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DLD 372: Going global

• February 10, 2022
• Tagged as: Air France, ANA, Bangkok, British Airways, business class, COVID-19, Delta Air Lines, Dubai, electric aircraft, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Iceland, loyalty, Mesa, New York City, Newburgh, Play, podcast, Stewart, SWF, TATL, Thailand, Transatlantic, Trip Report, United Airlines

Sure, we’re not really traveling long-haul for leisure right now. But some people are. We had long time friend of the show Han on to talk about a couple recent trips.

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DLD 368: Not so far flung

• January 20, 2022
• Tagged as: 777X, Boeing, Boom, Boom Supersonic, Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Finnair, Hong Kong, JFK, JFK Airport, New York City, Overture, podcast, routes, supersonic, TWA Hotel, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, XB-1

We shouldn’t be here right now. We should all be there. But we aren’t. And we don’t even really know where “there” is. A most interesting predicament.

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DLD 360: Not entirely as planned

• November 18, 2021
• Tagged as: A220, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, business class, credit card, credit cards, elite status, lounge, lounges, New York City, Polaris, routes, union

This week’s episode is a little different. It’s just Fozz and Stephan, as Seth is soaking in all the avgeekery he can at the Dubai Airshow and there hasn’t been a ton of news. But, some of the highlights are:

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DLD 346: Multiple meltdowns

• August 12, 2021
• Tagged as: A380, British Airways, COVID-19, COVID19, elite status, Emirates, eVTOL, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, Honduras, hotels, JFK Airport, Joby, London, New York City, Qatar Airways, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, vaccines, Virgin Atlantic

Airline meltdowns happen form time to time, but this past week’s performances are surprisingly ugly.

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DLD 344: 49 States, and then some

• July 29, 2021
• Tagged as: A380, Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus UK, BizAv, Boston, business aviation, cruise, Eurowings, Florida, Malaysia Airlines, New York City, seaplanes, special guest

We’ve got a guest on this week, mixing educational fun with a likely new world record!

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DLD 324: Fraud, Funding, and Settlements

• January 14, 2021
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737-500, 737MAX, amtrak, Boeing, CARES Act, Department of Justice, DOJ, lawsuit, Malta, marriott, New York City, Spirit Airlines

Join us for a walk down memory lane, triggered by some things we screwed up in our previous episode. Plus CARES2, Boeing, Spirit and More.

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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.

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DLD 265: A luxury CRJ200 experience

• October 24, 2019
• Tagged as: 777X, 787-9, A220, A350, Airbus, Boeing, business class, Companion Pass, CRJ200, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, LAX, London, Los Angeles, loyalty, Lyft, New York City, PaxEx, premium cabin, priority boarding, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, SkyMiles, SkyMiles Select, Southwest Airlines, subscription, Swiss, SYD, Sydney, Uber, ULH, ultra long haul

Is there such a thing as a nice CRJ200 ride? And why might a new world’s longest flight be a bad idea?? Plus another top tier got harder to realize and LAX is moving its pickup zone outside the terminal loop.

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DLD 240: It’ll buff right out

• April 18, 2019
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, A320neo, A330neo, A380, Air Senegal, American Airlines, Avianca Brazil, bankruptcy, Boeing, BOS, Boston, engines, Hi Fly, Jet Airways, jetblue, JFK, London, Midwest Express, New York City, Norwegian, podcast, Stratolaunch, TATL, Transatlantic

London, eventually. Maybe a couple bankruptcies. And a plane that almost tumbled on take-off. Grab on for a fun set of stories this week!

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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!