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DLD 463: Looking to lose weight (restrictions)

• December 21, 2023
• Tagged as: 787, 787-9, A220, A321neo, A350, Air New Zealand, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austin, Brisbane, British Airways, business class, JSX, lie-flat beds, Lufthansa Group, Mexicana, Phoenix, podcast, Porter Air, Qantas, routes, Scottsdale, Seoul, slots, Southwest Airlines, Stansted, Starlink, Tel Aviv, Turkish Airlines, union, United Airlines, WestJet

Long flights come with challenging performance requirements. Delta looks to shed some weight restrictions and United may be adding some next year.

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DLD 436: The future of travel, as predicted at AIX 2023

• June 15, 2023
• Tagged as: Air4All, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX23, Collins Aerospace, ife, IFEC, lie-flat beds, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Recaro, Russia, Safran, Safran Aerosystems, seating, seats, Swoop, Turkish Airlines, union

What does the future of air travel hold? Odds are it will appear on the show floor at Aircraft Interiors Expo a few years before it flies, and we’ve got a report from the show.

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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 433: Going native

• May 18, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, A350-1000, Alaska Airlines, awards, Boeing, DOT, Hawaiian Airlines, lawsuit, lie-flat beds, livery, Philippines Airlines, premium cabin, rewards, Ryanair, suite, United Airlines

Two nice implementations of indigenous themes and art from airlines announced this week, and the impact for passengers is pretty good, 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 389: Back at AIX

• June 23, 2022
• Tagged as: Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX22, business class, economy class, lie-flat beds, premium cabin, Premium Economy, seating, seats, special guest

Trade shows are back, and so are we. Greetings from Hamburg and the 2022 edition of the Aircraft Interiors Expo.

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DLD 345: Teaming, trimming & traveling

• August 5, 2021
• Tagged as: Aeroplan, Air Canada, Allegiant, Allegient Air, alliance, alliances, American Airlines, Chase, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, dining, economy class, elite status, ExpressJet, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, high-speed rail, jetblue, JetSMART, KLM, lie-flat beds, London, loyalty, Lufthansa, medallion, Nordica, podcast, premium cabin, train, TSA, Uzbekistan, WestJet

More airline partnership and a key route trimmed. Plus, cool new trains and airlines and loyalty plays.

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DLD 264: Maybe it isn’t entirely awful??

• October 17, 2019
• Tagged as: 737, 737 MAX, 737 NG, 737MAX, American Airlines, antitrust imunity, ATI, Avianca, Azul, Boeing, business class, Copa Airlines, Delta Air Lines, economy class, engines, General Electric, GEnx, joint venture, JV, LATAM, lie-flat beds, South America, Starlux, United Airlines

A bad week for many United Airlines frequent flyer members and probably an even worse week for Boeing lead this weeks show. Plus SIM cards and South America and swanky Starlux.