{"podcast":{"title":"The Indian AvGeek","slug":"the-indian-avgeek-6976418","podcast_index_feed_id":6976418,"rss_url":"https://feeds.async.com/33320399-4286-489c-9f5b-7af78922a7d7.rss","website_url":"https://async.com/show/the-indian-avgeek-iqtMfJfi","image_url":"https://feeds.async.com/7b4e2b75-f542-45dd-8a3c-67c23604f394/the-indian-avgeek-main-png.jpeg","author":"Vishal Mehra","episode_count":72,"summary":"Every fortnight, Vishal Mehra goes deep with airline CEOs and COOs, airport route-development chiefs, OEM leaders, loyalty heads and the analysts who keep them honest, from DEL and BOM to AMS, FRA, DFW and beyond. Networks, fleets, slots, alliances, PaxEx and the economics behind every decision. The name is Indian. The conversation is global. The subject is always the business of aviation. The Indian AvGeek is India's top aviation podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T08:18:45.406336+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-indian-avgeek-6976418"},"episode":{"title":"Airline Marketing 101 - feat. Solomon Wheeler","slug":"airline-marketing-101-feat-solomon-wheeler","published_at":"2024-11-17T04:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-indian-avgeek-6976418/airline-marketing-101-feat-solomon-wheeler","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-indian-avgeek-6976418","url":"https://feeds.podcastle.ai/9a/lcNj-The%20Indian%20AvGeek%20-%20Episode%2016.wav.mp3","audio_url":"https://feeds.podcastle.ai/9a/lcNj-The%20Indian%20AvGeek%20-%20Episode%2016.wav.mp3","summary":"Solomon Wheeler, the ex- head of marketing at Vistara and SpiceJet, joins us to give a peek inside the life of an airline CMO. He touches upon his time at SpiceJet, how closely he worked with the revenue team for sales campaigns, and various marketing campaigns under his tutelage at Vistara including the famed Retrojet and Fly Higher. We discussed Active Revenue Management, how closely marketing is involved, how far ahead they get to know about various route launches, and his thoughts on what made brand Vistara so special for so many flyers. All this & much more. Solomon Wheeler - ⁠@solomonwheeler⁠ Vishal Mehra - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@vis⁠hal1mehra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠","meta_description":"Solomon Wheeler, the ex- head of marketing at Vistara and SpiceJet, joins us to give a peek inside the life of an airline CMO. He touches upon his time at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2125,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-indian-avgeek-6976418/episodes/airline-marketing-101-feat-solomon-wheeler/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-indian-avgeek-6976418/airline-marketing-101-feat-solomon-wheeler.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}