Like the rest of the country’s air travel, this week’s episode got hit by rolling delays. But we made it to our final destination eventually.
DLD 421: Terminal Condition
- February 23, 2023
- Tagged as: Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, EWR, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, KLM, Lufthansa, MIAT, Mongolia, New York City, Newark, routes, Scoot, singapore airlines, slots, strike, United Airlines, Virgin America
A few “whoopsies” at terminals this week left many a traveler affected.
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.
DLD 335: It really was that nice
- May 27, 2021
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, Aerion, BizAv, Boeing, Breeze, Breeze Airways, business aviation, Canada, EWR, FAA, LaGuardia, lawsuit, LGA, Lufthansa, Newark, podcast, routes, Spirit Airlines, strike, supersonic, vaccines, Vancouver
A strike, two lawsuits, one shutdown and another airline launch, plus a production boost. The industry is full of happenings and we’re barely scratching the surface.
DLD 258: Some LaGuardia Love
- September 5, 2019
- Tagged as: airports, business class, CAI, Cairo, EU261, Irkut, LaGuardia, LATAM, LGA, MC-21, Midwest Express, Mileage Run, mileageplus, Milwaukee, MKE, PaxEx, routes, SAS, strike, Trip Report, union, United Airlines
No, really, some love for the old LaGuardia leads off this week’s show. Plus some new plane types, strike compensation and a mistake connecting in Cairo.
DLD 257: A strike debacle
- August 29, 2019
- Tagged as: Air Belgium, American Airlines, Bhutan, British Airways, Christchurch, India, joint venture, Nepal, podcast, strike, union, United Airlines
Strikes happen. In aviation the impact can be dramatic, but usually it gets figured out well enough. British Airways managed to throw that playbook out the window this week, however.
DLD 241: Quiet anger
- May 2, 2019
- Tagged as: Allegient Air, ARJ, ARJ21, ARJ21-700, Asiana, Cape Town, COMAC, CPT, Embraer, Hong Kong Airlines, Korean Air, livery, Mexico, MItsubishi, MRJ, podcast, routes, SAS, strike, United Airlines
Can we talk about that new livery? Plus, more Mexico, SAS’s strike and who really owns Hong Kong Airlines these days?
DLD 208: The Dash Tens
- August 30, 2018
- Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, 737MAX, 747-8i, 787-10, American Airlines, Boeing, business class, Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Gatwick, Hong Kong, jetblue, Joon, LGW, London, podcast, premium cabin, Qatar, Qatar Amiri Flight, routes, strike, United Airlines
United’s 737-10 and 787-10 combine to change the US transcon market, plus pilot housing in Hong Kong, a FAM gone wild and a potential strike in France. C’mon in!
