Often times the shortest distance between two airports is defined by politics more than geography. Last weekend that was more the case than usual.

Also in this episode:

• Iran and the joys of geopolitics in aviation
• SAS leaving Star Alliance end of August
• Breeze says it found profitability for March 2024
• LH cabin crew contract
• New Boeing whistleblower
• Stephan finally gets another PDX-LAX option
• Lufthansa finally has an Allegris plane (sans new F)

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• Kirby envies DL’s brand
• Polaris Plus
• Tennessee chemtrails thing really became a law
• A319 as a school library

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!