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DLD 396: So much revenue, but what about profit?

• August 11, 2022
• Tagged as: A220, A350, A350 XWB, Aeroflot, AirBaltic, Airbus, American Airlines, AMS, Amsterdam, British Airways, DCA, Department of Transportation, DOT, Frontier, Heathrow, ITA Airlines, jetblue, KLM, LHR, London, lounge, lounges, merger, Qatar Airways, refunds, regulators, Spirit Airlines, Swiss, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Washington DC, wetlease

Airlines raked in revenue in Q2, but not all of them reported a profit. And that raises a lot of bigger picture questions.

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DLD 395: Ripe for disruption

• August 4, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 7, 777X, 787, A330-900, A330neo, A350, Aeroplan, Air Canada, Air France, American Airlines, awards, Boeing, British Airways, business class, crash, Delta Air Lines, Frontier, IAG, Iberia, International Airline Group, jetblue, Krisflyer, merger, points, rewards, routes, seating, seats, singapore airlines, Spirit Airlines, Virgin Atlantic

More leisure travelers than expected, plus some gardening tips. Oh, and lots of airline news, too.

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DLD 391: Some Independence thinking

• July 7, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, A320neo, A321neo, Air China, Air New Zealand, Airbus, American Airlines, British Airways, business class, Cathay Pacific, China, China Eastern, China Southern, Delta Air Lines, economy class, France, JFK, JFK Airport, lie-flat beds, PreCheck, Shenzhen Airlines, Trip Report, TSA, Vancouver, YVR

Great news: The holiday weekend wasn’t a total meltdown, despite warnings from airlines.

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DLD 382: Punch out

• April 28, 2022
• Tagged as: 777X, American Airlines, Boeing, Breeze Airways, British Airways, China, China Airlines, COVID-19, COVID19, HPN, jetblue, podcast, Recaro, routes, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, White Plains

Hard to believe we’re still saying this, but please stop being an asshole on airplanes. Or anywhere else, really. But definitely not on airplanes.

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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.

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DLD 372: Going global

• February 10, 2022
• Tagged as: Air France, ANA, Bangkok, British Airways, business class, COVID-19, Delta Air Lines, Dubai, electric aircraft, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Iceland, loyalty, Mesa, New York City, Newburgh, Play, podcast, Stewart, SWF, TATL, Thailand, Transatlantic, Trip Report, United Airlines

Sure, we’re not really traveling long-haul for leisure right now. But some people are. We had long time friend of the show Han on to talk about a couple recent trips.

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DLD 371: Snowed in

• February 3, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 777X, American Airlines, Antarctica, Boeing, Boom Supersonic, British Airways, Cyprus, freighter, Greece, JFK, JFK Airport, Kalitta, lounges, podcast, Qatar Airways, Turkey

With a blizzard bearing down we’re reliving prior diversions and other cold weather travel tales, all the way to Antarctica.

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DLD 365: TATL Tales

• December 23, 2021
• Tagged as: A321neo, A321XLR, A350, A380, Air Europa, AirBaltic, Airbus, BOS, Boston, British Airways, BWI, elite status, Eurowings Discover, Finnair, IAG, Icelandair, jetblue, KLM, lawsuit, Lufthansa, masks, merger, Mosaic, Play, Qantas, Qatar Airways, St. Louis, STL, TATL, Transatlantic, Transavia, TrueBlue, upgrades

Lots of news in the Transatlantic market this week, with high hopes for Summer 2022. Lawsuits, and new elite status and maskholes, too.

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DLD 362: Oh. My. Cron!

• December 2, 2021
• Tagged as: A340, A340-300, Air Canada, Antarctica, British Airways, Canada, Cathay Pacific, COVID-19, COVID19, Department of Justice, DOJ, FRA, frankfurt, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Hi Fly, India, podcast, Qantas, South Africa, Trip Report

A new variant of concern doesn’t have us too concerned. At least not yet. Plus greenwashing, hub bluffs, and pilot retirements.

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DLD 360: Not entirely as planned

• November 18, 2021
• Tagged as: A220, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, business class, credit card, credit cards, elite status, lounge, lounges, New York City, Polaris, routes, union

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: