Engines, engines, everywhere! Even more of which are now broken. Plus many inaugurals and maybe your biometric security data will be sold to an airline or airport soon.
DLD 214: A new Number 1 and new numbers for 1K
- October 11, 2018
- Tagged as: A380, American Airlines, British Airways, China, elite status, Emirates, high-speed rail, HSR, JFK, marriott, Marriott Rewards, merger, mileageplus, New York City, Norwegian, OTG, OTG Experience, podcast, spg, train, United Airlines, upgrades
United has new elite rules, Marriott still struggles, new A380 engines are stalled and Primera is dead. Rough week, huh?
Another year of APEX EXPO is in the books and, as always, lots of cool developments. Plus a few really bad ones. Listen now to learn what you’ll be flying soon.
DLD 212: No changes, unlikely merger, little fuel
- September 28, 2018
- Tagged as: Air India, American Airlines, Emirates, Etihad, EU261, merger, podcast, United Airlines
Will a Middle East merger happen? Did a plane run very low on fuel? Is the new UA boarding process a joke? Lots of answers in this week’s show!
DLD 211: Speedy Delivery
- September 20, 2018
- Tagged as: 747-8i, Amsterdam, BOS, Boston, British Airways, business class, dining, Dubai, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, HNL, Honolulu, Hyperloop, LOT, MEX, Mexico City, MIA, Miami, podcast, San Francisco, SFO, Turkey, United Airlines, Warsaw, WAW
In a growing industry where will all the planes go? SFO, MEX, AMS and many more are full while expansion options are limited. New catering, routes, boarding rules and a presidential 747 won’t change that, but we talk about them anyways.
DLD 210: Not quite Philadelphia
- September 13, 2018
- Tagged as: Aerolineas Argentinas, Delta Air Lines, DEN, Denver, FRA, frankfurt, Hawaii, Norwegian, PreCheck, Primera, Primera Air, redeye, TATL, Transatlantic, TSA, United Airlines
Norwegian is finally ready to fly in Argentina and Primera wants more TATL. Plus United is doing strange things in Hawaii and lots more!
DLD 209: To the Primera Meridian
- September 6, 2018
- Tagged as: 737MAX, Berlin, Brussels, California Pacific, CaribAvia, Caribbean, Carlsbad, Cayman Air, China, CLD, LCC, LCCs, London, Primera Air, Stansted, STN, TATL, Transatlantic, Trip Report, TXL, United Airlines
Real-world experience with a new LCC long haul product and lots of talk about more new LCC routes. Plus China/Taiwan troubles continue and some super-cool landing gear will be flying soon.
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!
DLD 207: Second guessing Singapore
- August 23, 2018
- Tagged as: A350, Air Canada, China, EWR, Los Angeles, Newark, SIN, singapore, singapore airlines, Twitter, ULH, United Airlines, Washington DC
Will the Singapore-Newark route really fly? Some of us are more skeptical than others. Plus, United’s new elite status for corporations, body scanner cameras for the subway, gentrification sucks, Twitter sucks, US traffic from China tanked and more.
DLD 206: London Calling, with some IROPs chaos along the way
- August 16, 2018
- Tagged as: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Berlin, business class, Heathrow, IROPs, LHR, London, Q400, United Airlines
Daytime flights from the east coast of North America to London can be a great way to help recover from jetlag. But starting on the west coast can make them a mess. Fozz and Stephan both did that last week and agree that it isn’t a great idea. Plus, a stolen Q400, terminal dumps in Germany, and finally a use for the new Berlin airport!
