What does it take to bring motorcoaches into the airline world? We’ve got David Sunde, CEO of Landline, on the show to talk about getting the buses inside security, growth potential, and lots more.
DLD 406: Mega investments
- October 20, 2022
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 7, 777X, A320neo, Aer Lingus, Air India, Allegris, American Airlines, British Airways, business class, Delta Air Lines, elite status, eVTOL, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Heathrow, India, IndiGo, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, Joby, LHR, loyalty, Lufthansa, Mosaic, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, seating, seats, singapore airlines, suite, TrueBlue, Turkey, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Universal Hydrogen
New cabins, new partners, and new fuels are just a few of the major investments airlines announced that we’re talking about in this week’s episode.
DLD 395: Ripe for disruption
- August 4, 2022
- Tagged as: 737 MAX 7, 777X, 787, A330-900, A330neo, A350, Aeroplan, Air Canada, Air France, American Airlines, awards, Boeing, British Airways, business class, crash, Delta Air Lines, Frontier, IAG, Iberia, International Airline Group, jetblue, Krisflyer, merger, points, rewards, routes, seating, seats, singapore airlines, Spirit Airlines, Virgin Atlantic
More leisure travelers than expected, plus some gardening tips. Oh, and lots of airline news, too.
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.
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.
With a blizzard bearing down we’re reliving prior diversions and other cold weather travel tales, all the way to Antarctica.
DLD 370: Total Eclipse of Sanity
- January 27, 2022
- Tagged as: 5G, 737 MAX, 777X, A321neo, A350, A350 XWB, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, alitalia, American Airlines, Boeing, drones, EASA, Ethiopian Airlines, Everett, ITA Airlines, Italy, lasers, Lufthansa Group, masks, ONT, Ontario, PAE, Paine Field, podcast, Qatar Airways, UAE, United Airlines
There are far too many idiots on planes today. Plus lasers, order drama, and more!
We shouldn’t be here right now. We should all be there. But we aren’t. And we don’t even really know where “there” is. A most interesting predicament.
United Airlines announced a 270 aircraft narrow-body order today. 🤯🤯
DLD 326: Driven!
- February 11, 2021
- Tagged as: 777X, alitalia, Allegient Air, American Airlines, AMS, Amsterdam, bankruptcy, Boeing, business class, Canada, engines, HNA, jetblue, Mint, Nunavut, podcast, Rolls Royce, routes
An aviation podcast talking about driving? Sometimes that’s the only viable option, and it is strange. Plus, so are we.