Trailblazer: Thomas Flohr Shares VistaJet Milestones, The Future And More

Listen in as Aviation Week's Molly McMillin, Jeremy Kariuki, Mike Lavitt and Steve Trimble discuss highlights from the 2025 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, including MOSAIC, the Goodyear airship and more.

This week, we delve into second-quarter and first-half 2025 business jet and turboprop data, including deliveries, utilization and more. Join Brian Kough, Aviation Week senior director of forecasts and aerospace insights, with host Molly McMillin, to discuss AWIN data. Learn more about AWIN membership and start accessing the news, analysis, data and intelligence driving the market. Membership includes the complete version of the AWIN Market Analysis | Business Aviation quarterly report referenced in this podcast, plus updates on market developments and trend analysis.

The evolving conflict between Israel and Iran has impacted business aviation in the Middle East. While a ceasefire appears to be holding, it is too soon to say what may ultimately happen there. What has been the impact on bizav, and what is the situation today?   Marwan Eiwess, MedAire global security manager of aviation and maritime, joins host Molly McMillin to discuss the situation.

Listen in as BCA's Jeremy Kariuki and Bill Carey speak with NBAA's Doug Carr on how the FAA is actively changing how access to personally identifiable information for aircraft owners and operators is moderated.

Editors discuss insights from the European Business Aviation Association’s show, which now includes AirOps, and break down some of the hot issues at the event. A transcript of the episode is available here.

Thomas Flohr, founder and chair of Vista Global, which operates VistaJet and XO, discusses the company's origin story, growth, his best business advice and more.

Listen in to hear from Bart Gray, who is leading a flight to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole in a Learjet 36A, and Rick Rowe from the Classic Lear Jet Foundation, an organization in the midst of restoring a 1964-built Lear Jet 23, the first Learjet to be delivered to a customer. Gray discusses the flight, which leaves April 30, including the route, preparations and challenges. Rowe, meanwhile, provides an update on the project to return the aircraft into flying condition.

The spring aviation events season is in full swing. Aviation Week editors share insights from Sun ‘n Fun, Aero Friedrichshafen and the Aerospace Maintenance Council’s Competition at MRO Americas. And yes, tariffs came up!

The FAA requires that Part 135 and some Part 91 operators implement safety management systems (SMS) by May 2027. BCA Senior Editor Bill Carey discusses the industry’s progress toward meeting the new SMS mandate with Jenny Ann Urban, vice president of regulatory affairs with the National Air Transportation Association.

Aviation Week's Jeremy Kariuki speaks with Wheels Up Chief Marketing Officer Kristen Lauria about developments at the company, her path to leadership and the importance of mentorship for young women joining the industry in a Women's History Month special episode.