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We finally managed to work a pop culture reference into the show…only took a decade.
Also in this episode:
- JetBlue at ISP
- Frontier’s “competition” play
- Virgin Atlantic, eh!
- Starlux maybe into OW?
- Southwest’s activist investor
- Delta adding PremY on transcon 767s
- Bonza officially gone
- Online passport renewal returns
- Dublin getting a spotter park
- Dutch roll, and 787 fasteners, and WN roller coaster in Hawaii, And titanium issues for Airbus & Boeing, and a 3 month slowdown for 737 prod finally reported to suppliers
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
- New b(r)ag tags for Qantas
- EK/B6 codeshare consent order
- United’s “Get me close” plan
- Alaska Airlines loses on Virgin licensing suit
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
Mostly by us, but also perhaps from an airline or two…
Also in this episode:
- FAA extending NYC slots waiver through Summer 2025
- American’s FAs open strike command center
- Sir Tim wants 1500-seat planes for Emirates
- Air India/Vistara formally approved
- Fiji Airlines to become a full oneworld member
- AA/DFW is the world’s largest airline hub by departure count, and 2nd largest by destination count
- A travel update from Seth‘s exploration of Europe
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
- Starlux offering sim time as FF redemption
- Mexicana buys planes, plans routes
- Cathay makes a Belt and Road play
- British Airways goes multi modal
- Seth’s foray into politics
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
Something a bit different this week as Stephan and Fozz take a closer look at some airline apps.
For our Patreon subscribers we have some additional discussion on American Airlines and Vasu Raja’s departure from the company.
Enjoy the show!
We’re back in Hamburg for another go at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2024, taking a look at what the future will be for commercial aviation.
As always, Jason joins Seth for this episode talking about the myriad new bits that will maybe eventually one day be flying, including:
- The Maya concept seat from Panasonic Avionics and Collins Aerospace
- Accessibility ideas from Collins, Delta Flight Products, and others
- Efforts to squeeze seats a bit, and how manufacturers are responding
- A new approach to the IFE world, including caching of streaming services on board to make sure they work better
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
- Origami in the cabin
- Nifty ways to make business cabin seat storage more efficient
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
Also, check out the rest of Seth’s coverage from the show here.
Maybe taking five flights rather than just two, and adding an extra overnight en route, was a mistake.
Also in this episode:
- An absurd airplane bathroom story
- Follow-up to Fozz’s ORD taxi times
- JetBlue/BA codesharing
- SQ Turbulence
- Spirit putting a pilot base at EWR
- Breeze/PVD growth
- DCA perimeter slots update
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
- Lounges as the new hot thing for airline ancillary revenue
- Seth’s journey to Europe
- Saudia/flyadeal Airbus order
- CRJ550 @ DL Followup
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
Why do executives have so much trouble making tough decisions? Or are they just blind to the challenges?
Also in this episode:
- Qantas shifting capacity from Shanghai to Philippines [while Philippines Airlines is forced to lease Wamos Air A330s]
- New Frontier model
- Automated Singapore immigration is now open to all
- Austrian’s 787s are not quite ready
- DCA slots from the FAA bill
- Swiss completes AeroSHARK rollout (More on AeroSHARK)
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
- Breeze Adventures
- Boeing’s annual meeting
- United can (maybe?) resume growth, but trimming Australia ops next Winter
- Lisbon might get a new airport in 2034
- A few bits from AvFest Americas
- Fozz loves O’Hare
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
Is change good? Is it bad? Should you get a refund? Or fly the new routes? Come join us for these conversations and more…
Also in this episode:
- DOT Rules and Schedule Changes
- Updated Lufthansa Group/ITA proposal for merger remedies
- JetBlue’s new SJU routes and Mint moves (plus some cuts, too)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s new terminal: When it will be built and how big it will be
- Delta adds the CRJ550 to its fleet (some Scope Clause details)
- DOJ has until August 5th to decide on AS/HA merger
- Expectations on domestic carriers and the gap between LCCs and full service
- Dorkfest and Braniff Show
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
- MHT-GSP on Avelo
- New Zoom airlines (previously dubbed Air Flo)
- AI for airlines: Alaska Airlines Tests AI for Loyalty and Flight Search, United integrating into SHARES
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
A report from the inaugural flight from the Faroe Islands to New York, plus other bits along the way.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 437: The Bourget * DLD 434: Trust buster * DLD 431a: Siena
Empty flights typically suck, but sometime airlines still fly them and make money doing so.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 444: Very popular in China * DLD 416: Going Retro(fit) * DLD 414: Aviation’s First Class Podcast
Unlikely this episode will be, but is it worse than the odds of a new MAX delivery to China anytime soon??Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 414: Aviation’s First Class Podcast * DLD 443: No more secure than average * DLD 440: Premium problems
