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DLD 423: Are you aware??

• March 9, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 8, 787-9, A350, A350 XWB, A350-1000, A350-900, Air India, Allegris, Asiana, business class, China, Delta Air Lines, emissions, first class, Greater Bay Airlines, Hong Kong, hydrogen, Korean Airlines, lawsuit, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, Luxair, merger, Norse Atlantic, premium cabin, routes, union, Universal Hydrogen, Vistara

Hydrogen is flying, at least on one engine. And that’s way better for awareness than some of the other stuff we’ve seen lately.

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DLD 414: Aviation’s First Class Podcast

• December 22, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, A321XLR, AAdvantage, Air India, American Airlines, Boom Supersonic, C919, China Eastern, CRJ200, CRJ900, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Haneda, Japan, loyalty, Mesa, open skies, points, Qatar, Qatar Airways, slots, Trip Report, United Airlines, Virgin Australia

Nothing but the best for our listeners as we wrap up the 2022 season.

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DLD 413: Living the Dream(liner)

• December 15, 2022
• Tagged as: 787, A330-800, A350, A380, Air Canada, Air Greenland, Air India, AirAsia, Airbus, awards, elite status, Emirates, Etihad, frequent flier, frequent flyer, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, jetblue, JSX, Mosaic, Porter Air, rewards, seating, seats, Starlink, Swiss, United Airlines

Just a couple hundred (more) new planes coming to United through the end of the decade. Nothing to get excited about here.

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DLD 412: Dollar dollar bills, y’all

• December 8, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 787, Air France, Air India, Airbus, American Airlines, Avelo, award, British Airways, certification, cobrand, congress, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, FAA, first class, hydrogen, JAL, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, lounges, merger, Norse Atlantic, podcast, reward, singapore airlines, Sky Club, TATL, Thai Airways, Transatlantic, union, United Airlines, Vistara

Singapore Airlines is out spending cash like it is 2019 again, so that seems to be good news for other airlines.

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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.

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DLD 367: A Farewell to R32s

• January 13, 2022
• Tagged as: 5G, 737 MAX, 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8200, 737MAX, Air India, Allegiant, Boeing, FRA, frankfurt, ITA Airlines, lawsuit, Lufthansa Group, PEOPLExpress, podcast, Ryanair, special guest

Slightly bizarre to have the lead topic for an aviation podcast to be a subway story, but we’ve never really been a normal group. Plus, we’ve got Jason on to talk about that and many other airplane-related bits.

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DLD 355: Weather Gone Wild

• October 14, 2021
• Tagged as: Air Belgium, Air India, AirAsia, American Express, biometrics, British Airways, business class, credit card, credit cards, Gatwick, LGW, lounge, lounges, Membership Rewards, podcast, points, premium cabin, routes, singapore, singapore airlines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines

We faced a couple mechanicals getting this week’s episode recorded, but are willing to admit that truth, rather than blaming weather, unlike some airlines.

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DLD 310: Finally flying!

• September 24, 2020
• Tagged as: 747, A340-600, A380, Air Canada, Air India, British Airways, business class, cargo, Cathay Pacific, co-brand, credit card, credit cards, first class, loyalty, Lufthansa, Pakistan, PIT, Pittsburgh, podcast, Polaris, premium cabin, Rossiya, Trip Report, UAVs, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Volocopter

We’re back in the sky! Also, new doors, routes, snacks, and planes headed to storage.

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DLD 296:Vigilantes on the loose

• June 18, 2020
• Tagged as: Air India, ARJ, ARJ21, ARJ21-700, COMAC, Cuba, Frontier, GoAir, India, LaGuardia, LGA, marriott, MItsubishi, MRJ, routes, SpaceJet

What happens when people take to Twitter seeking justice and then transition that into real-life doxxing? And what about when it is a case of mistaken identity? A couple recent incidents in the travel space remind us that this is stupid and bad in many ways.

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DLD 272: Customer service is hard

• December 19, 2019
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, A350-1000, Air India, Air New Zealand, American Airlines, bankruptcy, Boeing, Cathay Pacific, credit cards, E175-E2, grounding, India, podcast, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, Super Shuttle, Thomas Cook, Trip Report

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.