Despite being one of the slowest major air shows for new order announcements in years, Farnborough 2022 offered plenty of news.

Also in this episode:

• Far too much time spent talking about LaGuardia
• Railroad tracks expanding in the heat, and runways melting, too.
• Delta Air Lines‘ 737 MAX 10 order
• EasyJet‘s A32neo order
• Porter expands E2 order
• LATAM A321s and XLRs
• Boom still doesn’t have an engine, but it needs twice as many
• Lots of eVTOL stuff
• Airbus putting an open fan engine on the 380 for testing, Hydrogen stuff, too
• AA, UA, AS earnings
• UA/AC JV happening again
• Branding via salt & pepper shakers

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• Seth’s AA Transcon J trip report (and follow on to last week’s version from Michael)

• Alaska Airlines gave away billions of points

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

We haven’t had much to say about travel to Asia in recent months. That changes this week, as we’re joined by Michael Traeger from TravelZork to share some thoughts. A lot of thoughts, really.

Also in this episode:

• Lots of talk about premium travel from the US to Southeast Asia, and luxury options while in Vietnam
• Virgin Atlantic’s new A330neo, including the Retreat Suite J+
• This week in European aero collapse:
  • Heathrow adds daily passenger caps through the end of the summer; Emirates fights back, also the slots issue is no more thanks to updated guidance that came just after we recorded.
  • Icelandair sending its own baggage handlers to Amsterdam
  • Delta ferries baggage out of Heathrow

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• Both Delta and United get the Cape Town slots

• Connect Airlines is hiring 30 Captains at $250k/year

• UA cutting SFO/DEN-STS (oct 28)

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

As if airport crowds and luggage SNAFUs aren’t enough, summer heat waves are adding to the challenges in travel.

Also in this episode:

• Uncertainty over the MAX 10 certification
• HKG’s 3rd runway is now open
• Akasa Air certified in India
• Connect Airlines certified in the USA
• United adds a maintenance hangar in Rio
• Breeze subbing E190s on transcon A220 routes
• AirTags (or similar) for checked bags?
• SAS bankruptcy
• Monkey transport
• EVA Adding MUC/MXP

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• NFTs for status
• Credit card links

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Great news: The holiday weekend wasn’t a total meltdown, despite warnings from airlines.

Also in this episode:

• Air New Zealand confirms new Business Premier/Luxe and SkyNest
• Deutsche Bahn confirmed as Star Alliance partner
• DL $10k VDB, also offered change fee waiver because it is too busy
• European capacity caps
• Cathay brings back JFK-Vancouver in a bizarre way
• China’s Big 3 pick Airbus for single-aisle refresh
• Delta MAX 10 order maybe likely at Farnborough
• Some reports of 737 MAX in-flight AOA sensor issues
• BA thinks only men are doctors
• Passage du Gois in France

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Summer travel is definitely here. Good luck with that.

Also in this episode:

• Seth‘s Polaris experience on a TATL trip
• Delta/AmEx 747 card
• WestJet goes back west
• A321XLR first flight
• Heathrow Slots
• Norse UK’s planned US routes from Gatwick
• Lufthansa A380s coming back next summer

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• Austin connecting traffic
• Emirates first class gets from home check-in service in Dubai
• JetBlue/Blade Helicopter partnership
• Oman Air joins oneworld

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Trade shows are back, and so are we. Greetings from Hamburg and the 2022 edition of the Aircraft Interiors Expo.

Special thanks to Jason for joining and sharing thoughts. Also, sorry about the lower quality audio the first 8ish minutes. It gets better once we sorted the microphones out.

Change happens. But it gets way worse if the airline forgets to tell you.

Also in this episode:

• Krisflyer devaluation coming from Singapore Airlines
• Norse Atlantic adds Berlin routes
• United adds SFO-Brisbane
• Russia’s spare parts problem (and new plane order)
• Testing gone for US inbound travel
• Comair (South Africa) collapse

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• Planes being parked
• A public charter option
• Vueling screwed up a flight change email

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Day two of a trip to Europe always brings along some jet lag challenges. But we’re trying our best.

Also in this episode:

• Buy 2 years of Thai *G for $10k + $10k travel credits
• KLM/AMS meltdown
• Ryanair Afrikaans language test
• Brexit keeps Niceair out
• American Airlines increases code sharing with Qatar Airways

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• Some travel tips for Austria and Riga
• Initial insights from a CEO conversation in Europe

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Some terribly dorky jokes get us started this week, but eventually we manage to transition to terribly dorky conversations about airplanes, so that’s mostly a win.

Also in this episode:

• IAG confirms MAX order
• Delta, United officially vie for CPT slots
• United’s P&W 772s coming back
• Turkish taking Aeroflot NTU A359s
• Norse London-JFK launching
• KLM new PremY seat is real, AF new F seat is hinted
• KLM canceling flights due to lines at AMS
• Virgin Australia/Qatar Airways loyalty reciprocity
• Alaska Airlines pilots authorize strike

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

• UA Express employee fights a customer
• Northern Pacific crowd funding
• Breeze A220 Transcon ops launched

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Sure, the conversations were great, but our plans for a grand birthday celebration came up short.

Also in this episode:

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