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DLD 521: Far-flung Frontiers

• February 13, 2025
• Tagged as: Alaska, alitalia, Allegient Air, British Airways, CAI, Cairo, cobrand, crash, credit card, credit cards, DCA, elite status, Executive Club, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, fees, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, IndiGo, ITA Airlines, Italia Trasporto Aereo, jetblue, JSX, LIM, Lima, loyalty, Lufthansa Group, Norse Atlantic, routes, San Juan, SJU, Starlux, United Airlines, Washington DC

Which new markets make sense? Both long-haul and short-haul are seeing some interesting changes.

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DLD 516: Back at it

• January 9, 2025
• Tagged as: A350, Alaska Airlines, awards, Azerbaijan Air, British Airways, crash, DCA, elite status, Emirates, Executive Club, frequent flier, frequent flyer, JejuAir, jetblue, loyalty, revenue-based, rewards, slots, United Airlines

A new year brings new topics to the fore, including new routes, new IFE, new status rules, and more.

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DLD 512: Branching out

• December 5, 2024
• Tagged as: A350, A350 XWB, A350-900, A380, Aer Lingus, Alaska Airlines, Asiana, Atlanta, British Airways, Bus, charter, Delta Air Lines, DFA, Eastern Airlines, EasyJet, elite status, Emirates, Etihad, ETOPS, Europe, Eva, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, Heathrow, Korea, Korean Air, LHR, merger, Norse Atlantic, Orly, Paris, premium cabin, regulators, slots, Spirit Airlines, T'way, United Kingdom, Virgin Atlantic, visas

It was Thanksgiving week in the US, so we shifted our gaze to Europe and the Middle East, with plenty of news being made.

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DLD 509: Worth the EXPOsure?

• November 14, 2024
• Tagged as: Air France, American Airlines, BNA, British Airways, business class, Cancun, Delta Air Lines, Department of Transportation, dining, DOT, fines, FlightPath3D, HNL, Honolulu, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, MCO, moving map, Nashville, Orlando, premium cabin, Riyadh Air, routes, Virgin Atlantic

Trade shows and fines and AI and aircraft orders and lots, lots more…

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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 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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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 487: Unreasonable expectations

• June 13, 2024
• Tagged as: Air India, Air Traffic Control, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China, DFW, E2, Embraer, Emirates, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Fiji Airlines, JFK Airport, LaGuardia, merger, Mexicana, N90, New York City, Newark, Oneworld, Starlux, strike, union, Vistara

Mostly by us, but also perhaps from an airline or two…

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DLD 485: Getting there eventually

• May 30, 2024
• Tagged as: A321neo, A380, Airbus, American Airlines, ancillary, ancillary fees, Breeze Airways, British Airways, codeshare, CRJ550, DCA, Delta Air Lines, EWR, flyadeal, jetblue, lounges, Lufthansa, Newark, O'Hare, ORD, Providence, PVD, Saudia, singapore airlines, slots, Spirit Airlines, TATL, Transatlantic, Trip Report, Washington DC

Maybe taking five flights rather than just two, and adding an extra overnight en route, was a mistake.

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DLD 477: Playing the fool

• April 4, 2024
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, Air Malta, Basic Economy, Boeing, Breeze Airways, Brexit, British Airways, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, E175, Embraer, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Gatwick, hydrogen, Ireland, ITA Airlines, Japan, Knock, LAS, Las Vegas, LGW, London, Lufthansa Group, NDC, Norse Atlantic, overhead bins, routes, Scranton, Southwind, United Airlines, United Kingdom, Washington DC

We’re skipping April Fool’s Day in favor of some real news, including at least one story we were convinced should’ve been a joke.