Podcast – Dots, Lines & Destinations

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March 23, 2023DLD 425: Canadian Considerations
Surcharges for air conditioning? How Canadian, we’ve been informed.
Also in this episode:
Flair leasing mess
Canada Jetlines as a proxy for Qatar Airways
Riyadh Air launches in Saudi Arabia
US airlines lobbying for limits on Russian overflights
Spirit/JetBlue gets its formal opposition from the government
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Northern Pacific picks its first route
New Emirates livery
Rebookings and weird PremY pricing
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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41min
March 09, 2023DLD 423: Are you aware??
Hydrogen is flying, at least on one engine. And that’s way better for emissions awareness than some of the other stuff we’ve seen lately.
Also in this episode:
New Lufthansa Allegris premium cabins (Swiss doing similar, too)
Lufthansa Group adding A350-1000 (10), plus five more -900s and seven 787-9
Luxair and Greater Bay ink Boeing deals
Norse expansion to the USA from London
Delta pilots approved their contract
Porter plans to build a new terminal across the river in Montreal
Korean/Asiana merger approved by the UK, with slots ceded to Virgin Atlantic
Universal Hydrogen goes flying
Freetown, Sierra Leone’s new international terminal
Lawsuit over Schiphol slot cuts (DL/KL vs govt)
Listener question on rental car fees
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
CSA has only one route left
Vistara brand being dropped by Air India
Airline greenwashing and “raising awareness“
Bavarian Airlines was a fraud dreamt up by a 15 year old
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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44min
March 02, 2023DLD 422: Meh
Top news this week is the new Qantas First Class and Business Class seats, set to fly in 2025 when Project Sunrise takes flight. And we’ve got John Walton back with us to dig deep into the details. Alas, we’re all a bit meh on this one.
Also in this episode:
Gaspers and center bins in business class cabins
IAG finally gets Air Europa, but will regulators let it happen?
New Kansas City terminal opens this week
787 deliveries halted again
Oman opens airspace to Israel
AAdvantage program stats
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Emirates‘ recycling stats
Tailwind’s push into Rhode Island
Diversions galore as the jet stream pushed westbound transcons well over 7 hours of flight time in some cases
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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50min
February 23, 2023DLD 421: Terminal Condition
A few “whoopsies” at terminals this week left many a traveler affected.
Also in this episode:
United Airlines flight loses altitude on takeoff at Maui
JFK T1 Outage
Lufthansa cancels all flights on Friday
Alaska loses lawsuit with Virgin
JetBlue Trying to Extort flights out of KLM
Scoot Orders E190-E2s
JFK-AKL Flight and the disaster that is
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
More on EWR Terminal A
Adjusting to time zones
MIAT Mongolian flying to SFO?
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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32min
February 16, 2023DLD 420: Widget watch, with Ed
We’re joined this week by special guest Ed Pizza of Miles to Go and Pizza In Motion to talk about changing allegiances and the rest of the latest news.
Also in this episode:
Ed picks the Widget?
JetBlue teasing new routes, but the DOJ seems likely to file suit to block the merger
Ryanair is not happy about airport moves in Estonia and Poland
The No-Jet Set
Pilots Union Not Wanting NTSB Meeting with AA pilots recorded
Hawaiian Pilots Accept New Contract with 32% pay raise
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Gold Medallion assaults FA en route to Anchorage
AI Travel Planning via RoamAround
Seth’s day trip to ORD
Ed’s many tickets home from Orlando
What should Seth do with a Venture X card?
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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48min
February 09, 2023DLD 419: Where are the mascots?
Competing university mascots at an inaugural flight? Sure, why not. It is Delaware, after all.
Also in this episode:
Express lounges as a growth vertical
DL SkyClub New Access Rules
DL/AX award discount
Bali might get US service
747 Final delivery
Flyr kaput
Flybe collapse, too
BA/VS back to China
Near miss for FedEx/Southwest at AUS
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Avelo Delaware Inaugural
Porter’s E195-E2 ops launched, as did a new OpCo
Airbus/Qatar Airways settlement
Frontier All You Can Fly Summer Pass
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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43min
January 26, 2023DLD 418: Flying on funky wings
New wing designs, and new engines hanging from them, could change the way we fly. Or at least make it more efficient.
Also in this episode:
CommuteAir pwned
DCA is a connecting airport now
Croatia Airlines takes the A220
Lufthansa Group formally asks to be allowed to negotiate for ITA (and is the only bidder)
New Boeing/NASA demonstrator of single-aisle design with a funky wing
A4A wants waiver extended on slots at HND and China
Southwest strike authorization vote & “gratitude pay” for pilots
Delta AIP becomes a TA
Ethiopian to add Atlanta service via Dublin
Delta LAX-AKL, ATL-NCE, JFK-CDG 3x
Envoy exiting E45 ops for American Eagle.
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
ZeroAvia flew a hydrogen plane for 10 minutes
AA106 pilots say they didn’t know how seriously they screwed up until landing in London.
Avelo v Breeze revisited
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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42min
January 19, 2023DLD 417: Safety challenges
A rough week in aviation for safety incidents. But we’re also trying to find some positive news…
Also in this episode:
Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal
FAA Outage
Airbus bows out of Boeing safety panel
US State Department has done a terrible job issuing passports with the X gender marker
A bunch of Delta Air Lines-related stuff:
A330 lands short at AMS
CDG-SLC diverts to MAD
Loss of engine at SNA
Loss of auto pilot and flight controls (back in July 2022)
More lounge access cuts
Near Miss at JFK with American 106 (777) and a Delta 737
MAX is back in China. For real this time.
New EWR Terminal A open, and it is already a mess
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
Northern Pacific wants to fly to Kansas
FedEx retired its last DC-10s
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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39min
January 12, 2023DLD 416: Going Retro(fit)
Refreshing cabins is a nice touch, but why does it take so long?? Also, how long will it take Southwest to pay out all the comp it owes.
Also in this episode:
Southwest’s mess will cost $725-825 million, so far
Delta announces free wifi
Emirates A380 retrofit returns to service
EK/UA codeshare
Emotional Support Boa
United growth in Houston / New Routes
An Etihad Travel Bank credit query
Hawaiian adds two 787s
Mexican Government Buying Mexicana
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
A340-600s coming back for Lufthansa
Air Canada dropping Doha.
China reopening, and with it some chaos of testing rules
Kids in First Class
Pilot training challenges
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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38min
January 05, 2023DLD 415: An entertaining diversion
Diversions galore, and a meltdown, too. It was a rough end for many in 2022, but 2023 is starting strong.
Also in this episode:
Boeing gets its MAX exemption
Russia buying 10 77Ws
More on United and Mesa
US travel meltdown over Christmas, and Southwest’s extended version
Amazon freighter capacity overload
ITA now probably headed to Lufty
For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:
All the diversions
Chasing status in the new year
And plenty more. Enjoy the show!
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46min

FAQs about Podcast – Dots, Lines & Destinations:

How many episodes does Podcast – Dots, Lines & Destinations have?

The podcast currently has 205 episodes available.