Podcast – Page 14 – Dots, Lines & Destinations

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

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DLD 384: Competition great and small

May 12, 2022
Tagged as: 777X, A321XLR, Air France, Airbus, Avelo, Avianca, Boeing, Breeze Airways, cargo, Colombia, crash, credit cards, Egyptair, elite status, freighter, lounge, lounges, Lufthansa, MCO, Orlando, Russia, Sky Club, Turkish Airlines, Viva

Mergers generally reduce competition. Upstarts increase it. And somewhere in the middle, we like to talk about all of options.

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DLD 383: Gettin’ Flighty with it

May 5, 2022
Tagged as: Australia, New York City, Norse Atlantic, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, seaplanes, special guest, SYD, Sydney, Tailwind, TATL, Transatlantic, ultra long haul, ultra longhaul, Washington DC

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.

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.

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.

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.