A quick bonus hit this week, covering American’s new routes to Europe and United’s new plan to keep flight attendants happy.
DLD 154: Big troubles for the little guys
- August 10, 2017
- Tagged as: CommutAir, London, PenAir, podcast
Regional operators and even smaller “normal” airlines in the US are facing challenges on multiple fronts. Chapter 11 and fights over international trade policy are just part of the resulting fun.
DLD 153: What do Spirit and Lufthansa First have in common?
- August 3, 2017
- Tagged as: Caracas, EasyJet, Lufthansa, Paris, PaxEx, podcast, Spirit Airlines, Venezuela
It is important to be comfortable while flying. But maybe getting naked it taking things a bit too far. Fights in the terminal and a nation collapsing are also on this week’s agenda.
DLD 152: The CRJs of Trans-Oceanic Travel
- July 27, 2017
- Tagged as: A350, Air France, ATL, Atlanta, Guadeloupe, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, Horizon Air, LAX, LIH, Los Angeles, Maui, OAK, OGG, PDX, Portland, PTP, Scoot, St. Helena
More LCCs across the Pond and A321neos to Hawaii. Some airplanes cannot count and some airlines cannot get enough pilots. Plus lots more!
Bonus Episode 1: United brings back Denver-London
- July 26, 2017
- Tagged as: DEN, Denver, Heathrow, LHR, London, routes, United, United Airlines
United Airlines is bringing back service on the Denver-London route. Here’s a quick take from the team about the new services and what it means for travelers.
DLD 151: So many misses, most of which are good things
- July 20, 2017
- Tagged as: Air Canada, american, American Airlines, AvGeek, Delta, Delta Air Lines, elite status, Etihad, jetblue, Maho Beach, Mosaic, podcast, Qatar Airways, San Francisco, St. Maarten, SXM, TrueBlue, United, United Airlines
A near miss at SFO is big news this week, as are missed earnings numbers, status matches and an AvGeek tragedy.
A(nother) loyalty partnership is dying and IATA admits it is slightly less relevant in one area. But plenty of new stuff coming to keep us interested.
Does competition help or hurt product quality? Plus new airlines and new airplanes and new award charts all starting to show up.
DLD 148: MAX Plus Boom in Paris
- June 29, 2017
- Tagged as: 737MAX, A380, A380plus, Air Canada, Airbus, Antwerp, Boeing, FAA, Paris Air Show, PAS17, podcast, United, United Airlines
The Paris Air Show was full of interesting news again this year, though much of it felt incomplete. Antwerp is an interesting destination and lots of legal stuff happening in North America, too.
DLD 147: Hot stuff to start the summer
- June 22, 2017
- Tagged as: business class, Cuba, Delta, Delta Air Lines, PaxEx, Phoenix, podcast, Premium Economy, United, United Airlines
Hot weather, hot pizza on board and hot takes on lots of other news this week…
