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DLD 544: The Last Mile

• July 24, 2025
• Tagged as: Abu Dhabi, Aegean Airlines, AI, AirAsia, American Airlines, artificial intelligence, Avelo, Breeze, Breeze Airways, Bus, Condor, Contour Air, Delta Air Lines, DHS, EAS, Emirates, Essential Air Service, Fetcherr, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, GulfAir, immigration, JFK Airport, JSX, lounges, loyalty, MIA, Miami, premium cabin, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, visas, WAF25, WizzAir, World Aviation Festival

Can multi-modal transportation ever really take off in the USA? Plus mini-lounges, lots of plane orders, and more Macon.

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DLD 535: Two Billboards Outside New Haven, Connecticut

• May 22, 2025
• Tagged as: 777, Air Traffic Control, ancillary fees, ATC, Avelo, Basic Economy, Chase, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, EWR, Global Airlines, lawsuit, Newark, Seaport Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, Vietjet

Usually we’re talking about lawsuits, not actively involved in them. Plus, seating shifts and ATC and maybe another airline financial collapse.

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DLD 530: What’s new?

• April 17, 2025
• Tagged as: 777-300ER, AirBaltic, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX25, American Airlines, Avelo, Delta Air Lines, earnings call, Frontier, Icelandair, jetblue, routes, Spirit Airlines, TrueBlue

New seats and new systems unveiled at AIX, and some new leaders needed as two CEOs are out on the same day.

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• Trip Reports

DLD 529: HAMming it up

• April 10, 2025
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, AUS, Austin, Avelo, British Airways, Canada, Delta Air Lines, Global Airlines, GlobalX, HKG, Hong Kong, lawsuit, routes, Trip Report, United Airlines, Vietjet, WestJet, wifi

A funky trip to Hamburg, a new mini-hublet, and wondering about inbound international travel (again) among our ramblings this week.

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DLD 496: In search of cool carpet

• August 15, 2024
• Tagged as: A321XLR, A330-900, A330neo, Airbus, Australia, Avelo, bankruptcy, Breeze Airways, British Airways, business class, Canada, Canada Jetlines, Cathay Pacific, China, Frontier, Global Entry, Greenland, HVN, New Haven, PDX, Portland, premium cabin, Qatar Airways, QSuite

Gotta love that new terminal smell, right? PDX finally opened its new space, and we’ve got Ned Russell on to talk about it.

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DLD 494: The Farnborough files

• August 1, 2024
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, A320neo, A330-900, A330neo, Airbus, American Airlines, ANA, Avelo, awards, Bilt Rewards, Boeing, Boom Supersonic, British Airways, credit cards, crystal suite, earnings call, engines, Farnborough, FIA2024, flyDubai, flying boat, Flynas, General Electric, GEnx, hydrogen, jetblue, KLM, Qatar Airways, QSuite, rewards, Southwest Airlines, Turkish Airlines, ZeroAvia

Perhaps major airshows are losing their impact on the industry a bit. But Farnborough still brought plenty of key news to the fore.

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DLD 483: Change is coming

• May 16, 2024
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, artificial intelligence, Avelo, CRJ550, Delta Air Lines, Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, DOT, ITA Airlines, jetblue, LaGuardia, LGA, Lufthansa Group, Phoenix, regulators, routes, San Juan, SJU, slots, Trip Report, United Airlines, Zoom Airlines

Is change good? Is it bad? Should you get a refund? Or fly the new routes? Come join us for these conversations and more…

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DLD 481: A dash of regulatory oversight

• May 2, 2024
• Tagged as: 787, A350, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Avant, Avelo, Beond, Delta Air Lines, Department of Transportation, DOT, Dubai, Ethiopian Airlines, ife, in-flight entertainment, IndiGo, inflight entertainment, jetblue, personalization, podcast, regulators, routes, Southwest Airlines, Thales, union, United Airlines

Regulators are forcing airlines to do good things for passengers, which is refreshing. Plus maybe a new Dubai airport a decade from now, and lots more.

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DLD 476: Giving away Newark

• March 28, 2024
• Tagged as: Air Traffic Control, AirBaltic, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, ATC, Avelo, Boom, Boom Supersonic, British Airways, business class, Dominican Republic, EWR, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, jetblue, JFK Airport, LAX, Los Angeles, Malaysia Airlines, Mexico, New Haven, New Pacific Airways, Newark, points, routes, seating, seats, Southwest Airlines, supersonic, United Airlines, XB-1

Newark is on the move. Plus XB-1 takes flight, United dives into pooling, and Avelo looks to grow internationally. Plus plenty more.

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DLD 472: Bags and buses and out of business

• February 29, 2024
• Tagged as: Aeromexico, Air Canada, American Airlines, Avelo, Breeze Airways, Bus, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Guam, GUM, Haneda, HND, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, JFK, JFK Airport, joint venture, Landline, Lynx, payments, points, Qantas, routes, Spirit Airlines, Tel Aviv, TLV, Tokyo, Toronto, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Viasat, wifi, YYZ

More baggage talk, plus buses, and an airline is out of business.