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DLD 418: Flying on funky wings

• January 26, 2023
• Tagged as: A220, American Airlines, Avelo, Boeing, Breeze Airways, China, CommutAir, CommuteAir, CRJ200, Croatia Airlines, DCA, Delta Air Lines, E145, electric aircraft, Envoy, Ethiopian Airlines, Haneda, HND, hydrogen, ITA Airlines, Italy, Lufthansa Group, NASA, podcast, routes, slots, Southwest Airlines, union, Washington DC, ZeroAvia

New wing designs, and new engines hanging from them, could change the way we fly. Or at least make it more efficient.

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DLD 414: Aviation’s First Class Podcast

• December 22, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, A321XLR, AAdvantage, Air India, American Airlines, Boom Supersonic, C919, China Eastern, CRJ200, CRJ900, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Haneda, Japan, loyalty, Mesa, open skies, points, Qatar, Qatar Airways, slots, Trip Report, United Airlines, Virgin Australia

Nothing but the best for our listeners as we wrap up the 2022 season.

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DLD 409: Sorry we missed you

• November 17, 2022
• Tagged as: A321neo, A380, British Airways, business class, Canada, China, credit card, credit cards, Dulles, elite status, Flyr Norwegian, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Heathrow, HSBC, IAD, jetblue, Jetlines, Korean Airlines, LHR, PDX, podcast, points, Portland, premium cabin, security, slots, Star Alliance, TSA, Uber, United Airlines

Maybe we’re supposed to say something in advance when the publishing schedule changes. Oopsie.

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DLD 400: We suck at travel

• October 6, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, Aer Lingus, Air France, AirBaltic, airbnb, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Antitrust Immunity, ATI, awards, Boeing, Brexit, business class, C919, China, CLE, Cleveland, COMAC, Delta Air Lines, Delta One, Eurostar, JFK, JFK Airport, joint venture, KLM, LATAM, lawsuit, lounges, Norse Atlantic, premium cabin, rewards, routes, SkyTeam, slots, TATL, train, Transatlantic, Virgin Atlantic, WestJet

It was supposed to be a quick weekend getaway for the crew. That didn’t work out so well. Also in this episode: Virgin Atlantic joins SkyTeam Eurostar’s Brexit capacity cuts Cleveland gets its European nonstop…

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DLD 393: From Hanoi with love

• July 21, 2022
• Tagged as: business class, Cape Town, Connect Airlines, CPT, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, flat beds, Hanoi, Heathrow, Icelandair, JAL, LHR, pilot shortage, Retreat Suite, slots, special guest, Trip Report, United Airlines, Upper Class, Vietnam, Virgin Atlantic

We haven’t had much to say about travel to Asia in recent months. That changes this week, as we’re joined by Michael Traeger from TravelZork to share some thoughts. A lot of thoughts, really.

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DLD 390: Back from Europe

• June 30, 2022
• Tagged as: A321XLR, A380, Airbus, alliance, alliances, American Express, AUS, Austin, Blade, business class, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, first class, Gatwick, Heathrow, helicopter, jetblue, LGW, LHR, London, Lufthansa, New York City, Norse Atlantic, Oman Air, Oneworld, Polaris, premium cabin, routes, slots, Trip Report, United Airlines, WestJet

Summer travel is definitely here. Good luck with that.

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DLD 386: Intel(ligence?) Inside

• June 2, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 8200, A220, A350, Aeroflot, Alaska Airlines, Breeze Airways, Cape Town, CPT, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, IAG, KLM, loyalty, Norse Atlantic, Northern Pacific Airways, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Qatar Airways, reciprocity, slots, transcon, Turkish Airlines, union, United Airlines, Virgin Australia

Some terribly dorky jokes get us started this week, but eventually we manage to transition to terribly dorky conversations about airplanes, so that’s mostly a win.

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DLD 361: Thanks time

• November 25, 2021
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, ADS-B, AI, Akasa, artificial intelligence, ATL, Atlanta, Barcelona, cargo, China, Connect Airlines, DAS21, Dubai Air Show, Emirates, indigo Partners, Norse Atlantic, podcast, Premium Economy, slots, Stansted, STN, Waltzting Matilda

What are you thankful as the Thanksgiving holiday arrives once again? Probably not being involved in any of our first few topics is a good start.

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DLD 350: Wider than the average show

• September 9, 2021
• Tagged as: A321neo, A350, A350-1000, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, business class, cargo, Eastern Airlines, elite status, Gatwick, Heathrow, Jet2, jetblue, KLM, LGW, LHR, London, Mileage Run, Rapid Rewards, slots, Southwest Airlines, UNESCO, Virgin Atlantic, World Heritage Sites

How does just one out of service plane cause so much trouble for a major airline?? But it worked mostly in our favor, so no complaints this time around.

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DLD 283: Death by a a thousand cuts

• March 12, 2020
• Tagged as: A380, bankruptcy, Brexit, China, COVID-19, EASA, FlyBE, IATA, Korean Air, London, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, podcast, Qantas, routes, slots, train

We’re trying to not just talk about the novel coronavirus all day, every day. But lately the challenges it creates have dominated the aviation industry. So we’re talking about it again. But some other stuff, too.