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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 388: A last-minute change

• June 16, 2022
• Tagged as: Australia, BER, Berlin, BNE, Comair, COVID-19, Krisflyer, Norse Atlantic, pilot shortage, routes, Russia, San Francisco, SFO, singapore airlines, South Africa, Trip Report, United Airlines, Vueling

Change happens. But it gets way worse if the airline forgets to tell you.

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DLD 232: Surprise!

• February 21, 2019
• Tagged as: A380, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, San Francisco, SFO

What’s in store this week?? Perhaps it is a surprise for everyone. Owing to some excitement in the recording and editing process we’re all about to find out together!

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DLD 225: Drones! Aliens?! Or nothing at all???

• December 27, 2018
• Tagged as: Air Italy, Alaska, ANA, biometrics, CBP, Chicago, Delta Air Lines, DHS, diversion, ExpressJet, LAX, Los Angeles, Milan, MXP, ORD, San Francisco, SFO, TSA, union, United Airlines

Gatwick drones attacked, and we never really learned their demands. An airline sale, a diversion and more better awards, too!

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DLD 224: From numbers to colors

• December 20, 2018
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 8, 737MAX, airberlin, bankruptcy, BOS, Boston, business class, Delta Air Lines, DEN, Denver, first class, Iran, Malaysia Airlines, Norwegian, Russia, San Francisco, SFO, TSA, United Airlines

New boarding groups, new security screening and nearly 50 new airport names in Russia. An “historic” episode comes to life this week!

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DLD 211: Speedy Delivery

• September 20, 2018
• Tagged as: 747-8i, Amsterdam, BOS, Boston, British Airways, business class, dining, Dubai, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, HNL, Honolulu, Hyperloop, LOT, MEX, Mexico City, MIA, Miami, podcast, San Francisco, SFO, Turkey, United Airlines, Warsaw, WAW

In a growing industry where will all the planes go? SFO, MEX, AMS and many more are full while expansion options are limited. New catering, routes, boarding rules and a presidential 747 won’t change that, but we talk about them anyways.

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DLD 188 : Raging jealousy

• April 12, 2018
• Tagged as: 787, A350 XWB, A380, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, fees, Hi Fly, San Francisco, San Jose, SJC

Seth is in Hamburg, but Fozz and Stephan are debating what is the “east Bay” and what is the “south Bay”. Riveting stuff. Chime in with your opinion.

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DLD 164: A Stupid LCC Play

• October 26, 2017
• Tagged as: 767, Air Berlin, Boeing, Etihad, Japan, LaGuardia, LCC, LGA, San Francisco, SFO, United, United Airlines

There’s something particularly strange about building an itinerary just to fly 4 different LCCs in 2 days in Japan. That’s what we have Seth for. Plus, a 767 renaissance, LGA shuffles, SFO air art and more.

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DLD 151: So many misses, most of which are good things

• July 20, 2017
• Tagged as: Air Canada, american, American Airlines, AvGeek, Delta, Delta Air Lines, elite status, Etihad, jetblue, Maho Beach, Mosaic, podcast, Qatar Airways, San Francisco, St. Maarten, SXM, TrueBlue, United, United Airlines

A near miss at SFO is big news this week, as are missed earnings numbers, status matches and an AvGeek tragedy.

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DLD 141: Growth, Bans and an un-Ban

• May 11, 2017
• Tagged as: Air Force 1, Alaska Airlines, Angola, FLL, Fort Lauderdale, Gogo, Houston, Luanda, podcast, San Francisco, SFO, SonAir, Spirit Airlines, union, United, United Airlines

Are more electronics bans coming? And why can the general public now buy in on a crazy charter route. More growth at SFO, a whoopsie on Air Force 1 and a Gogo giveaway, too!