The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast

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Drew responds to a bird strike and gets to learn more about snarge - it ain’t pretty. Doug is living a nonrev drama trying to get his family home from Denver. Both of us live vicariously through Drew’s husband Robbie who is flying to Turkey. We discuss:

• How are the travel numbers looking so far this summer?
• Alaska announces a big change 
• How some of the smaller airlines are doing this year 
• Turbulence avoidance 
  • Check out this turbulence forecasting website called Turbli
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Doug is with family in Colorado after just making it there and Drew is having to change from airline radio lingo to airport lingo. Its, “roger”… copy? We condense days of NTSB hearings on the DCA crash into 3 main takeaways. Also on this episode:

• So long SeatGuru!
• Blue Sky gets the Green Light
• American Airlines finds a new partner
• More bad news at Spirit
• DCA crash NTSB hearings update
• A tsunami hits the Pacific
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Drew is back from tubing, hiking, and a road trip between Denver and Montana and Doug is back from his new commuter station - Barcelona. We discuss:

• European LCCs
• Update on the JejuAir crash
• Southwest sets a date for its major changes
• American’s Q2 results
• Major airspace closures
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Doug is back from Amsterdam after dodging a volcano and Drew is helping the snow team train in their new equipment in sweltering heat.

We discuss:

• What actually is the oldest airline in the world?
• United is the next airline to report their 2nd quarter results
• Premium demand continues its resilient streak
• Gulf Air gives Boeing another boost
• Unexpected (and expected) volcanic eruptions/disruptions to flights
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Doug had a glitchy 767 simulator flight and Drew succeeded in non-reving during the peak of summer….again. We discuss:

• Delta is the first U.S. airline to report 2nd quarter results
• TSA is changing its screening requirements
• More European airline consolidation ahead?
• Good news from Boeing
• India released the initial report on Air India 171

Video showing operation of fuel cutoff switches

• Runway usage, specifically how much runway to use 

Check out this link from contributor Alec regarding intersection takeoffs from a NASA study:

Intersection Incursions

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Doug and Drew just celebrated the 4th of July, on opposite coasts, and are joined by buddy Anthony, Drew’s previous coworker and an expert on aircraft leasing. We discuss:

• Why did Anthony choose aviation as a career
• The Washington Post’s best airport lists
• Air France/KLM become the largest owners of SAS
• Alaska Airlines getting  Boeing 787s and Embraer 195-E2s
• To buy or to lease - Anthony explains
• Honeymoon in Africa and Anthony reviews 3 African airlines

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Despite warnings of a travel slowdown, we exceeded 3 million passengers on June 22nd per the TSA.  Drew is facilitating EMAS repairs in hot and muggy DC (we’ll explain) and Doug was relieved to be dismissed from jury duty. We discuss:

• Dayton Airshow
• EMAS - Engineered Materials Arresting System - what is it and does it work?
• Update on single pilot ops
• Update on Air India 171
• NTSB issues initial report on the MAX door plug issue
• Summer travel numbers
• Airspace closures
• Contributor comments

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Drew had a rainy week in DC and Doug is back from his Hawaii ping pong trip after doing SFO-HNL-DEN-KOA-SFO. We discuss:

• NOTAMs - what are they and why do we hate them?
• Israel and Iran start a new war
• Top 10 US airlines according to The Points Guy
• Dornier 328 flies again with Deutsche Aircraft’s help
• Baby boomers keeping airlines afloat (aloft?) 
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Doug is back from Rome, and Drew is getting used to midnight airport ops and is back to private pilot training.  We discuss:

• Hurricane Hunter Kermit visits Washington Reagan National Airport
• Good news for Boom Supersonic
• A storied US regional carrier shuts its doors
• Air India 171
• An airline dispatches the wrong plane 
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Drew is enjoying the midnight shift, but not the lack of sleep, so Doug gives him some tips on getting shut eye on an irregular schedule.  Doug is back from sunny Frankfurt, a city he’s getting to know better. Speaking of sunny, we give you travel advice as the northern hemisphere gets ready to “summer”. We also discuss:

• Indian aviation news
• United reduces its check in cutoff time
• Newar’s runway 04L/22R opens early
• IATA’s air transportation industry forecast

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