RGN In Conversation

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Dive deep into the passenger experience with In Conversation from Runway Girl Network, talking airlines, airports, seats, cabins, inflight connectivity and more! RGN's deputy editor John Walton (@thatjohn) talks to a different fascinating aviation expert every episode about their #PaxEx specialty. For all the latest news on the passenger experience, visit runwaygirlnetwork.com and follow @RunwayGirl on Twitter.

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In Conversation: Singapore and COVID with Aaron Yong

Oct 29 2020 43 mins

LIFT Aero Design’s Aaron Yong joins aviation journalist John Walton from Singapore, bringing an update from the aviation superpower citystate, as well as how aircraft interior designers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. What’s the situation in Singapore like right now? How will the forthcoming Singapore-Hong Kong quarantine-free air corridor work? And what exactly is going

In Conversation: Business class with Virgin and BA

Jan 14 2020 40 mins

Joanna Bailey and Thomas Boon from Simple Flying join RGN deputy editor John Walton to face off about the newest business class seats from Virgin Atlantic and British Airways. How does Virgin’s Safran Seats Cirrus NG hold up, beyond the well-discussed issue with the table — has the seatmaker fixed its problems? Is the lack of doors a dealbreaker for this new cabin? What about t

In Conversation: Hong Kong problems with Jamie Freed

Jan 08 2020 31 mins

Reuters’ chief correspondent, Asia aviation and defence, Jamie Freed joins RGN contributing editor John Walton for a wide-ranging conversation about the effects that the ongoing instability in Hong Kong has been affecting aviation within the region. How has it affected passengers, the airport, and the demand for its third runway? What about the airlines based in Hong Kong, includ

In Conversation: Qantas’ Project Sunrise with Jordan Chong

Nov 29 2019 40 mins

Australian aviation journalist Jordan Chong joins RGN deputy editor John Walton to get to the bottom of Project Sunrise, Qantas’ plan to fly nonstop to London and New York from Australia’s east coast. What is Project Sunrise? What are these “research flights” Qantas has been doing all about? How do the two aircraft being put up by Airbus and Boeing for Project Sunrise stack

In Conversation: Airline food with Nik Loukas

Oct 24 2019 39 mins

Nik Loukas from InflightFeed.com joins RGN deputy editor John Walton for a wide-ranging conversation about onboard catering and how airlines of all kinds keep us fed and watered on the aircraft. What’s new in the world of plane food? What are low-cost airlines focussing on, and how are they doing? Which are the ones to watch…and which are the ones to watch out for? How do the a

In Conversation: Nicole Noack of IAMA

Sep 26 2019 34 mins

Head of the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance Nicole Noack joins RGN deputy editor John Walton for an in-depth conversation about the fascinating world of aircraft maintenance! What is IAMA, and why does it exist? How does its work, and the work of its member companies, affect the passenger experience? Why did they decide to create an alliance, and what is it working towards?

In Conversation: ATR with Zuzana Hrnkova

Aug 25 2019 42 mins

ATR’s vice president and head of marketing Zuzana Hrnkova joins RGN deputy editor John Walton to talk about the past, present and future of the turboprop airframer. What is ATR, and where do its two aircraft, the ATR 72 and 42, fit in the aviation spectrum? How are they different from the rest of the market? Why are turbopropos more efficient, with a lower environmental impact, t

In Conversation: the Mitsubishi SpaceJet with Isaac Alexander

Jul 30 2019 40 mins

What’s new with the Mitsubishi SpaceJet, and where has the programme come from? What’s the latest on this delayed but very promising aircraft? How did its history — and Japan’s corporate landscape — lead it to where it is today, and what does today’s market look like for this size of plane in the context of Airbus’s A220, Boeing’s E2 partnership with Embraer, and in

In Conversation: the Paris Air Show with Caroline Bruneau

Jun 23 2019 29 mins

Recorded live at Le Bourget during the 53rd Paris Air Show, Aérospatium's Caroline Bruneau joins RGN deputy editor John Walton to put this most unusual show into its wider aviation context. Beyond the passenger experience, beyond the Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A321XLR and others news in the commercial space, what are the problems facing the aviation industry more widely? What do we as

In Conversation: Airbus’ Innovation Days with Howard Slutsken

May 31 2019 39 mins

Fresh from the Airbus Innovation Days in Toulouse, aviation journalist and storyteller Howard Slutsken joins RGN deputy editor John Walton to talk about what’s new in the world of Airbus, from new faces at the top of the business to new options for the A321neo, new seating for the A350 and much more. Will Airbus launch the A321XLR, YLR or ZLR at the Paris Air Show next month? Jus