Who is a strong airline leader these days? What are the qualities that it takes? And why do so many seem to do it so badly??
Cutting money-losing programs makes sense in many cases. Selling off a profitable segment of the business is less normal. But here we are.
The US government shutdown finally took its toll on a pair of inaugurals, and a few others are giving up, too.
DLD 226: Stuck in IROPS hell
- January 3, 2019
- Tagged as: A220, Delta Air Lines, FAA, IROPs, Istanbul
No one likes when flights are delayed or canceled. But why is dealing with it such a pain in the ass?
DLD 225: Drones! Aliens?! Or nothing at all???
- December 27, 2018
- Tagged as: Air Italy, Alaska, ANA, biometrics, CBP, Chicago, Delta Air Lines, DHS, diversion, ExpressJet, LAX, Los Angeles, Milan, MXP, ORD, San Francisco, SFO, TSA, union, United Airlines
Gatwick drones attacked, and we never really learned their demands. An airline sale, a diversion and more better awards, too!
New boarding groups, new security screening and nearly 50 new airport names in Russia. An “historic” episode comes to life this week!
Bad things come in threes, right? Hopefully that’s the case here as Boeing wraps a pretty bad run of incidents with its aircraft. Plus, a 3 day delay and a seized plane!
DLD 218: Smoothing connections
- November 8, 2018
- Tagged as: 787-10, A330-800, A330neo, Alaska Airlines, alitalia, American Airlines, Brexit, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, elite status, engines, Ethiopian Airlines, EXP, IATA, Icelandair, lawsuit, LFW, Lome, merger, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, SEA, SIN, singapore, singapore airlines, Togo, United Airlines, WOW Air
A smooth connection in Seattle was unexpected. Smoothing connections in Africa might be useful. And Brexit likely means rough connections for millions. Hooray!
Another year of APEX EXPO is in the books and, as always, lots of cool developments. Plus a few really bad ones. Listen now to learn what you’ll be flying soon.
Norwegian is finally ready to fly in Argentina and Primera wants more TATL. Plus United is doing strange things in Hawaii and lots more!