Insert plucky episode summary hereClick the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 441: Picking up lines with Landline * DLD 428: Squeeze play * DLD 440: Premium problems
Dismissing idiocy of the past rather than owning up to mistakes is an interesting choice for an airline startup trying to avoid being seen as a scam. Think it'll work?Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 439: But was it really a melt down?? * DLD 404: Podcast not not found * DLD 437: The Bourget
What does it take to bring motorcoaches into the airline world? We've got David Sunde, CEO of Landline, on the show to talk about getting the buses inside security, growth potential, and lots more.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 434: Trust buster * DLD 422: Meh * DLD 440: Premium problems
Can economy class be considered an upgrade from premium economy? We're talking about airlines, so you know where this is going.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 432: You want fries with that * DLD 400: We suck at travel * DLD 428: Squeeze play
United's operations are mostly back to normal at this point, but it took a while to get there. Fortunately, there were plenty of other things to keep us entertained while watching that mess unfold.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 432: You want fries with that * DLD 437: The Bourget * DLD 428: Squeeze play
Like the rest of the country's air travel, this week's episode got hit by rolling delays. But we made it to our final destination eventually.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 434: Trust buster * DLD 432: You want fries with that * DLD 431: Shifting the Dream
Summer in Paris, perhaps a delightful experience. A week at Le Bourget, however, is far less appealing for us. But there's a bit of news worth discussing.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 431: Shifting the Dream * DLD 416: Going Retro(fit) * DLD 432: You want fries with that
What does the future of air travel hold? Odds are it will appear on the show floor at Aircraft Interiors Expo a few years before it flies, and we've got a report from the show. Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 389: Back at AIX * DLD 422: Meh * DLD 385: Worst birthday party ever
New planes, new routes, and new seats all bode well for the future. And some lines being dropped might not be so bad, either.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 434: Trust buster * DLD 427: Scrounging around * DLD 423: Are you aware??
How many million milers is too many? Plus a crazy crash and new transatlantic routes on the horizon.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 409: Sorry we missed you * DLD 407: No first? No problem! * DLD 404: Podcast not not found
Maybe we're supposed to say something in advance when the publishing schedule changes. Oopsie.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 407: No first? No problem! * DLD 401: The end of Summer * DLD 393: From Hanoi with love
The semi-annual IATA seasonal schedule change happened last weekend, and it brings some fun and interesting new routes and slot opportunities to the industry.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 395: Ripe for disruption * DLD 400: We suck at travel * DLD 401: The end of Summer
What happens when you dupe consumers for decades with the confusing names between classes of service then make a change to a tiny part of the fleet? Fun times, indeed.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 404: Podcast not not found * DLD 406: Mega investments * DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero?
New cabins, new partners, and new fuels are just a few of the major investments airlines announced that we're talking about in this week's episode.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 407: No first? No problem! * DLD 395: Ripe for disruption * DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero?
Halfway through a long trip and still suffering from jetlag, but there's news to consider and punditry to ponder, so here we go…Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 395: Ripe for disruption * DLD 406: Mega investments * DLD 400: We suck at travel
It was supposed to be a quick weekend getaway for the crew. That didn’t work out so well. Also in this episode: Virgin Atlantic joins SkyTeam Eurostar’s Brexit capacity cuts Cleveland gets its European nonstop...Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 395: Ripe for disruption * DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero? * DLD 394: Farnborough Follow-up
We considered just having this episode go missing, an homage to the HTTP 404 status code. But there's too much interesting stuff to cover instead.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 396: So much revenue, but what about profit? * DLD 391: Some Independence thinking * DLD 382: Punch out
Catching up on some reader mail, and also on big changes coming in airports served, meals on board, and vaguely boring partnerships.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 401: The end of Summer * DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero? * DLD 399: Direct to you
Can Russia produce more than 300 commercial aircraft by the end of the decade to backfill the Boeing and Airbus frames that will be inoperable by then? And would you fly on one if they do??Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero? * DLD 392: Heat wave * DLD 356: Celebratory deaths
Summer is ending, but travel continues. And optimism remains strong, at least in some segments of the industry.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 395: Ripe for disruption * DLD 349: It’s a conspiracy! * DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero?
