Scavenging for spare parts, profitable routes, or just good travel ideas? We’ve got it all in this week’s show.

Also in this episode:

• Europe:

  • Schiphol is set to pay out a massive amount of money in pax comp
  • Customer support backlogs are still a mess for some; Eurostar closed its phone lines for a month to clear existing cases.
  • Heathrow extending 100k pax/day cap
• Asia:

  • Sydney is the latest airport to see massive lines and understaffed check-in/security

  • Malaysia Airlines taking 20 A330neo from 2024-2028

  • Asia is still closed so Northern Pacific is going to try Mexico routes instead

  • Delta bringing HND service online from LAX, HNL
• Tailwind launching DC-ish service on a seaplane

• Russia is cannibalizing planes for spare parts

• So is Boeing, moving engines from completed but parked MAXen to new builds more likely to deliver

• Delta allowed to cut flights at LGA/JFK/DCA without losing slots; blames very high sick rates
• JetBlue moving more Mint planes to LAX (plus another TATL market), and a bunch of route suspensions/cancellations extended.

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• Allegiant is not amused by the Sun Country EAS award
• AraJet (Dominican upstart) is selling tix. Seems like it is actually going to launch.
• Uber killing loyalty program
• Emirates F unlimited caviar
• Akasa founder sudden death

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!