How to Start an Airline
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Writing by Sam Denby
Research by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
Editing by Alexander Williard
Animation by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster
Select footage courtesy the AP Archive
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This is just a teaser for the inevitable Wendover Airlines, coming 2026.
Dude i would fly in wendover airlines SO MUCH
Wendover Air: The only airline to offer non-stop flights from Bend OR to Byron Bay AU (on a 9 seater aircraft)
WendovAir : We Like Flying. So Should You
😂
This is your captain speaking. Today we're going to learn about bricks.
I bet Wendover Productions had been dreaming about making this video ever since its inception
*inception
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@@AxxLAfriku excuse me?
@@AxxLAfriku You good pal?
@@darianr.6143 he’s a baiter leave that psychopath
Or to quote Richard Branson: “If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.”
😂😂😂😂😂I didn't know Richard Branson was already a billionaire by the time he got his first million
@@29subhra He’s saying that starting an airline is so expensive you’ll go from billionaire to millionaire by losing all of your money on the new airline
@@crazyoncoffee shit. Got it bro thanks. 👍
Absolutely. It's because peasant demand the best at the lowest price. Peasants shop via price as they are used to trading comfort money
@@thecanadiancaribouWhy are you calling people 'peasants'? I'd say you're an elitist person, but in your words: You're a goddamned peasant that just comments by opinion, you peasant, you're used to calling others lessers than you.
In a few years: the release of Wendovair.
I have the same photo of your pfp lol
Someone get Wendover to trademark this quick
Ayyy, that has a ring to it
@@MudhaffarAdhwa yeah sounds catchy
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Wendover 2021: How To Start An Airline Wendover 2022: We’ve Started An Airline
Half as airworthy
@@adrielsebastian5216 LMAO
Wendover 2023: How to maintain an airline
Mr Beast and Wendover will collaborate and make an airline
@@G-546 "plant one tree to give $1 for Wendover's new airline"
This is the most Wendover Productions video yet lol, not even a pandemic can stop this guy talking about planes
Similar to realifelore
Come on, I‘m tired of seeing the same comment under every video... Great, he likes planes!
That's why I watch this channel. :)
Almost like that weird guy at half as interesting
@@coleschmidt5999 He is the guy at Half as Interesting
Next: the logistics of filing for bankruptcy
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Does it involve planes?
@@marktaylor2087 it involves starting an airline, so yeah
I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY !
*Airplanes:* exist *Wendover:*
plaine
Ela re pilote
Man good seeing you here
Hey look who's talking all of your vids are about planes😤
*I c a n m I l k y o u*
"How to become a millionaire after starting as a billionaire"
Second easiest way of becomming a millionaire as billionaire is an expensive wife 😂
@@prashantgarg9570 its a joke weirdo😂
@@manganvbg90 not funny or needed
@@prashantgarg9570 Nah just facts
@@ethanpartida9059 You’re either a woman or a simp lmao
How to start an airline: Step 1, sell bricks
Thanks for the advice
Step 2: spill government secrets
Step 3:realize bricks are boring
@@grandmafinallysnapped Step 4: show bricks at the beginning of the videos where you spill government secrets, because of Step #3
@@nigelmarvin1387 step 7 get revenge on your mom by using her credit card to order 5 new a220s
Sam (and Wendover team), I have a degree and work in the aviation industry. I'm very impressed with the amount of research and the quality of the presentation of the information. It's great that you are showing the unique world aviation is and I often send videos to friends to help answer questions they ask as y'all explain the complicated topics very easily. Keep up the good work and I look forward to sharing this with friends, mentees, and family to better explain the complicated aviation world. Keep up the great work!
Mentee sounds like a lidls own mento
Nice
@@lennon8435 LOL but Lidl rules
no you dont.
10 years later: How a Pandemic Caused Wendover Air to Monopolize the Airline Industry
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@@secondlieutenan Dude, do you not know how to delete a comment? Just delete it.
@@mauricejohnmacyeah I know how
Next video on Wendover Productions: The logistics of the logistics behind starting a logistics company
Followed by "Earth's Geography Problem"
How to get stuff from point A to point B.
Most startup airlines either A. Go Bankrupt or B. Get bought out by a larger airline
C. ACTUALLY FRIGGING SUCCED
@@secondlieutenan can but takes hard luck
@@secondlieutenan remember every success has 10 failures
Yeah but… a miracle like what happened to Virgin airlines could happen.
Airplane school: Rejects Wendover Wendover: Starts airline instead of starting WW3
Uhhhh that became relevant
@@queeny5613 how?
Title: How to start an airline About: How you can almost never start an airline
Totally
In the same category: How to loose a lot of money during a pandemic.