Another airline disappears, but we're still here. You can decide if that's a good trade or not.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 380: Finding faults * DLD 368: Not so far flung * DLD 346: Multiple meltdowns
So much news from American we might have to rebrand the show. But lots of other goodies, too.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 395: Ripe for disruption * DLD 388: A last-minute change * DLD 394: Farnborough Follow-up
Scavenging for spare parts, profitable routes, or just good travel ideas? We've got it all in this week's show.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 395: Ripe for disruption * DLD 393: From Hanoi with love * DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero?
Airlines raked in revenue in Q2, but not all of them reported a profit. And that raises a lot of bigger picture questions.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 386: Intel(ligence?) Inside * DLD 387: Regal in Riga * DLD 343: That probably won’t work
More leisure travelers than expected, plus some gardening tips. Oh, and lots of airline news, too.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 382: Punch out * DLD 380: Finding faults * DLD 376: Point.Me to the awards
Despite being one of the slowest major air shows for new order announcements in years, Farnborough 2022 offered plenty of news.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero? * DLD 391: Some Independence thinking * DLD 393: From Hanoi with love
We haven't had much to say about travel to Asia in recent months. That changes this week, as we're joined by Michael Traeger from TravelZork to share some thoughts. A lot of thoughts, really.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 390: Back from Europe * DLD 374: Your airline is intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your ticketing plan * DLD 394: Farnborough Follow-up
As if airport crowds and luggage SNAFUs aren't enough, summer heat waves are adding to the challenges in travel.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 357: Easy Breezy * DLD 384: Competition great and small * DLD 398: A great American hero? Or zero?
Great news: The holiday weekend wasn't a total meltdown, despite warnings from airlines.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 394: Farnborough Follow-up * DLD 395: Ripe for disruption * DLD 374: Your airline is intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your ticketing plan
Summer travel is definitely here. Good luck with that.Click the icon below to listen. Related Stories* DLD 390: Back from Europe * DLD 393: From Hanoi with love * DLD 345: Teaming, trimming & traveling
Trade shows are back, and so are we. Greetings from Hamburg and the 2022 edition of the Aircraft Interiors Expo.Click the icon below to listen.
Change happens. But it gets way worse if the airline forgets to tell you.Click the icon below to listen.
Day two of a trip to Europe always brings along some jet lag challenges. But we're trying our best.Click the icon below to listen.
Some terribly dorky jokes get us started this week, but eventually we manage to transition to terribly dorky conversations about airplanes, so that's mostly a win.Click the icon below to listen.
Sure, the conversations were great, but our plans for birthday festivities came up short.Click the icon below to listen.
Mergers generally reduce competition. Upstarts increase it. And somewhere in the middle, we like to talk about all of options.Click the icon below to listen.
Flight status. Travel history. Connection updates. And lots more. That's the promise from Flighty, and we've got founder Ryan Jones on this week's show to talk about it.Click the icon below to listen.
Hard to believe we're still saying this, but please stop being an asshole on airplanes. Or anywhere else, really. But definitely not on airplanes.Click the icon below to listen.
The lack of appeal, perhaps, is the most interesting part. But the CDC mask mandate for travel is gone, thanks to a court ruling in Florida.Click the icon below to listen.
Who is to blame? And does it matter when you finally admit that? Plenty of challenges in the industry these days and more flight cancellations are coming.Click the icon below to listen.
No squirrels were harmed in the making of this episode. And we cannot explain why that is even remotely relevant. But here we are anyways.Click the icon below to listen.
At some point "Plus" has to not be the default naming of whatever new thing a company comes up with, right? Alas, this is not that week.Click the icon below to listen.
Mask rules are changing, maybe too quickly for airlines to keep up. Plus electric news and MAX potential.Click the icon below to listen.
A good award search tool is something of a holy grail in the miles & points space. Point.Me is pretty darn close, if not entirely there.Click the icon below to listen.
A bit of a challenge this week to get past the very real suffering of war and have a conversation about what it means in the context of aviation. But we're trying.Click the icon below to listen.
