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DLD 555: The Earl of Global Services

• October 9, 2025
• Tagged as: 777X, American Airlines, Antitrust Immunity, bankruptcy, British Airways, codeshare, Delta Air Lines, elite status, Global Services, ITA Airlines, joint venture, Lufthansa, Play, Porter Air, regional jets, routes, special guest, Spirit Airlines, TATL, Transatlantic, United Airlines

A major milestone crossed, so what’s next? Plus one airline calls it quits and another is making major moves in that direction, while others are expanding and refreshing.

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DLD 524: TO/GA

• March 6, 2025
• Tagged as: ACC, Accra, Africa, Air France, Airbus, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, ANA, Boeing, British Airways, Chicago, Delta Air Lines, dining, E175-E2, E195-E2, EasyJet, elite status, Embraer, Expedia, FedEx, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, jetblue, loyalty, Lufthansa, Manchester, Marrakech, MDW, MHT, MIdway, OTAs, Peach Airlines, Qatar Airways, RAK, regional jets, routes, Southwest Airlines

Another close call, and a lot to consider as new orders and new routes come online.

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DLD 517: Deep thoughts

• January 16, 2025
• Tagged as: Air Greenland, Air Wisconsic, ATL, Atlanta, Dallas, Delta Air Lines, DFW, Greenland, IFEC, JejuAir, Nuuk, Pakistan International Airlines, regional jets, Starlink, United Airlines

What key messages were in the keynote? What happens when massive hubs freeze? And much more…

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DLD 461: Aloha, Alaska!

• December 7, 2023
• Tagged as: 787, 787-9, A321neo, Air Transat, AirAsia, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, China, Department of Transportation, DOT, E195-E2, Embraer, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, GEO, Georgetown, Gyuana, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, immigration, India, joint venture, Malaysia, merger, podcast, Porter Air, regional jets, routes, Tulum, United Airlines, wifi

Alaska Airlines is buying Hawaiian Airlines. There are lots of reasons the deal makes sense, but more than a few questions we have about how it will play out.

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DLD 399: Direct to you

• September 1, 2022
• Tagged as: A321LR, A321neo, aha!, Air New Zealand, AKL, Alaska Airlines, Auckland, Delta Air Lines, Denver, dining, Doha, DUB, Dublin, Dulles, economy class, Emirates, Finnair, Frontier, IAD, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, Lagos, LOS, meals, New York City, Nigeria, Paine Field, Phoenix, PHX, pilot shortage, Play, Qantas, Qatar Airways, regional jets, routes

Another airline disappears, but we’re still here. You can decide if that’s a good trade or not.

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DLD 340: United’s mind-blowing order

• June 29, 2021
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 8, 777X, A340-600, Alaska Airlines, Department of Transportation, DOT, EWR, first class, JFK, JFK Airport, Lufthansa, Newark, regional jets, United Airlines

United Airlines announced a 270 aircraft narrow-body order today. 🤯🤯

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DLD 303: It’s Just Zoom

• August 6, 2020
• Tagged as: A318, Airbus, Boeing, Boom, Boom Supersonic, British Airways, ExpressJet, Finnair, IAG, IATA, International Airline Group, podcast, refunds, regional jets, Rolls Royce, special guest, supersonic, United Airlines

Schedules slashed, Inflight magazines fly home and hundreds of millions in refunds. Plus, we nerd out with special guest Pizza in Motion about RV life.

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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??