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DLD 472: Bags and buses and out of business

• February 29, 2024
• Tagged as: Aeromexico, Air Canada, American Airlines, Avelo, Breeze Airways, Bus, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Guam, GUM, Haneda, HND, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, JFK, JFK Airport, joint venture, Landline, Lynx, payments, points, Qantas, routes, Spirit Airlines, Tel Aviv, TLV, Tokyo, Toronto, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Viasat, wifi, YYZ

More baggage talk, plus buses, and an airline is out of business.

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DLD 461: Aloha, Alaska!

• December 7, 2023
• Tagged as: 787, 787-9, A321neo, Air Transat, AirAsia, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, China, Department of Transportation, DOT, E195-E2, Embraer, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, GEO, Georgetown, Gyuana, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, immigration, India, joint venture, Malaysia, merger, podcast, Porter Air, regional jets, routes, Tulum, United Airlines, wifi

Alaska Airlines is buying Hawaiian Airlines. There are lots of reasons the deal makes sense, but more than a few questions we have about how it will play out.

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DLD 416: Going Retro(fit)

• January 12, 2023
• Tagged as: 787, 787-9, A340-600, Air Canada, China, codeshare, Delta Air Lines, DOH, Doha, Dreamliner, Emirates, Etihad, first class, Hawaiian Airlines, Houston, IAH, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Lufthansa, Mexicana, Mexico, pilot shortage, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, routes, seating, seats, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, wifi

Refreshing cabins is a nice touch, but why does it take so long?? Also, how long will it take Southwest to pay out all the comp it owes.

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DLD 385: Worst birthday party ever

• May 19, 2022
• Tagged as: Air France, Avianca, Brazil, business class, credit card, credit cards, EWR, flat beds, GOL, Hawaiian Airlines, Heathrow, IFC, ife, IFEC, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, inflight wifi, LHR, lounge, lounges, merger, Newark, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, pilot shortage, podcast, Southwest Airlines, Star Alliance, United Airlines, Viasat, wifi

Sure, the conversations were great, but our plans for birthday festivities came up short.

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DLD 260: APEX EXPO 2019–The hunt for news!

• September 19, 2019
• Tagged as: Acro, Acro Seating, AIX, antenna, APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO19, Bluetooth, catering, economy class, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, IFC, ife, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, inflight entertainment, Inflight VR, Los Angeles, Optimares, PaxEx, podcast, Qatar Airways, Quadra, seating, seats, Spirit Airlines, virtual reality, wifi

When APEX, AIX and IFSA get together there should be enough going on to generate some interesting news. Or, perhaps not. The annual Fall trade show bonanza was slow this year, but we still managed to find a few things to talk about.

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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 178: The Dots & Lines Memorial Episode

• February 1, 2018
• Tagged as: A350, A350-1000, Air Berlin, bankruptcy, Boeing, Bombardier, business class, CSeries, Los Angeles, Niki, PaxEx, Portugal, Qatar Airways, QSuite, United Airlines, wifi

Naming a stadium costs big bucks. And when the name is poorly phrased that can be all sorts of awkward as United is discovering. Niki gets another new owner, Bombardier won and Qatar faces up to some challenges.

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DLD 136: The Schmear Sphere

• April 6, 2017
• Tagged as: A380, Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, Hamburg, ife, IFEC, internet, seats, wifi

What’s next for seats, internet and entertainment on airplanes? Aircraft Interiors Expo is the place to find out and here’s this week’s show wrap up.

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DLD 93: Hipster Beer in Portland. APEX, too.

• October 8, 2015
• Tagged as: PaxEx, wifi

Welcome to the wrap-up show from the annual APEX Expo, held this year in Portland Oregon. That means (mostly) delicious beer during the recording, plus great insight on what the future of the passenger experience will be.

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DLD 80: The Missing Bits of AIX 2015

• April 23, 2015
• Tagged as: Airbus, Hamburg, PaxEx, wifi

A special episode recorded at the Aircraft Interiors Expo 205, where we explore the latest and greatest developments in the world if in-flight catering, connectivity, entertainment, seating and more. And some missing bits as well.