Lose*
Invest in stock market with zero knowledge and hold bs stocks like GME and AMC. Easy to lose money! Diamond hands
The world is running out of pilots
buy $GME
@The Seeker so is are the seekers?...okay nevermind
*after 2 years* Wendover: "I will stop youtube to focus on my Airline (Halfass Airways) full time."
No the airline is called Half as Airworthy
Realistically, in two years he'll drop KZhead to focus on Nebula full time.
@@sirtoast4502 meanwhile in a utopian reality: KZhead adresses all its problems and balances the needs and interests of Advertisers, Law makers, Big industries, KZheadrs and the viewers fairly, this way creators will not be interested in moving to a different platform.
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@@Pranknite24 he made some great guitar music
Let's all pool some cash together and help Sam start Wendover airlines! Looking forward to the regular Majuro to St. Helena flight!
Airplanes: *Exist* Sam: I can milk you
next video: the logistics of creating Wendover Airlines
lmaoo
Who would ever fly with them if you could fly with Half as Airworthy?
There is an actual airport called wendover
@@aferotorrington1909 yeah in Wendover Utah
It's gonna take a lot of sponsorship money.
Step number one: GET A LOT OF MONEY!
We need a airdot to start a airline
yea lmao
That’s why I use skillshare-
Wendover airlines fund-raiser
Step two: Find Wendover productions to sponsor your airline.
I was part of a startup airline in Asia about a decade ago. It was an arduous task and from the initial filing to having a certificate a year and a half later. Lots of champagne was poured after each hurdle was complete. Airline operations became easy once the planes started flying. It was a great experience, but something I would never want to do again.
Is it successful today?
Name of the airline
@@hishmithvvardhan5809 idk myairline? or something idk
this video was made impossible by Covid.
Lol I pity you... first like (me) after 2 hours even tho ur verified???
I guffawed. Thank you.
How to write a wendover video: Step 1: Planes Step 2: Audible
lol
Step 3: cover yourself in oil
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Alternate title: "How to lose millions of dollars QUICK"
2021 new working method
so. a quibi.
theorically possible video by Sam: "How to Fund Airline Company Startup Using Gamestop Stocks"
Hehe 💎🙌
Having worked with a start up group for a proposed airline, it is remarkably difficult. It takes SO much money, and SO many regulatory requirements. I could write a 2000 page report about it, but it’s terribly hard.
Airlines do not have to prove their competitive pricing practices are financially sustainable like other industries do. For example, if Chevrolet began charging $5 for the Silverado, Ford and Ram could take them to court for price fixing to eliminate completion - that is anti competitive and illegal. If Frontier charges $1 for a flight from Denver to Orlando, that is completely legal, even though they’d lose about $10K every time the flight occurred.
Wendover is back to his home - Aviation
I wish you made sense
Wenover
We haven’t had a aviation video in a minute
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4 weeks ago he did one on helicopter ambulances
Extremely complicated subject explained in a straight-forward, informative manner. What else could we ask for. Well done.
4:17 Ansett were the only full service major carrier airline in Australia at the time? Forget about Qantas? :-P
Not gonna lie, this blunder caused me to stop watching the video. Qantas is literally one of the oldest airlines on the planet and is the largest airline in Oceania. Hard to take this video seriously when the author couldn't even take the time to know that.
Turn on subtitles. It was a mistake.
@@did5177 in the subtitles he added 'aside from qantas'
Who?
It was in subtitles
His pronunciation of Amritsar and Ahmedabad was so on point. Kudos to you man!
As an airline pilot in the United States, I am really pulling for Breeze Airways. We need something new, and I have spoken to many passengers about their desire for hub busting flights specifically so they can avoid long layovers and tight connections in O'Hare and Atlanta.
If I were an AT pilot in the US, I would seek to add an additional trade to my CV to earn a living. In my view, the future of airlines in general is very much in question, and I expect more than a few carriers to fade into history, - Former MD-11 PIC, Airline EVP - Fleet Management
I hope Breeze did right by the Pilots because certainly NOT by the FA's. I was in class 1 for Breeze and they promised to pay for a degree and then DIDN'T.
@@Dominicano809 Well, the pilots just joined ALPA which the managers were NOT happy about
@@noonedude101 Not surprised! Had me sitting in Charleston for a month doing turns, my coworkers were "starbucks barista" types. No room for growth. I'm sure the pilots had gripes at their level.
@@Dominicano809 Nice to see another professional in these comments. I know two people who jumped ship to Breeze. One loves it as he is home based and he’s pretty happy go lucky to begin with. The other is at Delta now and says that Breeze has him under a legal gag order not to talk about the unfair labor practices. The whole thing is somewhat of a debacle and makes me think far less of David Neeleman.
"Why would customers want to switch to them?" Every time passengers of an incumbent airline are humiliated, kicked off for no reason or have their teeth knocked out there is an uproar with people saying, they will never give that airline business ever again, but they eventually do come back, because there is no feasable alternative. A new airline changes that
Wendover: the only way to succeed is through brute force Me: hits and beat my brother in the middle of a 1v1 game.
