No squirrels were harmed in the making of this episode. And we cannot explain why that is even remotely relevant. But here we are anyways.
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.
DLD 374: Your airline is intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your ticketing plan
- February 24, 2022
- Tagged as: 787, A380, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, ATL, Atlanta, Avelo, awards, BDL, Boeing, Breeze Airways, British Airways, California, Cape Town, Cathay Pacific, certification, CPT, Delta Air Lines, EWR, Hartford, Hawaii, Heathrow, HKG, Hong Kong, HVN, LHR, New Haven, Newark, podcast, rewards, routes, Trip Report, United Airlines
Should you subscribe to an airline’s recurring payment offerings? Probably not. But we’re going to talk about it a bit.
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!
Thought on airline pyjamas? Yeah, we’ve got some of those. And lots of other ideas, too…
This week’s episode is a little different. It’s just Fozz and Stephan, as Seth is soaking in all the avgeekery he can at the Dubai Airshow and there hasn’t been a ton of news. But, some of the highlights are:
How does just one out of service plane cause so much trouble for a major airline?? But it worked mostly in our favor, so no complaints this time around.
United Airlines announced a 270 aircraft narrow-body order today. 🤯🤯
Many things are happening in the aviation and travel world. We’re talking about some of them in this week’s show.
We’ve got a special guest on the show this week, talking about a very special topic. There’s a new aviation-themed children’s book out, Aya and Avi’s Airplane Adventure, and we’ve got the author on to talk about his inspiration for pulling it together and a few other things.