The A330neo is really real. The plane flew for the first time today in Toulouse and we’ve got a report from the festivities. Plus lots of other fun chasing various aircraft across Europe.
DLD 162: The #PRCareLift
- October 12, 2017
- Tagged as: A330neo, A380, Air France, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, first class, PaxEx, podcast, Puerto Rico, Turkey
Hey, DLD listeners: We need your help, far more than just putting up with our regular ramblings (of which there are plenty in this episode).
DLD 161: A Grand Delusion
- October 6, 2017
- Tagged as: Air Berlin, American Airlines, bankruptcy, Barcelona, Catalonia, China Airlines, DXB, EasyJet, Emirates, flyDubai, Lufthansa, Meridiana, Monarch, ONT, Ontario, podcast, Qatar Airways, Spain, Taipei, Taiwan, TPE, Turkish Airlines
Maybe everyone isn’t crazy and they just have really bad ideas, right? A couple bankruptcies and a couple investments, plus a pair of new routes that just might work. C’mon in.
DLD 160: Not my GUM dropped buttons
- September 21, 2017
- Tagged as: 737MAX, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, Australia, business class, Delta, Delta Air Lines, DeltaOne, Guam, GUM, Horizon Air
Lots of routes dropping in the coming months, thanks to crew shortages, shifting travel demand and maybe even fleet challenges. Another “mistake” fare scuttled and some talk about cabin density and how that translates to profits, too.
DLD 159: Stop being such a slacker
- September 14, 2017
- Tagged as: business class, Delta, Delta Air Lines, Delta One, Houston, IAH, podcast, SYD, Sydney, United, United Airlines
How do you stay healthy on the road? You probably don’t, and that makes you a slacker. But we’ve got a guest this week talking about how to be better about such things. C’mon in!
DLD 158: Backing off Basic + LCC Cash Concerns
- September 7, 2017
- Tagged as: A350, A350 XWB, Airbus, Delta, Delta Air Lines, economy class, Gatwick, JFK, LCC, LGW, London, Norwegian, Trip Report, United, United Airlines
Come fly across the Atlantic with the crew on an LCC (in Y!) and talk about United’s newly revised A350 order, the evolution of Basic Economy and many US airlines scaling back revenue hopes for 2017.
DLD Bonus 003: Delta’s Indianapolis long-haul play
- September 6, 2017
- Tagged as: CDG, Delta, Delta Air Lines, IND, Indianapolis, Paris, podcast, routes
Why Indianapolis? Why not! Delta is set to fly from Indianapolis to Paris starting in May 2018.
DLD 157: Long lines on the ground and in the air
- August 31, 2017
- Tagged as: Allegiant, London, PaxEx, PIT, Pittsburgh, podcast, Qantas, Southwest, Southwest Airlines, Sydney
Southwest has a MAX 8, PIT has more visitors and soon you’ll be able to spend longer than ever inside a plane. But is any of that good news??
DLD 156: Got Milk Runs?
- August 25, 2017
- Tagged as: Alaska, Alaska Airlines, ANC, Anchorage, AvGeek, podcast, SEA, Seattle, United, United Airlines
Some of the best AvGeek routes in the USA come courtesy of the Alaska Airlines “Milk Run” hops throughout Alaska. Come along for the ride in this week’s episode!
DLD 155: Georgia on our minds
- August 17, 2017
- Tagged as: Andorra, Azerbaijan, Baku, Georgia, Taipei, Taiwan, Tblisi
We’ve got two guests on the show this week to talk about Georgia (the country, not the state), Azerbaijan, and all sort of other fun bits. Nudity, massages and a bonus bit about Taipei and Andorra round out the show.
