Kicking off the show with a bad conspiracy theory joke about hurricanes probably isn’t our strongest play, but here we are. It gets better pretty quickly.

Also in this episode:

• United Airlines teased a cash & points redemption option internally to staff; details yet to come
• Delta Air Lines won’t require employees to be vaccinated, but will add an insurance premium hike if they don’t
• South African Airways is back from the dead
• Alitalia stopped selling future tickets and its replacement ITA is ramping up to start ops 15 Oct
• Qantas is ready to restart international services, with the A380 returning to flight sooner than previously expected
• Air New Zealand will be retiring its 777s mid-decade as the 787-10s show up
• Delta added 30 more A321neo to its order book, now 155 due

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• An update from O’Hare
• Singapore’s Changi Airport is reopening two terminals, with questionable demand
• Singapore Airlines is running a cruise because it still can’t fly people many places.

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!