What does it mean when airlines behave unfairly towards customers? And why should we all be worried that they’re about to be a lot more deceptive? Listen in to find out.
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!
DLD 280: Alliance dalliances
- February 20, 2020
- Tagged as: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bangalore, BLR, British Airways, business class, carbon offsets, Delta Air Lines, emissions, EuroBiz, India, Oneworld, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, SEA, Seattle, Trip Report, ULH, ultra long haul, ultra longhaul, union
A new alliance affiliation, a new secondary cities airline in the USA and unblocking EuroBiz middles: What does it all mean?!?
Is the US market ready for another commercial airline? Serial aviation founder David Neeleman is ready to give it another go, and Breeze hopes to fly later this year.
As governments and the traveling public continue to respond to the corona virus outbreak in China it is spectacularly unclear who, if anyone, is coordinating a coherent global response. Hooray!
Lots of news about Asia this week, mostly in China but also beyond. Plus, pets on planes, fare derivatives and more.
DLD 276: The Wuppertal* Episode
- January 23, 2020
- Tagged as: Air Antwerp, American Airlines, ANR, Antwerp, bankruptcy, DCA, Delta Air Lines, Ethiopian Airlines, EWR, FlyBE, high-speed rail, HSR, LATAM, LCY, London, London City, MIA, Miami, Newark, podcast, routes, train, Trip Report, United Airlines, Washington DC, Wuppertal
A quick getaway to Wuppertal was on the agenda this week. It vaguely worked, though none of the three hosts got to or fro exactly as planned.
Ending a trip early, ending a career early and making a holiday mess thanks to outsourcing. Here’s hoping that 2020 is better than the end of 2019!
Travel in India is hard. And when it goes sideways it can go really sideways. A mix of delays and cancellations this week brought that into stark relief and we’re talking about it on the show.
A new CEO in the wings and a super technical success top this week’s topics, plus Bhutan and a follow-up on what evacuation simulations are really like.