Remember that Norwegian 737 that diverted to Shiraz, Iran a couple months ago with an engine issue? She’s finally back after the embargo restrictions were relaxed enough to get a replacement installed.
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Also in this episode:
- Expedia and United are fighting over fare display and fees and who really wins other than the lawyers??
- OTA Kiwi will help passengers out when booking throw away tickets. Maybe. In some form or another. Oh, and it might not tell them that’s what they’re booking.
- Haneda opened up a dozen new slots for US carriers. The airlines wanted 19. Who and where and what are going on there?
- Southwest Airlines is seeing an unusually high number of flights delayed or canceled due to maintenance issues. Management is, unsurprisingly, not happy about the situation. Is it a work action or a real problem??
- American Airlines added some luxury options for passengers in the terminals, upping its Five Star service to include a Flagship Dining option. Real luxury or just a way to grab better ancillary revenue than selling checked bags??
And, as always, plenty more inside. Enjoy the show!
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Hey guys, can you match up your audio levels for your podcast discussions? One of your levels (Fozz I think?) was much quieter than the other two, I had to keep turning up the volume in my car to hear you and then turning it down to avoid being blasted by the other two.
Also PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE reduce the volume on the intro bells. It’s always loud as h*ck. Or at least drop the highs in the eq
Dropping NRT for HND at IAH. isn’t that surprising, as there’s a few Japanese companies there. Daikin has a relatively new warehouse there for example (it’s massive). That said I think UA is really only cutting South America pax with international connections at NRT out of their own flight, and instead feeding it directly to ANA at IAH (tho that flight is way earlier than UA so maybe not?)
Additionally I hope UA upgrades DEN-NRT up from a 788 since it’ll be one of the three hubs with flights to NRT. That flight is already always full (at least every time I check) and these changes will only mean more traffic for them.
If you check out unitedtohaneda.com there’s an exhibit PDF there that has a ton of information on why they think they deserve the routes they’re applying for. Also small correction, LAX has second priority, IAH and GUM are third priority. FeelsBadMan.