As someone who created a 121 certificate, this was a video I've been waiting to see on this channel for quite some time. A more in depth video on the FAA certification process would be cool to see as well, and equally as informative
You mean you got certified or you actually help write the procedure/requirements?
Wendover Productions next video: I started my own airline...
Wait Thats a mr beast title
A perfect mr beast title! Can wait for the video to come out
They should actually cooperate
I fly Cape Air all the time from NH. It’s like stepping into a time machine. I’ve flown with 2 pilots but I’ve also flown with just me and ONE PILOT on numerous occasions. I use them to commute sometimes. There’s lots of things that are surprising about these type of flights and I would invite your subscribers to take an adventure on one. They’re regional flights mostly. Very different from flying the big commercial coast to coast non stop flights. Great video. Big fan! ✊🏾
Hey, I'm not sure if it's in your best interest, but I would love to see a "Making of a Wendover video" where you show how you get the idea, make the research and put it in the most presentable way. Regardless, thank you for making such informative videos!!
What a nice sequel to the "How to create a country". Now I can found a country and start the flag carrier of my country thanks to Wendover!
13:36 "...one of their planned flagship aircraft, *the A220-300* " *shows a video of an A321*
Haha lol yes
avgeek
14:02 I live in Columbus and had forgotten about Skybus! Thanks for the trip down memory lane
One interesting and entirely unmentioned factor that likely will substantially affect the probability of startup airlines success is how they can address the massive pilot shortage in both the United States and abroad. It will be a challenge for new companies with less desirable compensation and work rules to attract and maintain pilots. You definitely did a great job exploring some of the other factors!
This is perfect timing. I was literally just researching this for a project, but no other channel covered it well
Wendover Did the research for you
Didn't expect to find future airline owner in KZhead comment section ;) Thanks Sam
I'll start an airline called "I'll take my chances air", with the gimmick of no security, with the motto "if it blow up it blows up."
I'll be your first investor.
CLARKSON
Dude that's my virtual airline YOLO Airlines "Where every trip is a step closer to heaven"
Honestly I'd fly it. Nearly missed my last flight because airport security was intent on giving me a 10 minute lecture on why my shampoo was over the ounce limit when the only reason I had to take the bag through security was because they had all the first class check in kiosks closed. Then I got another lecture on how my mask wasn't good enough because it had a filtered exhaust valve but somehow the guys wearing microfiber tube bandanas were fine.
I will be your competitor, :D airlines “If you think it’s good, try to do it”
12:51 "shirtification", you're welcome
The rise of JetBlue is quite interesting. They are considered budget but their flights basically has all the characteristics of a mainline airline, like American. No carry on fees, first class in the cabin, in flight entertainment, free snacks and drinks and recently, trans Atlantic flights. The only reason they are considered budget is because they have low cost seats but by most definitions, they really aren’t a budget airline and fit the criteria to be a mainline
I always thought the answer to "How to end up with $5M by starting an airline?" was "Start with $50M ..."
Finally, the magnum opus of Wendover Production. After years of talking about planes and airlines, he finally teaches us how to actually be an airline and operate planes.
Thank you Wendover Productions! Much needed info.
I wish I had this video when I was a senior in business school. Our capstone project was running an airline, and well thankfully our professor said failing at running a company can teach you more than successfully running one can....
I swear this guy is like the CFO of every airline because he knows so much
A lot of this stuff is common knowledge among avgeeks.
The airlines were behind this channel all along! It was all part of the marketing for Big Airline.
I can see it now: Wendover Airlines, where our in-flight entertainment is videos about airlines, aviation, and any topic related to planes.
Imagine a safety video with HAI style humor. "If you must evacuate the aircraft, hopefully not at Newark Airport, emergency floor lighting will guide you to the nearest exit. Your nearest exit may be behind you, unlike that embarrassing thing you did when you were 14"
@@yoironfistbro8128 I need that desperately
The Wendover channel and videos are very informative and useful and they really show the viewers how big and complex the world is. I wish that the Wendover group could make more videos.
My sister works for Breeze, so this was a very intriguing watch for me. Thank you for the research and the amazing presentation
There's actually a new airline starting in New Zealand this year, Pasifika Air. It doesn't have any planes yet, but someone well known here is starting it.
I see they didn't want to just borrow the spelling of their name from the fictional Pacifica Airlines from the Microsoft Flight Simulator series?
Is Frodo starting it?
