace and defense practice leaders and hear why 2023 should be better, albeit still bumpy.

Direct download: Check_6_With_Accenture-Will_Aerospace_Make_Money_in_2023.mp3
Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 8:56am BST

A dual-use aircraft conceived by JetZero could serve as a military tanker while ushering Northrop Grumman into the airliner business. Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory joins Aviation Week editors as they discuss the merits and drawbacks of the blended-wing-body aircraft concept.

Read Guy's exclusive story on JetZero here.

Direct download: JetZeros_Challenge_To_The_Airbus-Boeing_Duopoly.mp3
Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 5:00pm BST

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