Is the US market ready for another commercial airline? Serial aviation founder David Neeleman is ready to give it another go, and Breeze hopes to fly later this year.
As governments and the traveling public continue to respond to the corona virus outbreak in China it is spectacularly unclear who, if anyone, is coordinating a coherent global response. Hooray!
Lots of news about Asia this week, mostly in China but also beyond. Plus, pets on planes, fare derivatives and more.
DLD 267: Shut down LaGuardia
- November 7, 2019
- Tagged as: A320neo, Air Europa, Bus, China, Delta Air Lines, IAG, IndiGo, International Airline Group, LaGuardia, LGA, MAD, Madrid, MSY, New Orleans, New York City, Norwegian, routes, SSJ100, WestJet
Would the NYC aviation world be better served if LaGuardia shut down? For some reason that came up in this week’s show.
Longer range, more bugs, co-brand battles and a melted plane lead this week’s episode, with lots more also in the show. C’mon in!
Telling tales and enjoying a winter holiday in Zagreb, Croatia. The sass mostly comes from others, not us.
Fly for the food, stay for the company, collect (or burn) some points along the way. Just a quick weekend trip to Hong Kong and Beijing from the USA, because we can.
DLD 214: A new Number 1 and new numbers for 1K
- October 11, 2018
- Tagged as: A380, American Airlines, British Airways, China, elite status, Emirates, high-speed rail, HSR, JFK, marriott, Marriott Rewards, merger, mileageplus, New York City, Norwegian, OTG, OTG Experience, podcast, spg, train, United Airlines, upgrades
United has new elite rules, Marriott still struggles, new A380 engines are stalled and Primera is dead. Rough week, huh?
DLD 209: To the Primera Meridian
- September 6, 2018
- Tagged as: 737MAX, Berlin, Brussels, California Pacific, CaribAvia, Caribbean, Carlsbad, Cayman Air, China, CLD, LCC, LCCs, London, Primera Air, Stansted, STN, TATL, Transatlantic, Trip Report, TXL, United Airlines
Real-world experience with a new LCC long haul product and lots of talk about more new LCC routes. Plus China/Taiwan troubles continue and some super-cool landing gear will be flying soon.
Will the Singapore-Newark route really fly? Some of us are more skeptical than others. Plus, United’s new elite status for corporations, body scanner cameras for the subway, gentrification sucks, Twitter sucks, US traffic from China tanked and more.