Should you subscribe to an airline's recurring payment offerings? Probably not. But we're going to talk about it a bit.Click the icon below to listen.
New seats, new routes, and a comeback of quality flooring round out this week's top stories.Click the icon below to listen.
Sure, we're not really traveling long-haul for leisure right now. But some people are. We had long time friend of the show Han on to talk about a couple recent trips.Click the icon below to listen.
With a blizzard bearing down we're reliving prior diversions and other cold weather travel tales, all the way to Antarctica.Click the icon below to listen.
There are far too many idiots on planes today. Plus lasers, order drama, and more!Click the icon below to listen.
A special report from San Bernardino, California where Northern Pacific unveiled its new livery on a freshly painted 757-200.Click the icon below to listen.
We shouldn't be here right now. We should all be there. But we aren't. And we don't even really know where "there" is. A most interesting predicament.Click the icon below to listen.
Slightly bizarre to have the lead topic for an aviation podcast to be a subway story, but we've never really been a normal group. Plus, we've got Jason on to talk about that and many other airplane-related bits.Click the icon below to listen.
A new year, and we're ready to go with fresh hot takes on all the latest aviation news.Click the icon below to listen.
Lots of news in the Transatlantic market this week, with high hopes for Summer 2022. Lawsuits, and new elite status and maskholes, too.Click the icon below to listen.
Thought on airline pyjamas? Yeah, we've got some of those. And lots of other ideas, too…Click the icon below to listen.
Sometimes the best plan when a trip gets complicated is to just walk away. Or at least strongly consider the possibility in the face of ever changing travel restrictions.Click the icon below to listen.
A new variant of concern doesn't have us too concerned. At least not yet. Plus greenwashing, hub bluffs, and pilot retirements.Click the icon below to listen.
What are you thankful as the Thanksgiving holiday arrives once again? Probably not being involved in any of our first few topics is a good start.Click the icon below to listen.
This week’s episode is a little different. It’s just Fozz and Stephan, as Seth is soaking in all the avgeekery he can at the Dubai Airshow and there hasn’t been a ton of news. But, some of the highlights are:Click the icon below to listen.
Europeans (and many others) can once again visit the USA, assuming they're fully vaccinated. And more than a few airlines are very happy about this.Click the icon below to listen.
American's turn for a meltdown, plus slower recoveries, a big Heathrow boost, and planes shifting national registries for some reason.Click the icon below to listen.
The brand new Breeze A220 is top of mind this week, as we have a crew chatting just hours after the unveiling. Plus AAdvantage and Bonvoy news that might matter to you.Click the icon below to listen.
So much noise for a handful of new routes. Is it really worth the hype? Plus an airline blocks customers and a hotel sues its parent brand.Click the icon below to listen.
We faced a couple mechanicals getting this week's episode recorded, but are willing to admit that truth, rather than blaming weather, unlike some airlines.Click the icon below to listen.
We're on location this week, recording at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Boston where industry CEOs and suppliers gathered to absolutely not collude on anything they cannot legally address.Click the icon below to listen.
An irrational amount of discussion about connecting flights takes over this episode. But, in our defense, one of you asked about it.Click the icon below to listen.
We took the show on the road this week, and brought in a couple guests to spice things up. C'mon in!Click the icon below to listen.
What if, instead of changing the contract to match the active policies, we fixed the policies to not suck?? Seems worth at least considering.Click the icon below to listen.
How does just one out of service plane cause so much trouble for a major airline?? But it worked mostly in our favor, so no complaints this time around.Click the icon below to listen.
Kicking off the show with a bad conspiracy theory about hurricanes probably isn't our strongest play, but here we are. It gets better pretty quickly.Click the icon below to listen.
We lost last week's episode, but came back strong this time around with planes big and small crossing oceans and some fun new routes and money for US startups.Click the icon below to listen.
Airline meltdowns happen form time to time, but this past week's performances are surprisingly ugly.Click the icon below to listen.
More airline partnership and a key route trimmed. Plus, cool new trains and airlines and loyalty plays.Click the icon below to listen.
We've got a guest on this week, mixing educational fun with a likely new world record!Click the icon below to listen.
They might all be terrible ideas, but we're still going to talk about them and figure out if any of it makes sense.Click the icon below to listen.
Points for paying rent? That's the underlying premise of the new Bilt Rewards program and, well, it is very different from others that came before.Click the icon below to listen.
