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DLD 562: Dubai Dealing

• November 27, 2025
• Tagged as: 777-10, 777X, A321XLR, A330neo, A350, A380, Air Canada, Air Europa, British Airways, Buraq Air, business class, China Southern, Collins Aerospace, Dubai Air Show, elite status, Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad, flyDubai, HHonors, hilton, hotels, jetblue, LATAM, lie-flat beds, premium cabin, Rouge, routes, United Airlines, WestJet

The Dubai Air Show proved its worth last week, with plenty of deals (though also a few expected ones unrealized). New interiors and route changes for next summer, too.

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DLD 546: Premium Power

• August 7, 2025
• Tagged as: A380, Air Europa, Air France, Alaska Airlines, Avelo, Breeze Airways, British Airways, CBP, Condor, Greenland, Heathrow, immigration, Iran, jetblue, KLM, London, Nuuk, Riyadh Air, TATL, Transatlantic, TSA, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines

Where’s the premium demand? And will it stick around forever? Plus booking shenanigans and a hunting delay.

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DLD 495: Shifting borders in air world

• August 8, 2024
• Tagged as: A321LR, A321XLR, Air Europa, Air New Zealand, Air Traffic Control, Airbus, Allegient Air, amtrak, ANR, Antwerp, ATC, Australia, Azul, British Airways, emissions, EWR, IAG, International Airline Group, jetblue, Korean Air, lawsuit, Newark, PDX, Porter Air, Portland, Rex, routes, security, Spirit Airlines, TATL, Transatlantic, TUI

Fiorello would be happy, perhaps, to see Newark no longer managed by New York ATC. But will it help?

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• Trip Reports

DLD 474: A shock to the system

• March 14, 2024
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, Air Europa, airbnb, Batik Air, Boeing, China Southern, Department of Justice, DOJ, electric cars, EVs, IAG, LAS, Las Vegas, MCO, merger, NTSB, Orlando, regulators, rental cars, routes, TSA, United Airlines

Hopefully not too shocking, of course. But maybe enough to keep you awake, unlike those pilots…

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DLD 468: More MAX than you can shake a stick at

• February 1, 2024
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8, 737 MAX 9, A321neo, Air Europa, American Airlines, Breeze Airways, Dulles, Haneda, Hawaiian Airlines, IAD, IAG, ITA Airlines, lawsuit, Lufthansa Group, merger, Ryanair, slots, Tulsa, United Airlines

The MAX continues to dominate news cycles, but there’s lots more out there also worth talking about.

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DLD 422: Meh

• March 2, 2023
• Tagged as: 787, A350-1000, AAdvantage, Air Europa, American Airlines, Boeing, business class, diversion, El Al, Emirates, emissions, first class, IAG, jetblue, Kansas City, MCI, Oman, premium cabin, Project Sunrise, Qantas, seating, seats, special guest, Tailwind, United Airlines

We wanted to be excited. We wanted to celebrate a new and innovative product. Alas, the newly announced F/J for Qantas is not it.

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DLD 381: Masks begone!

• April 21, 2022
• Tagged as: 787, Air Europa, AirBaltic, American Airlines, business class, Condor, Eurowings Discover, Finnair, leasing, livery, Norse Atlantic, premium cabin, SAS, seating, seats, Trip Report, Turkish Airlines

The lack of appeal, perhaps, is the most interesting part. But the CDC mask mandate for travel is gone, thanks to a court ruling in Florida.

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DLD 365: TATL Tales

• December 23, 2021
• Tagged as: A321neo, A321XLR, A350, A380, Air Europa, AirBaltic, Airbus, BOS, Boston, British Airways, BWI, elite status, Eurowings Discover, Finnair, IAG, Icelandair, jetblue, KLM, lawsuit, Lufthansa, masks, merger, Mosaic, Play, Qantas, Qatar Airways, St. Louis, STL, TATL, Transatlantic, Transavia, TrueBlue, upgrades

Lots of news in the Transatlantic market this week, with high hopes for Summer 2022. Lawsuits, and new elite status and maskholes, too.

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DLD 267: Shut down LaGuardia

• November 7, 2019
• Tagged as: A320neo, Air Europa, Bus, China, Delta Air Lines, IAG, IndiGo, International Airline Group, LaGuardia, LGA, MAD, Madrid, MSY, New Orleans, New York City, Norwegian, routes, SSJ100, WestJet

Would the NYC aviation world be better served if LaGuardia shut down? For some reason that came up in this week’s show.