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DLD 402: Three planes you’ll probably never fly. Or maybe four.

• September 15, 2022
• Tagged as: Aeroflot, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, bagtag, Boeing, Boom, Boom Supersonic, Companion Pass, EWR, frequent flier, frequent flyer, IATA, Irkut, ITA Airlines, Italy, JFK, JFK Airport, MC-21, New York City, Newark, NFTs, Russia, Southwest Airlines, SSJ100, sukhoi, Tupelov, United Airlines

Can Russia produce more than 300 commercial aircraft by the end of the decade to backfill the Boeing and Airbus frames that will be inoperable by then? And would you fly on one if they do??

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DLD 396: So much revenue, but what about profit?

• August 11, 2022
• Tagged as: A220, A350, A350 XWB, Aeroflot, AirBaltic, Airbus, American Airlines, AMS, Amsterdam, British Airways, DCA, Department of Transportation, DOT, Frontier, Heathrow, ITA Airlines, jetblue, KLM, LHR, London, lounge, lounges, merger, Qatar Airways, refunds, regulators, Spirit Airlines, Swiss, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Washington DC, wetlease

Airlines raked in revenue in Q2, but not all of them reported a profit. And that raises a lot of bigger picture questions.

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DLD 386: Intel(ligence?) Inside

• June 2, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 8200, A220, A350, Aeroflot, Alaska Airlines, Breeze Airways, Cape Town, CPT, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, IAG, KLM, loyalty, Norse Atlantic, Northern Pacific Airways, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Qatar Airways, reciprocity, slots, transcon, Turkish Airlines, union, United Airlines, Virgin Australia

Some terribly dorky jokes get us started this week, but eventually we manage to transition to terribly dorky conversations about airplanes, so that’s mostly a win.

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DLD 378: Plus-ing it up

• March 31, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, A321XLR, Aeroflot, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, AKL, Alaska Airlines, Auckland, Boeing, certification, China Eastern, crash, Dallas, DFW, MEL, Melbourne, podcast, Qantas, Rossiya, routes, Russia, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

At some point “Plus” has to not be the default naming of whatever new thing a company comes up with, right? Alas, this is not that week.

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DLD 377: MAX or Mask or Electric

• March 24, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, Aeroflot, cargo, China, Comair, Delta Air Lines, Department of Transportation, Dominican Republic, DOT, electric aircraft, Finnair, Iceland, Korean Airlines, masks, Norse Atlantic, pilot shortage, podcast, routes, Russia, SkyWest, South Africa, TATL, Tesla, Transatlantic, ULCC

Mask rules are changing, maybe too quickly for airlines to keep up. Plus electric news and MAX potential.

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DLD 271: Succession and success

• December 12, 2019
• Tagged as: A321XLR, A350, Aeroflot, Airbus, alitalia, American Airlines, bankruptcy, Bhutan, Boeing, business class, DrukAir, economy class, Harbour Air, premium cabin, Premium Economy, routes, South African Airways, Trip Report, United Airlines

A new CEO in the wings and a super technical success top this week’s topics, plus Bhutan and a follow-up on what evacuation simulations are really like.

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DLD 242: Cutting profits, cutting losses

• May 9, 2019
• Tagged as: Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, awards, bankruptcy, Bombardier, business class, crash, Delta Air Lines, Etihad, EuroBiz, first class, Heathrow, Jet Airways, Korean Air, LHR, Moscow, premium cabin, rewards, SkyMiles, SSJ100, sukhoi

Cutting money-losing programs makes sense in many cases. Selling off a profitable segment of the business is less normal. But here we are.