Fancy new screens, a questionable route plan, open borders (sortof) and a trio of new/renewed airlines make the news this week. Plus, what happens if you don't pay a DOT fine??Click the icon below to listen.
United Airlines announced a 270 aircraft narrow-body order today. 🤯🤯Click the icon below to listen.
Opening back up is great, but the inconsistencies are hard to handle. So are the lines.Click the icon below to listen.
Back on the road and exploring the world, with some thoughts on just how well that's going overall and why we're not in a huge hurry to do more of it too soon.Click the icon below to listen.
Summer is heating up in more ways than one. Booking rooms in some destinations is dicey and seems unlikely to get better any time soon.Click the icon below to listen.
Many things are happening in the aviation and travel world. We're talking about some of them in this week's show.Click the icon below to listen.
A strike, two lawsuits, one shutdown and another airline launch, plus a production boost. The industry is full of happenings and we're barely scratching the surface.Click the icon below to listen.
A confluence of work, leisure, and just living has a trio of us on the Williamsburg waterfront on a gorgeous May Saturday for our first in-person recording in well over a year.Click the icon below to listen.
Power issues continue to haunt the 737 MAX and the aviation industry lost a pioneer last week. Plus a new hub and weather in space. C'mon in…Click the icon below to listen.
Maybe we went a little too far off the rails talking about privacy and ad tech and where they intersect. Including on board JetBlue's newest A220 fleet.Click the icon below to listen.
Can you copyright an airline route network? Asking for a friend north of the border. Plus bailouts and refunds and new routes galore!Click the icon below to listen.
We've got a special guest on the show this week, talking about a very special topic. There's a new aviation-themed children's book out, Aya and Avi's Airplane Adventure, and we've got the author on to talk about his inspiration for pulling it together and a few other things.Click the icon below to listen.
Is this a good episode title? Probably not. Is it a good episode, though??Click the icon below to listen.
A mistake fare brought back some excitement we haven't felt in a long time, even if it eventually cancelled. Plus Iceland to Antarctica and much more!Click the icon below to listen.
Sometimes travel is about new and different adventures. Sometimes it is about repeating the most boring or ridiculous habits. And, when done right, it is often a great blend of both. We close out this week's episode with some discussion of travel souvenirs that we're constantly collecting, or at least that we did back when we traveled more.Click the icon below to listen.
An aviation podcast talking about driving? Sometimes that's the only viable option, and it is strange. Plus, so are we.Click the icon below to listen.
The air travel industry is seeing policy changes at an incredible pace, often flipflopping between opposing positions with minimal warning. We're just trying to keep up…Click the icon below to listen.
Join us for a walk down memory lane, triggered by some things we screwed up in our previous episode. Plus CARES2, Boeing, Spirit and More.Click the icon below to listen.
We definitely don't recommend eating it, but the 2,000 year old street meat discoveries in the ruins of Pompeii are all sorts of awesome.Click the icon below to listen.
As has happened several times since the pandemic began airlines are shaking up their route maps with idea so crazy they just might work. So which new destinations will work this time around??Click the icon below to listen.
Where have all the cool planes gone? If you frequently find yourself wondering about that JetTip.net might help with some answers, at least in the US and Canada.Click the icon below to listen.
Is it a race to be first, or just normal business to get the planes back into the sky? Just one of many questions surrounding the 737 MAX return to service now that the grounding has been lifted in the USA.Click the icon below to listen.
Collapsing joint ventures, splitting London, and plenty of bubbles to burst in this week's show.Click the icon below to listen.
How do you build a new airline loyalty program? We've got a couple guests this week from Aeroplan to talk about how their team pulled it all together.Click the icon below to listen.
How do you host a massive casino opening party in Las Vegas in the midst of a pandemic? It definitely isn't easy, but it can be done.Click the icon below to listen.
BER is open and a whale caught a runaway train. Both of those things really happened.Click the icon below to listen.
A loyalty points scheme not worth buying in to and another that surprisingly is. Plus an airline disappears, a very long flight returns, and lots more!Click the icon below to listen.
Earnings season is back, with billions burned and little in the way of optimism for the industry. But traffic continues to increase and route networks adjust, with airlines trying to capture whatever bits of the market they can.Click the icon below to listen.
We're about more than just airplanes, especially these days. But don't worry too much; air travel still dominates the conversation this week.Click the icon below to listen.
