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DLD 435: An eye on the future

• June 1, 2023
• Tagged as: A321, Asiana, British Airways, business class, dining, Dublin, elite status, Embraer, Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines, Florence, FLR, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, immigration, ITA, Italia Trasporto Aereo, lie-flat beds, Lufthansa Group, Poznan, premium cabin, Premium Economy, routes, Ryanair, Scoot, Trip Report, United Airlines

New planes, new routes, and new seats all bode well for the future. And some lines being dropped might not be so bad, either.

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DLD 431a: Siena

• May 9, 2023
• Tagged as: Brazil, E195-E2, Embraer, Italy, Siena, special guest, Trip Report

Seth gets sidetracked on a train journey across Europe, drawn to Siena thanks to an online aviation connection.

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DLD 408: Winter is coming

• November 3, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, A220, A350, A350 XWB, A350-900, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Big Front Seat, business class, Cabotage, Canada, China, codeshare, CommuteAir, E175, Eastern Airlines, economy class, Embraer, HAECO, IAG, IATA, Iberia, LATAM, Mexico, Mexico City, Norwegian, podcast, premium cabin, PVG, Riga, RIX, routes, seating, seats, Shanghai, Spirit Airlines, Starlux, Vector, Virgin Atlantic

The semi-annual IATA seasonal schedule change happened last weekend, and it brings some fun and interesting new routes and slot opportunities to the industry.

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DLD 394: Farnborough Follow-up

• July 28, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, A320neo, A321neo, A321XLR, Air Canada, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Boom, Boom Supersonic, business class, Delta Air Lines, E195-E2, earnings, EasyJet, Embraer, engines, eVTOL, Farnborough, FIA2022, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Heathrow, hydrogen, joint venture, LATAM, points, Porter Air, Trip Report, United Airlines

Despite being one of the slowest major air shows for new order announcements in years, Farnborough 2022 offered plenty of news.

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DLD 342: Red, Green, or Christmas??

• July 15, 2021
• Tagged as: Bilt Rewards, BlueOrigin, E195-E2, Embraer, loyalty, New Mexico, podcast, Porter Air, Premium Economy, Santa Fe, space, SpaceX, Swiss, Trip Report, Virgin Galactic

Points for paying rent? That’s the underlying premise of the new Bilt Rewards program and, well, it is very different from others that came before.

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DLD 289: Regional consolidation

• April 30, 2020
• Tagged as: Air Sinai, American Airlines, Boeing, COVID-19, Delta Air Lines, Delta Flight Products, Embraer, Frontier, jetblue, joint venture, podcast, routes, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia

Is it time for airports to join the consolidation game? We talk a lot about airlines and mergers (and bankruptcies these days) but airports might also benefit from joining forces.

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DLD 281: A Boycott!

• February 27, 2020
• Tagged as: American Airlines, amtrak, ATR, ATR 42-600, coronavirus, Delta Air Lines, E145, economy class, Embraer, Hawaiian Airlines, ICN, KLM, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Qatar Airways, routes, Seoul, Silver Airways, Streaming IFE, Trip Report, United Airlines, United Express

Major cuts extending beyond China and beyond planes. Plus old enemies are friends and another dream of beds in long-haul economy…C’mon in!

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DLD 245: Kiwi Dreams

• May 30, 2019
• Tagged as: 787-10, A380, Air New Zealand, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, engines, General Electric, GEnx, IATA, IATAAGM, lawsuit, PEOPLExpress, Rolls Royce, TWA Hotel, union, United Kingdom

New planes (787-10s), new union lawsuits (AA & DL) and new access to faster immigration lines (UK eGates) are just some of the exciting news in this week’s show.

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DLD 241: Quiet anger

• May 2, 2019
• Tagged as: Allegient Air, ARJ, ARJ21, ARJ21-700, Asiana, Cape Town, COMAC, CPT, Embraer, Hong Kong Airlines, Korean Air, livery, Mexico, MItsubishi, MRJ, podcast, routes, SAS, strike, United Airlines

Can we talk about that new livery? Plus, more Mexico, SAS’s strike and who really owns Hong Kong Airlines these days?

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DLD 219: A rough triple for Boeing

• November 15, 2018
• Tagged as: 747, 757, Air Astana, American Airlines, Boeing, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, E190, Embraer, Lion Air, New York City, podcast, Ryanair

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!