Dots, Lines & Destinations

By Dots, Lines & Destinations

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The podcast currently has 458 episodes available.

Dots, Lines & Destinations episodes:

August 29, 2024DLD 498: You’re Grounded!
The 777X is back on the ground, while an IFC vendor goes under and a couple airlines have operational issued. But it isn’t all bad news…
Also in this episode:
777X test program grounded
Malaysia Airlines significant cancellations through December
Mokulele fleet troubles in Hawaii
DOJ approval of HA/AS merger
AeroShark for EVA 777F fleet
Air Canada pilots vote for strike authorization
Virgin Australia & Air New Zealand codesharing
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
SmartSky drops out, with some impressively bad sales numbers reported
Azul adds long-haul connectivity
Hawaiian’s Starlink A330 flying
Phu Quoc’s new routes
Stupid Abu Dhabi tourism stats
Alaska Airlines adds Expedia as hotel booking partner
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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23min
August 22, 2024DLD 497: A hail of a problem
Airplanes and hail don’t mix. A storm rendering 10% of an airline’s fleet unflyable is all sorts of bad.
Also in this episode:
New stuff coming over the next few years
Rolling delays for the HA/AS merger
Elliott proposes 10 new directors for Southwest
Delta’s “CrowdStrike” recovery remains a burden for travelers
Greenland and Fozz
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Czech Airlines wrapping up operations
Edelweiss adding ZRH-SEA/YHZ from June 2025, and also has an A350 now
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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44min
August 15, 2024DLD 496: In search of cool carpet
Gotta love that new terminal smell, right? PDX finally opened its new space, and we’ve got Ned Russell on to talk about it.
Also in this episode:
Crash in Brazil
Canada Jetlines demise
Cathay orders 30 A339s
Qaviar for Qsuites
FlightAware Data Breach
Ned and Stephan talk about the new PDX
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
BA dropping Beijing for Winter 2024
Frontier defers ~50 planes to end of the decade
New Haven battle
Australia joining Global Entry
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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32min
August 08, 2024DLD 495: Shifting borders in air world
Fiorello would be happy, perhaps, to see Newark no longer managed by New York ATC. But will it help?
Also in this episode:
Spirit goes normie, but it is gonna take a while to see results
Rex bankruptcy; Is Oz a failed aero market?
JetBlue sheds Europe growth
Air NZ bails on 2030 climate goals
Allegiant pushing more Extra
TUI Belgium grounds E2s on GTF issues, shuttering Antwerp ops
Porter to PSP/SAN from YYZ
CUR-FLL from Azul
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Korean dropping ramen as mid-flight snack
DOJ suing Norfolk Southern on behalf of Amtrak
BAiling on Air Europa deal
New PDX close to opening
100ml rule mess in Europe
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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38min
August 01, 2024DLD 494: The Farnborough files
Perhaps major airshows are losing their impact on the industry a bit. But Farnborough still brought plenty of key news to the fore.
Also in this episode:
Flydubai sees things differently on Boeing’s solid first day
TK non-order (engines)
Flynas – MoU 75x A320neo, 15x A339 (2-class, 400pax)
Indian & Swiss flying boats
Hydrogen fuel cells, including KLM prop w ZeroAvia, but Airbus scales back APU test plans
Boom’s “progress” towards real planes
New Qsuite from Qatar Airways and new Crystal Suite from Turkish Airlines
In the not from Farnborough files:
BA moving to GE engines on new 78X deliveries
Avelo goes international
Southwest assigned seats & redeyes
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
ANA domestic deval
Bilt deval
JetBlue in New England
AA Earnings
Boeing titanium inquiry now up to 10 years
And plenty more. Enjoy the show.
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41min
July 25, 2024DLD 493: Is your crowd on strike?
What a mess for airlines and more as millions of Windows-based computers were knocked offline last Thursday night. The recovery was still ongoing as the week rolled on.
Also in this episode:
XLR Certified by EASA
Farnborough
Pretty good Boom article from Flight Global
Some eVTOL plans
Boeing still hoping to get back to 38 MAX/month by EOY
China-UK
Virgin Atlantic bails on Shanghai
BA down to just one 787 for HKG
Mainland carriers backfilling massively
Alaska Airlines retrofitting interiors
CLD getting American flights (On the E75, not a CR7/9 like Seth said in the show)
TA for AA FAs
Quick DCA slots update
First DL/SkyWest CRJ-550 is out of paint
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Greenland flightseeing
Vance’s charter got the TFR wrong
Euro football canceled trains
WN @ TPA
Fiji Air to DFW
...more
40min
July 18, 2024DLD 492: Whoopsie!
It could’ve been a lot worse, for sure. But now we have some initial details about the Southwest flight that took off from a closed runway two weeks ago.
Also in this episode:
DCA slot nuance
Delta/Riyadh Air plans
AA/ZeroAvia
Southwest’s MOU with Archer Aviation
Alaska’s winter adventures
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Breezy-Pease-y
UK261 covers sick crew, too
DL earnings comments, including potential “Basic business” play
Certifications
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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30min
July 11, 2024DLD 491: More bad news for Boeing, but maybe it is good?
A trio of Boeing stories top the show this week. And somehow pleading guilty to a crime might end up being good for the company?
Also in this episode:
Boeing pleads guilty
Boeing 737 oxygen mask issues
Boeing buys back 737 MAX that suffered explosive mid-cabin blowout
JetBlue disabling some Mint doors
Norse Atlantic’s rough Q2
KLM at PDX
New Southwest board member
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
ZipAir cutting back
Atlantic Airways shortens the season
DCA Slots
Greenland and Seth
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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38min
July 04, 2024DLD 490: The search for more fees
Airlines love ancillary fees. But is there a point at which shifting charges out of the base fare will finally be too much?
Also in this episode:
Lufthansa’s New Environmental Surcharge
Men are “Rawdogging” flights
Southwest’s takeoff from PWM’s closed runway
AA catering at PHL/CLT
Google Credit Card Links Killing Bloggers?
May on-time performance, top airlines all dropped 5%
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
How Delta made itself America’s luxury airline — and what United wants to do about it
Delta One Lounge at JFK
PQI Drama
Breeze ramping up at ISP
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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41min
June 28, 2024DLD 489: Well and truly screwed
The US DOT seems keen to rewrite the rules – or at least how they’re enforced – in a way that’s liable to significantly impact the US market.
Also in this episode:
Public Charters (i.e. JSX) are about to get screwed
Volaris and Iberia agreement to expand connectivity between Spain and Mexico
AA FAs close negotiations without a deal, while AS FAs have a framework for a new TA.
Aer Lingus strike likely
WestJet Mechanics returned to bargain, avoiding more flight cxls
JetBlue brings carry-ons back to Basic Economy
Global Airlines punts to 2025
X-66A delays at Boeing
Boom building built
Sun Country picks up more Amazon freighters
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Archer “plans” eVTOL network for Bay Area
WN/OKC
A220 GTF complaints from airBaltic
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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37min

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How many episodes does Dots, Lines & Destinations have?

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