Booking inaugural routes is almost as fun as flying them, right?? Plus A321Ts parked, AirAsia Japan dying and United's November growth plans.Click the icon below to listen.
No, that's not a typo. We're mourning the loss of the Convair 580s from commercial service, now slated for next year, among many other things in this week's episode.Click the icon below to listen.
We're back in the sky! Also, new doors, routes, snacks, and planes headed to storage.Click the icon below to listen.
The infamous Cranky Flier joins us this week to talk route planning, biz travel's collapse, and some fun with airport ratings.Click the icon below to listen.
Joint ventures are failing but does that mean the underlying businesses are screwed? And some serious long-haul route expansion coming, in theory, in the next 9ish months. Plus BER in trouble and the 787's tail is a mess.Click the icon below to listen.
Change fees, jet packs, massive corruption and a fun new private plane. C'mon in and learn a bit in this week's show!Click the icon below to listen.
We're not flying for real so the new MS Flight Sim might be a useful replacement. Plus, regionals shutting down, destinations dropped and a union squeeze.Click the icon below to listen.
Can the TSA charge extra if you forget your ID? Plus a newly grounded fleet and new routes for Christmas!Click the icon below to listen.
We're talking through bits of the new Aeroplan program in this weeks show, plus new travel warnings and a strange possible investment play by Qatar Airways on behalf of Delta Air Lines.Click the icon below to listen.
Schedules slashed, Inflight magazines fly home and hundreds of millions in refunds. Plus, we nerd out with special guest Pizza in Motion about RV life.Click the icon below to listen.
Cover your face and fly with free insurance and maybe even score an upgrade or just get a bunch of seats for yourself. But we spread all that out into a reasonable conversation, not just a tease.Click the icon below to listen.
Hot weather across the country and some hot topics for discussion on this week's show, like new partnerships, furloughs and retirements.Click the icon below to listen.
For episode 300 we decided to celebrate with a live, interactive recording. We streamed it on YouTube and many of you joined us from around the world with questions, comments and more. Click the icon below to listen.
More openings than closings should be good news for lots in the industry, though things remain precarious on many fronts.Click the icon below to listen.
When an airline says it is concerned about passenger safety and then increases the number of seats sold that can be hard to reconcile. But at least they're leaving it members of their cabin crew to keep posting anti-mask FUD on social media, right??Click the icon below to listen.
As borders start to reopen the requirements for entry to some countries can be onerous. Or completely reasonable. But the inconsistencies make it really challenging for travelers to plan.Click the icon below to listen.
What happens when people take to Twitter seeking justice and then transition that into real-life doxxing? And what about when it is a case of mistaken identity? A couple recent incidents in the travel space remind us that this is stupid and bad in many ways.Click the icon below to listen.
The Las Vegas strip is open again. Or at least open-ish. It is a far cry from the typical levels of action and activity, but things are starting to come back and it is very different. But also very the same. Here's a first-hand report from the Strip on opening weekend.Click the icon below to listen.
Whether taxiing to the runway or taking off for the skies, electric power is a growing part of the flying experience. Which is pretty damn cool.Click the icon below to listen.
An airport closes, possibly forever. Another was already closed when the plane showed up. And airlines are still planning their financial turnarounds as demand starts to creep higher.Click the icon below to listen.
What does high school shop class have to do with our travel experiences? Absolutely nothing, but that's rarely stopped us from talking about other topics, so why start now??Click the icon below to listen.
We're deep in the throes of learning what requirements will exist for passengers to prove they're healthy and resume travel. This week's episode has a very unlikely candidate for one such test.Click the icon below to listen.
Thousands of planes parked, some permanently, make for stunning images. But it comes at a cost, with jobs lost and an economic hit that is hard to measure so far.Click the icon below to listen.
Is it time for airports to join the consolidation game? We talk a lot about airlines and mergers (and bankruptcies these days) but airports might also benefit from joining forces.Click the icon below to listen.
An island hopper that only takes 8 hours and does not risk military base diversions has us pretty excited. Just need it to actually operate now.Click the icon below to listen.
When will it be safe to commit to big travel expenses? When will it be safe to travel? And do we really know the answer to those questions??Click the icon below to listen.
What will the future of airline route networks look like? We dig deep into the past with special guest Ned Russell as we look to the future.Click the icon below to listen.