Episode 60 Airlines 3:05 - Alaska Airlines gives Boeing’s dwindling MAX order book a boost - jetBlue takes delivery of its first A220. And announces big changes in its frequent flyer program - United joins Delta in requesting contact tracing information from passengers - WestJet slashes Feb and Mar...
Episode 59 Airline 3:58 - Air Canada joins the biometric boarding set and launches service at San Francisco 14:30 - Lufthansa rolls out the Star Alliance Biometric platform 19:20 - Norway’s getting yet another domestic airline - Lift Airlines launches service in South Africa - Not unexpectedly, Montenegro...
Episode 58 Aircraft 2:43 - Boeing’s 737 MAX is quietly rehabilitated into airline flight schedules GOL, AeroMexico and American Airlines 16:30 - Boeing delivers its first new 737 MAX post-grounding 20:50 - Azores Airlines new route Ponta Delgada to Bermuda 24:18 - Russia’s MC21 flies again – but...
Episode 57 Airlines 3:17 - United Airlines aims to be “100% green” by 2050 8:26 - British Airways follows UA’s lead and commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in a unique partnership 15:24 - United launches Agent On Demand at its Chicago and Houston airport hubs...
Episode 56 The Controversial Episode. Airports 1:32 - The intriguing relationship between wasps and aircraft pitot tubes Aircraft 8:35 - The problematic 737 MAX gets a vote of confidence from Ryanair 14:28 - The Dornier 328 is reincarnated Airlines 20:52 - U.S. airlines finally get control of the...
Episode 55 Airlines 2:10 - Delta and United pioneer quarantine-free international travel and we talk about traveling during COVID-19 times in general 15:52 - The newly resurgent RAVN Alaska gets repackaged into the new Rambler Air 10:28 - British Airways’ unlikely “magical flying experience at home” experiment 29:19 -...
Episode 54 Airlines 1:59 - Delta Airlines bucks the current trend and extends middle seat blocking The Delta tag line is "Keep Climbing" 5:13 - Delta tests curb-to-gate biometric experience at Detroit 12:59 - Delta and WestJet part ways in their proposed joint venture 21:26 - jetBlue to provide...
Episode 53 Interview with Josh Cahill In this episode, we chat with Aviation YouTuber, Josh Cahill. Josh Cahill is an award-winning Aviation YouTuber. Josh is German, but grew up In Australia and is perhaps THE top Flight Reviewer out there. He pays for the majority of his flights in...
Episode 52 Travel, Airports and Aircraft 3:16 - Airbus dramatically revamps its A320 family aircraft passenger entry area (Hero lighting) 9:36 - Is this the beginning of the end of hard copy inflight magazines? 19:00 - WizzAir UK discovers that current pitot tube covers can be inadequate protection 25:20...
Episode 51 Airports 1:42 - Berlin-Tegel closed and Berlin-Brandenberg opens Airlines 10:25 - WestJet begins yet another unique new testing routine at Calgary 16:34 - Delta’s last 777 flight 20:56 - Mexico’s Interjet and perhaps Norwegian (26:46) are in serious trouble 27:51 - The unloved A380 exits the HiFly...