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DLD 467: Cold as ice

• January 25, 2024
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 8200, 737-800, A321neo, A350-1000, Air India, Airbus, Akasa, Alaska Airlines, ATL, Atlanta, Australia, Boeing, business class, Delta Air Lines, first class, ife, IFEC, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, jetblue, Kuwait Airlines, LaGuardia, LGA, lounge, lounges, merger, Mint, podcast, premium cabin, routes, SAS, Saudi Arabia, Saudia, Spirit Airlines, Trip Report, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines

Winter weather is giving the industry some troubles, but there’s still plenty of hot news to discuss..

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DLD 436: The future of travel, as predicted at AIX 2023

• June 15, 2023
• Tagged as: Air4All, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX23, Collins Aerospace, ife, IFEC, lie-flat beds, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Recaro, Russia, Safran, Safran Aerosystems, seating, seats, Swoop, Turkish Airlines, union

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.

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DLD 385: Worst birthday party ever

• May 19, 2022
• Tagged as: Air France, Avianca, Brazil, business class, credit card, credit cards, EWR, flat beds, GOL, Hawaiian Airlines, Heathrow, IFC, ife, IFEC, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, inflight wifi, LHR, lounge, lounges, merger, Newark, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, pilot shortage, podcast, Southwest Airlines, Star Alliance, United Airlines, Viasat, wifi

Sure, the conversations were great, but our plans for birthday festivities came up short.

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DLD 341: A Midsummer Night’s (fever) Dream

• July 8, 2021
• Tagged as: Air Canada, BlueOrigin, Bluetooth, BoltBus, Department of Transportation, DOT, Europe, Flyr Norwegian, ife, IFEC, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, Jet Airways, Play, Qatar, Qatar Airways, Ravn Alaska, United Airlines, Virgin Galactic

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??

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DLD 260: APEX EXPO 2019–The hunt for news!

• September 19, 2019
• Tagged as: Acro, Acro Seating, AIX, antenna, APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO19, Bluetooth, catering, economy class, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, IFC, ife, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, inflight entertainment, Inflight VR, Los Angeles, Optimares, PaxEx, podcast, Qatar Airways, Quadra, seating, seats, Spirit Airlines, virtual reality, wifi

When APEX, AIX and IFSA get together there should be enough going on to generate some interesting news. Or, perhaps not. The annual Fall trade show bonanza was slow this year, but we still managed to find a few things to talk about.

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DLD 213: APEX EXPO – Next Year in Los Angeles

• October 4, 2018
• Tagged as: 787-10, American Airlines, APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO18, Delta Air Lines, ife, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, jetblue, Paine Field, routes, United Airlines

Another year of APEX EXPO is in the books and, as always, lots of cool developments. Plus a few really bad ones. Listen now to learn what you’ll be flying soon.

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DLD 136: The Schmear Sphere

• April 6, 2017
• Tagged as: A380, Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, Hamburg, ife, IFEC, internet, seats, wifi

What’s next for seats, internet and entertainment on airplanes? Aircraft Interiors Expo is the place to find out and here’s this week’s show wrap up.

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DLD 62a: APEX Expo Special Episode

• September 18, 2014
• Tagged as: ife, in-flight internet, PaxEx, podcast

A special episode recorded at the 2014 APEX Expo in Anaheim, California. A bunch of special guests talking cabin interiors, IFE, connectivity, dining and more!

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PointsHoarder 5 – More Entertainment Than Ever Before!

• June 28, 2012
• Tagged as: avod, empower, entertainment, ife, wifi

At the encouragement of one of our listeners we decided to take on the world of IFE. With all the options out there available to us for travel with our hoards of points being able…