A government shutdown and slowing airline expansion both take their toll. Plus an airline brand dies. But mistake fares live on!
DLD 226: Stuck in IROPS hell
- January 3, 2019
- Tagged as: A220, Delta Air Lines, FAA, IROPs, Istanbul
No one likes when flights are delayed or canceled. But why is dealing with it such a pain in the ass?
DLD 225: Drones! Aliens?! Or nothing at all???
- December 27, 2018
- Tagged as: Air Italy, Alaska, ANA, biometrics, CBP, Chicago, Delta Air Lines, DHS, diversion, ExpressJet, LAX, Los Angeles, Milan, MXP, ORD, San Francisco, SFO, TSA, union, United Airlines
Gatwick drones attacked, and we never really learned their demands. An airline sale, a diversion and more better awards, too!
New boarding groups, new security screening and nearly 50 new airport names in Russia. An “historic” episode comes to life this week!
DLD 223: Where do I get a bulldozer??
- December 13, 2018
- Tagged as: American Airlines, AvGeek, bankruptcy, DEL, Delhi, DEN, Denver, inaugural, India, Jet Airways, Kansas City, MCI, Portsmouth, PSM, routes, United Airlines, WOW, WOW Air
More Wow, more bankruptcy, more airports we love to hate. C’mon in!
WOW may or may not still be in business. And LaGuardia might actually be nice again!
Trip reports from near and far, more MAX and the neo is finally delivered!
Perhaps our most coherent episode yet. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Bad things come in threes, right? Hopefully that’s the case here as Boeing wraps a pretty bad run of incidents with its aircraft. Plus, a 3 day delay and a seized plane!
DLD 218: Smoothing connections
- November 8, 2018
- Tagged as: 787-10, A330-800, A330neo, Alaska Airlines, alitalia, American Airlines, Brexit, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, elite status, engines, Ethiopian Airlines, EXP, IATA, Icelandair, lawsuit, LFW, Lome, merger, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, SEA, SIN, singapore, singapore airlines, Togo, United Airlines, WOW Air
A smooth connection in Seattle was unexpected. Smoothing connections in Africa might be useful. And Brexit likely means rough connections for millions. Hooray!