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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 403: White tails, new deals, and new lines

• September 22, 2022
• Tagged as: 737MAX, American Airlines, AMS, Boeing, Boom Supersonic, California, China, codeshare, Delta Air Lines, dining, Doha, electric aircraft, Emirates, France, Heart, Horizon Air, London, meals, podcast, Ryanair, San Francisco, Schiphol, SFO, strike, Tailwind, union, United Airlines, ZipAir

Catching up on some reader mail, and also on big changes coming in airports served, meals on board, and vaguely boring partnerships.

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DLD 387: Regal in Riga

• June 9, 2022
• Tagged as: A321LR, AirBaltic, American Airlines, AMS, Amsterdam, Austria, Brexit, codeshare, Iceland, KLM, Niceair, podcast, Qatar Airways, Ryanair, SAS, Schiphol, Trip Report

Day two of a trip to Europe always brings along some jet lag challenges. But we’re trying our best.

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DLD 367: A Farewell to R32s

• January 13, 2022
• Tagged as: 5G, 737 MAX, 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8200, 737MAX, Air India, Allegiant, Boeing, FRA, frankfurt, ITA Airlines, lawsuit, Lufthansa Group, PEOPLExpress, podcast, Ryanair, special guest

Slightly bizarre to have the lead topic for an aviation podcast to be a subway story, but we’ve never really been a normal group. Plus, we’ve got Jason on to talk about that and many other airplane-related bits.

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DLD 356: Celebratory deaths

• October 21, 2021
• Tagged as: 787, Aeroplan, Air Canada, alitalia, American Airlines, Belgium, Boeing, Dreamliner, elite status, EWR, frequent flier, frequent flyer, ITA Airlines, Italy, jetblue, LaGuardia, lawsuit, LGA, marriott, Newark, podcast, routes, Ryanair, Sun Country, taxes, Trip Report, United Airlines

So much noise for a handful of new routes. Is it really worth the hype? Plus an airline blocks customers and a hotel sues its parent brand.

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DLD 336: Woohoo!

• June 3, 2021
• Tagged as: airfare, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Belarus, Belize, Canada, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, hijacking, jetblue, loyalty, podcast, Ryanair, upgrades

Many things are happening in the aviation and travel world. We’re talking about some of them in this week’s show.

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DLD 330: Aya and Avi’s Airplane Adventure

• April 8, 2021
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 8200, Air Canada, Air Transat, Alaska Airlines, alliance, alliances, Delta Air Lines, merger, middle seat, Oneworld, Ryanair, special guest

We’ve got a special guest on the show this week, talking about a very special topic. There’s a new aviation-themed children’s book out, Aya and Avi’s Airplane Adventure, and we’ve got the author on to talk about his inspiration for pulling it together and a few other things.

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DLD 299: Openings and closings

• July 9, 2020
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 747, 747-8i, Air Canada, American Airlines, award, awards, bankruptcy, Boeing, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, Finnair, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Heathrow, joint venture, lavatory, LHR, lounge, lounges, Norwegian, points, Qantas, reward, rewards, Ryanair

More openings than closings should be good news for lots in the industry, though things remain precarious on many fronts.

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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!