Just how dire is the coming summer for US-bound travel? We’re looking at various data sources to try to figure it out.
DLD 525: Hip to be Square
- March 13, 2025
- Tagged as: Air Traffic Control, ATC, British Airways, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, dining, elite status, FAA, Finnair, Heathrow, JetZero, LaGuardia, LGA, LHR, lifetime, lounges, Lufthansa, mileageplus, Pan Am, SpaceX, special guest, train, Trip Report, United Airlines
Which cards to cancel and where to fly? We’ve got Ed from Miles To Go on the show this week to help answer those questions and lots more.
DLD 524: TO/GA
- March 6, 2025
- Tagged as: ACC, Accra, Africa, Air France, Airbus, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, ANA, Boeing, British Airways, Chicago, Delta Air Lines, dining, E175-E2, E195-E2, EasyJet, elite status, Embraer, Expedia, FedEx, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, jetblue, loyalty, Lufthansa, Manchester, Marrakech, MDW, MHT, MIdway, OTAs, Peach Airlines, Qatar Airways, RAK, regional jets, routes, Southwest Airlines
Another close call, and a lot to consider as new orders and new routes come online.
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.
A new year brings new topics to the fore, including new routes, new IFE, new status rules, and more.
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.
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…
Gotta love that new terminal smell, right? PDX finally opened its new space, and we’ve got Ned Russell on to talk about it.
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?
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.