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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.

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DLD 360: Not entirely as planned

• November 18, 2021
• Tagged as: A220, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, business class, credit card, credit cards, elite status, lounge, lounges, New York City, Polaris, routes, union

This week’s episode is a little different. It’s just Fozz and Stephan, as Seth is soaking in all the avgeekery he can at the Dubai Airshow and there hasn’t been a ton of news. But, some of the highlights are:

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DLD 339: An uneven (and uneasy) recovery

• June 24, 2021
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, Airbus, American Airlines, Bombardier, Cape Town, CPT, CRJ900, Delta Air Lines, jetblue, JNB, Johannesburg, La Compagnie, Milan, MXP, ORY, Paris, podcast, routes, seating, seats, South Africa, South African Airways, St. Maarten, SXM, Tel Aviv, TLV, Trip Report, union

Opening back up is great, but the inconsistencies are hard to handle. So are the lines.

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DLD 306: Breaking out of the simulation

• August 27, 2020
• Tagged as: Air Astana, American Airlines, ANC, Anchorage, Boeing, Breeze, Breeze Airways, cargo, elite status, Faroe Islands, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, podcast, Qantas, routes, special guest, union, Virgin Atlantic

We’re not flying for real so the new MS Flight Sim might be a useful replacement. Plus, regionals shutting down, destinations dropped and a union squeeze.

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DLD 301: Heat wave!

• July 23, 2020
• Tagged as: 747, American Airlines, British Airways, FAA, Icelandair, jetblue, LCY, London City, lounge, union

Hot weather across the country and some hot topics for discussion on this week’s show, like new partnerships, furloughs and retirements.

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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.