Episode 23
In this episode, we talk about travel restrictions and travel insurance as well as the following topics:
Airlines
- Southwest announces cutbacks in aircraft cleaning between flights
- Taiwanese carriers offer unique flights to nowhere on Father’s Day (Aug 8)
- United starts sanitizing the flight decks on its aircraft with UV light
- Virgin Australia goes back to the future – and its origins as a 737-only operator
- Qantas parks most of its Boeing 787-9s
- Emirates reduces service to the U.S.
- Air India Express Boeing 737 crash in India
- 20% of Delta staff leave voluntarily in one late July week,
- Virgin Atlantic files Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US to protect its assets
- 1.7 million lb (771,000 kg) of mixed nuts anyone? An American Airlines supplier gets stuck with that after the carrier (legally) cancels its contract on very short notice
- Apple TV now available for free on American Airlines
Aircraft Manufacturers
- The US FAA stipulates the changes for the Boeing 737 Max before it is allowed back into commercial service
- Delays in the E175-E2 program
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