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DLD 434: Trust buster

• May 25, 2023
• Tagged as: American Airlines, Antitrust Immunity, Breeze Airways, DCA, Department of Justice, DOJ, Emirates, Finnair, first class, Hertz, jetblue, lawsuit, Northern Pacific Airways, premium cabin, profit, Qantas, routes, singapore airlines, Southwest Airlines, Trip Report, union, Washington DC, WestJet

JetBlue and American Airlines have a lot of work to do if they’re going to keep the NEA alive. A judge ruled it illegal last Friday, setting up all sorts of challenges for the carriers.

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DLD 423: Are you aware??

• March 9, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 8, 787-9, A350, A350 XWB, A350-1000, A350-900, Air India, Allegris, Asiana, business class, China, Delta Air Lines, emissions, first class, Greater Bay Airlines, Hong Kong, hydrogen, Korean Airlines, lawsuit, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, Luxair, merger, Norse Atlantic, premium cabin, routes, union, Universal Hydrogen, Vistara

Hydrogen is flying, at least on one engine. And that’s way better for awareness than some of the other stuff we’ve seen lately.

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DLD 420: Widget watch, with Ed

• February 16, 2023
• Tagged as: AI, American Airlines, artificial intelligence, Capital One, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, Department of Justice, DOJ, elite status, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, jetblue, medallion, merger, O'Hare, ORD, planespotting, podcast, routes, special guest, Spirit Airlines, Trip Report, union, Venture X

We’re joined this week by special guest Ed Pizza of Miles to Go and Pizza In Motion to talk about changing allegiances and the rest of the latest news.

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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 412: Dollar dollar bills, y’all

• December 8, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 787, Air France, Air India, Airbus, American Airlines, Avelo, award, British Airways, certification, cobrand, congress, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, FAA, first class, hydrogen, JAL, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, lounges, merger, Norse Atlantic, podcast, reward, singapore airlines, Sky Club, TATL, Thai Airways, Transatlantic, union, United Airlines, Vistara

Singapore Airlines is out spending cash like it is 2019 again, so that seems to be good news for other airlines.

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DLD 411: Who needs sleep?

• December 1, 2022
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, business class, certification, China Southern, DOH, Doha, Dubai, DWC, EasyJet, FlyAtlantic, freighter, Frontier, GRU, joint venture, LATAM, LAX, Los Angeles, Oneworld, Polaris, premium cabin, Q400, routes, Sao Paulo, Singapore Air, TATL, Transatlantic, Trip Report, union, United Airlines

Long flights, jet lag, and do pilots need to sleep on a trip, too?

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DLD 405: Chunneling some feelings

• October 13, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 7, 787, A330-900, A330neo, AirBaltic, AirTags, blockchain, Calgary, certification, Dreamliner, Eurostar, FAA, Flyr Norwegian, inaugural, Lufthansa, NFTs, regulators, Trip Report, union, Virgin Atlantic, WestJet, YYC

Halfway through a long trip and still suffering from jetlag, but there’s news to consider and punditry to ponder, so here we go…

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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 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 373: Cocoon or carpet?

• February 17, 2022
• Tagged as: Boeing, business class, certification, Condor, Finnair, Frontier, merger, PDX, Portland, premium cabin, Premium Economy, SpaceX, Spirit Airlines, Starship, TATL, Transatlantic, ukraine, union, United Airlines

New seats, new routes, and a comeback of quality flooring round out this week’s top stories.