The Allplane Podcast Allplane

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Dr. Radermacher’s professional background as an engineer, management consultant and business excellence expert

Why, when it comes to evaluating the environmental impact of different modes of transportation, we are calculating it wrong

Why we may be underestimating the environmental impact of land transportation vs. that of flying

The hidden costs of building land transportation infrastructure

How does plane vs train travel compare in terms of efficiency

What should we take into account when formulating transportation policies

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Elizabeth’s and Mike professional background in airline communications

What is a crisis in professional communication terms?

Is the airline industry facing a communications crisis over sustainability

What can airlines do about it when there are no easy or straightforward answers at hand

Greenwashing and greenhushing

Is there are model of crisis communications that all airlines can follow regardless of the size?

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Ryan’s professional background and his role as Executive Creative Director

What is Landor? Why it has such a major role in defining the aesthetics of the airline industry

What famous airline brands are the work of Landor designers

What makes a great airline brand?

What do the brands of British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and easyJet communicate respectively

How has airline branding evolved over time

How often should an airline update its brand

Ryan’s favourite airline branding projects

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Billy’s professional background in aviation and how he came up with the Seaglider idea

What is a wing-in-ground vehicle (also known as ground-effect vehicle)

The history of wing-in-ground vehicles

What is a Seaglider and how it works

Is a wing-in-ground vehicle a plane or a boat?

What are the capabilities of the Seaglider?

Where is REGENT now with its Seaglider development programme?

Market feedback from airlines and ferry companies

Investors in REGENT Craft

Next milestones

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Aleksey’s background in aviation and at the cutting edge of aerospace research

What is Natilus and what novelties it brings about in:

Airframe design

Green propulsion

Automation and autonomous flight

Why Natilus decided to focus on the cargo market

How did the Natilus project start and earlier iterations of its concept

Why a Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) design

Where is the project now and what are the next milestones

Natilus Silicon Valley investors

What market feedback is Natilus getting. Customers and orders.

Last but not least: what’s in a name? The story behind Natilus’ name

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Charles role as Director of Aviation at the The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

What does The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey do and which airports and other infrastructure it manages

The New York City airport system

The multiple redevelopment projects currently ongoing at NYC’s airports

Sustainability at the airports managed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

How airports in the NYC area are preparing for the eVTOL revolution