@@lkjhfdszxcvbnm It's spelled like Gollum is lol
Eventually: How to BE an airline 'I am one with the planes and the planes are with me" - Wendover
Ahhh Cape Air. I had the pleasure when I was 18. There was only one pilot. I sat in the right pilot seat. It was SO much fun. Airlines are sprouting up in Canada atm... which is GOOD given before now we had essentially two choices, equally as expensive. One of those airlines, Flair is kinda like Breeze and was also founded by WestJet execs. My flight school airport, which is next door to Toronto Pearson, is now running flights all over North America. It's a load of fun sharing the runway with a 737 in my little Cessna. One thing not mentioned in your fantastic video... pilots. There is a major shortage coming. Those airlines that provide the best pay and benefits to pilots, along with good customer service, will survive.
Wouldn't want to see a turf war with the space accounts but, I'd love to see Wendover productions' take on SpaceX and point to point passenger travel with Starship
I love starship, but there’s no way that it would be profitable unless you’re charged like $10mil per flight. It’s just not realistic right now
@@onyxzheng347 agreed, but it'd be interesting to see what a road to feasibility would look like (if it's even possible)
I would have thought that securing routes would be high on this list as well. You can imagine there's a lot of untapped market for Heathrow to Lagos, but even if you got all four of the things on this list, you'd still be out of luck because Heathrow doesn't have any slot-pairs.
Air Koryo is the supreme airline and forever will be, no turmoil for us
Yo Kim I’m black and decent at basketball fly me over and give me moolah
Thanks for going into the details
It's fascinating coming back to this video nearly 3 years after release. Good to know there's plenty of paperwork involved. There ought to be, for something like this.
So this is where the "half as airworthy" joke from HAI ended up
Finally, what Wendover Productions have been training us for the whole time.
Mmhhhhhmmm
Very cool ! Thank you so much! I am delighted and shocked
Love the references!
...of course. Wendover Air was always the natural conclusion to this channel. I’m quite curious how this right now is a good time for it though.
2:26 "taking off" I see what you did there
Yeah lol
Thank you this video is exactly what I needed
Thanks, I needed this 😅
Your information is usually well researched and consequently quite accurate. There is an error with regard to the Ansett/Virgin discussion. Ansett was NOT the only full service carrier at the time of its collapse. Qantas was also operating at the time and has always been a full service carrier. Virgin started off as a low cost carrier and sadly that is what they've gone back to being. As always great video :)
A wise man once said, " If you want to become a millionaire, then first become a billionaire, then start an airline, and now you're a millionaire".
An exemplary study and report. This is quite interesting. The logistics and economics of the US airline industry is one of the most complicated business models in the entire world. Your summary is fantastic.
I got this video in my recommendation and found your amazing channel!
He's evolving
He's revolving.
@@maxant4285 He's Dissolving
@@victorviereck4117 he’s dispersing
@@jackspy5708 He's fine.
I love this comment thread
I was almost expecting an announcement for Wendover Airlines at the end of the video.
great video man love your work
Words cannot describe how happy I am to finally see my local airport in a Wendover video
Wendover Productions: ... Planes: Hi Wendover Productions: I LOVE YOUR WORK
Jetblue did a pretty good job starting from scratch and competing straight away with a better product and better price, unlike some other carriers which start with a compromised product and a price to match the lower quality.
OMG the research is just 🔥🔥
Been waiting for this one.
He's been waiting to release this video his whole career
Step 1: Wait for COVID to be over Step 2: Avoid the 737 Max Step 3: The above video
737 Max was recertified recently, and airlines are still ordering more (Alaska Airlines just increased their order from 32 to 105).
@@mirzaahmed6589 Yes but I was joking.
This will be very helpful when I start my new airline providing service from where you are to anywhere you want to go
Thank You Very Much, For This Informative Video!!
When Sam finally launches his own airplane company, I hope he names it Wendy's Wind Walkers.
To my layman ears this sounds exactly the same as breaking into the ISP market, and the utilities market. It takes immense amounts of capital and luck to get into any of those markets, and it takes the big guys having to focus on something other than you while you get your footing.
1:16 I've seen that exact conveyor belt before
I like the Tesla Model Ys you used in the beginning. I have one and love it.
You need to do a video on aviation in India due to its weird nature. I'm sure you could talk about the risk in Indian markets (collapse of Jet Airways, Kingfisher, and Air India?), and also how new airlines like Vistara and Indigo rose to prominence.
This is the intense airline content I've come to know and expect.
Is there ever anything this channel doesn't produce that's good quality?
Ansett was not the only full service carrier in Australia when it collapsed. Qantas was always the full service competitior to Ansett on domestic and internaltion routes. It also pre-dated Ansett.
Wow I didn't realise how big southwest had actually become. I can't really imagine the new airline displacing them. They have a pretty solid reputation now as a reliable, low cost airline
Lol. This comment didn't age well. ;)
how to write a wendover video Step one: airplanes. Step two:
Step three: Profit
Relevant typo
How to "wright" I saw what you did there! If it was intentional good job......
I liked how you used keyframes for adjustment of the saturation 🙃
I have flown on play and they are brilliant.