With a blizzard bearing down we’re reliving prior diversions and other cold weather travel tales, all the way to Antarctica.
DLD 370: Total Eclipse of Sanity
- January 27, 2022
- Tagged as: 5G, 737 MAX, 777X, A321neo, A350, A350 XWB, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, alitalia, American Airlines, Boeing, drones, EASA, Ethiopian Airlines, Everett, ITA Airlines, Italy, lasers, Lufthansa Group, masks, ONT, Ontario, PAE, Paine Field, podcast, Qatar Airways, UAE, United Airlines
There are far too many idiots on planes today. Plus lasers, order drama, and more!
DLD 365: TATL Tales
- December 23, 2021
- Tagged as: A321neo, A321XLR, A350, A380, Air Europa, AirBaltic, Airbus, BOS, Boston, British Airways, BWI, elite status, Eurowings Discover, Finnair, IAG, Icelandair, jetblue, KLM, lawsuit, Lufthansa, masks, merger, Mosaic, Play, Qantas, Qatar Airways, St. Louis, STL, TATL, Transatlantic, Transavia, TrueBlue, upgrades
Lots of news in the Transatlantic market this week, with high hopes for Summer 2022. Lawsuits, and new elite status and maskholes, too.
Sometimes the best plan when a trip gets complicated is to just walk away. Or at least strongly consider the possibility in the face of ever changing travel restrictions.
We’re on location this week, recording at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Boston where industry CEOs and suppliers gathered to absolutely not collude on anything they cannot legally address.
Airline meltdowns happen form time to time, but this past week’s performances are surprisingly ugly.
Fancy new screens, a questionable route plan, open borders (sortof) and a trio of new/renewed airlines make the news this week. Plus, what happens if you don’t pay a DOT fine??
Back on the road and exploring the world, with some thoughts on just how well that’s going overall and why we’re not in a huge hurry to do more of it too soon.
We’re talking through bits of the new Aeroplan program in this weeks show, plus new travel warnings and a strange possible investment play by Qatar Airways on behalf of Delta Air Lines.
DLD 292: Where’s the stop button??
- May 21, 2020
- Tagged as: A220, Airbus, American Airlines, bribery, cargo, Cessna, codeshare, COVID-19, Garuda, Israel, Itihhad, NDC, podcast, prop, Qatar Airways, regional jets, SkyCourier, Thai Airways, TSA, turboprop, UAE, United Airlines
What does high school shop class have to do with our travel experiences? Absolutely nothing, but that’s rarely stopped us from talking about other topics, so why start now??