As governments and the traveling public continue to respond to the corona virus outbreak in China it is spectacularly unclear who, if anyone, is coordinating a coherent global response. Hooray!
DLD 275: Well-informed opinions
- January 17, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, Boeing, Delta, Delta Air Lines, grounding, Heathrow, Las Vegas, LAX, LHR, Los Angeles, lounges, Oneworld, podcast
Live from London, we’ve got a special guest smart enough not to talk about things where he doesn’t know what’s going on. It was a very strange conversation on many levels.
Ending a trip early, ending a career early and making a holiday mess thanks to outsourcing. Here’s hoping that 2020 is better than the end of 2019!
Travel in India is hard. And when it goes sideways it can go really sideways. A mix of delays and cancellations this week brought that into stark relief and we’re talking about it on the show.
DLD 270: Thanksgiving travel is crazy. Literally.
- December 7, 2019
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, A320neo, A350-1000, ARN, bankruptcy, Boeing, Copenhagen, CPH, DGCA, El Al, engines, FAA, GoAir, grounding, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Airlines, India, IndiGo, Norwegian, podcast, Pratt & Whitney, Stockholm, ULH, ultra long haul, ultra longhaul
Flying on Thanksgiving Weekend can be a crazy experience. But this year it seems someone took one of those idiotic “how to get upgraded for free” stories a bit further than they probably should have.
No, we’re not the first people to make that joke about a trip to Kathmandu (and beyond in Nepal). But Seth is there now and having way too much fun so we’re talking about it and lots of other fun travel news as well.
DLD 266: Ultra ludicrous-haul
- October 31, 2019
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 777X, 787, A320neo, A321neo, Air New Zealand, Airbus, Boeing, Cuba, DOH, Doha, grounding, India, podcast, routes, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines
When ultra long haul just isn’t enough, welcome to ludicrous haul. Plus some time spent with United executives, more delays from Boeing and more orders for Airbus.
DLD 264: Maybe it isn’t entirely awful??
- October 17, 2019
- Tagged as: 737, 737 MAX, 737 NG, 737MAX, American Airlines, antitrust imunity, ATI, Avianca, Azul, Boeing, business class, Copa Airlines, Delta Air Lines, economy class, engines, General Electric, GEnx, joint venture, JV, LATAM, lie-flat beds, South America, Starlux, United Airlines
A bad week for many United Airlines frequent flyer members and probably an even worse week for Boeing lead this weeks show. Plus SIM cards and South America and swanky Starlux.
DLD 254: Shut it down!
- August 8, 2019
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, American Airlines, Antitrust Immunity, Delta Air Lines, Dulles, Hong Kong, IAD, ICN, Incheon, joint venture, LIN, Milan, MXP, narita, NRT, singapore, SkyTeam
Sure, we can just close that airport for a few months. No big deal. And maybe close down tourism in a city, too. And close a hub while we’re at it. Lots of fun stuff in this week’s show!
Big fines for airlines, big meal service changes and big new aircraft plans highlight this weeks show!