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DLD 578: On the Mend

• March 19, 2026
• Tagged as: 777X, A321XLR, A330-900, A330neo, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, American Airlines, bankruptcy, Billy Bishop, Bus, Canada, Cathay Pacific, certification, Delta Air Lines, GOL, Heathrow, IndiGo, Landline, LHR, Manila, Philippines Airlines, slots, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Toronto, YTZ

When will the aviation world really heal from the mess in the Middle East? Plus a CEO is out in India, as are two more airports for Southwest, while bus options expand in Canada.

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DLD 569: Ebb and Flow

• January 15, 2026
• Tagged as: 787, A350-1000, Addis Ababa, Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus UK, Air Premia, Alaska Airlines, Avelo, Canada, Cathay Pacific, Dublin, Dulles, Etihad, Greenland, IAD, ITA Airlines, Korea, LUX, MAN, Manchester, Saudi Arabia, slots, Sydney, UAE, Vietjet

More passengers on some planes, fewer passengers in some airports. And some interesting route cuts, both confirmed and rumored.

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DLD 554: Hearing the Blues

• October 2, 2025
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 8, 787, 787-10, 787-9, American Airlines, Azul, Bluetooth, Boeing, Brazil, Breeze Airways, Canada, Cathay Pacific, E195-E2, Embraer, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Guam, GUM, LATAM, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, Norwegian, O'Hare, ORD, SEA, Seattle, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines

Big orders, big plans, and potentially big troubles across the industry, depending on who you are and how your fleet is structured.

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• Trip Reports

DLD 506: P(l)aying premium

• October 24, 2024
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Avianca, bankruptcy, Boston, business class, Cathay Pacific, China, DCA, first class, Hainan Airlines, hyatt, Korean Airlines, MileagePlan, Norse Atlantic, Play, premium cabin, routes, Russia, SkyTeam, slots, Spirit Airlines, train

Lots of chatter this week about premium products, and which airlines are having success with them or not.

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DLD 504: Reading the fine print

• October 10, 2024
• Tagged as: A321XLR, Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Air China, Australia, bankruptcy, Boeing, Cathay Pacific, Chase, China, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, FAA, Japan, Lebanon, lounge, lounges, Qatar Airways, regulators, Spirit Airlines, strike, United Airlines

Details matter, and a few of this week’s topics dig in to that fine print.

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• Trip Reports

DLD 503: Where’s the Widget?

• October 3, 2024
• Tagged as: Air France, American Airlines, AUS, Austin, Canada, Capital One, Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, DFW, Frontier, lounges, Oneworld, Southwest Airlines, Starlink, Trip Report, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines

Dartboard or strategic planning? Either way, lots of new routes to discuss in this week’s news.

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DLD 500: Or something like that

• September 12, 2024
• Tagged as: 787, 787-8, 787-9, A350, A350 XWB, A350-1000, A350-900, Boeing, business class, Cathay Pacific, DCA, Department of Transportation, DOT, engines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, LATAM, Malaysia Airlines, Paris, premium cabin, R7, Recaro, Rolls Royce, routes, SCASDP, strike, Virgin Atlantic

A strike avoided, an engine fire, and new routes as we hit another arbitrary milestone.

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• Trip Reports

DLD 497: A hail of a problem

• August 22, 2024
• Tagged as: ADD, Addis Ababa, Air Greenland, Alaska Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Czech AIrlines, Delta Air Lines, Edelweiss, Ethiopian Airlines, Greenland, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, HNL, Honolulu, JFK Airport, Korean Air, lounges, merger, SEA, Seattle, Southwest Airlines, WestJet

Airplanes and hail don’t mix, and a storm rendering 10% of an airline’s fleet unflyable is all sorts of bad.

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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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• Trip Reports

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…