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DLD 280: Alliance dalliances

• February 20, 2020
• Tagged as: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bangalore, BLR, British Airways, business class, carbon offsets, Delta Air Lines, emissions, EuroBiz, India, Oneworld, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, SEA, Seattle, Trip Report, ULH, ultra long haul, ultra longhaul, union

A new alliance affiliation, a new secondary cities airline in the USA and unblocking EuroBiz middles: What does it all mean?!?

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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.

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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.

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DLD 245: Kiwi Dreams

• May 30, 2019
• Tagged as: 787-10, A380, Air New Zealand, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, engines, General Electric, GEnx, IATA, IATAAGM, lawsuit, PEOPLExpress, Rolls Royce, TWA Hotel, union, United Kingdom

New planes (787-10s), new union lawsuits (AA & DL) and new access to faster immigration lines (UK eGates) are just some of the exciting news in this week’s show.

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DLD 243: Smisek FTW!

• May 16, 2019
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, BER, Berlin, Delta Air Lines, El Al, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Gold Passport, hyatt, medallion, Norwegian, Turkish Airlines, union, wifi

Who is a strong airline leader these days? What are the qualities that it takes? And why do so many seem to do it so badly??

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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 Bonus 002: Routes, Unions and a t-shirt

• August 16, 2017
• Tagged as: american, American Airlines, bonus, BUD, Budapest, Chicago, Dulles, EWR, Houston, IAD, IAH, Newark, O'Hare, ORD, PaxEx, Philadelphia, PHL, podcast, Prague, PRG, union, United, United Airlines, VCE, Venice

A quick bonus hit this week, covering American’s new routes to Europe and United’s new plan to keep flight attendants happy.

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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!

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DLD 113: Walking in Airports

• July 7, 2016
• Tagged as: Air Serbia, american, American Airlines, Auckland, Centurion Lounge, Etihad, Los Angeles, lounges, New Zealand, San Francisco, Serbia, union, United, United Airlines

It isn’t always about the planes. Well, I mean it is, but occasionally other bits creep in to the conversation, too.