What's Happening In Travel With Cushrow And Kerwin

By Kerwin McKenzie and Cushrow Parakh

A weekly podcast that discusses and analyzes travel news and trends ripped from the headlines.... more

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October 27, 2020Episode 46: Jet Airways 2.0 – fact or fiction? Singapore Airlines restarts SIN-NYC. With a difference
Airlines
1:35 - Jet Airways 2.0 – fact or fiction?
6:36 - Singapore Airlines restarts SIN-NYC. With a difference
13:36 - Singapore Airlines debuts its hugely successful Restaurant@ 380 concept
20:31 - Cathay Pacific restructures dramatically in a bid for long-term solvency
28:57 - Virgin Australia goes back to the future
Aircraft

36:00 - Montreal in Canada and Mobile, AL in the U.S. now have something in common

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October 25, 2020Episode 45: Fly like a VIP on Air Canada this winter; U.S. airlines report their 3Q20 statistics
Airlines
Fly like a VIP on Air Canada this winter
U.S. airlines report their 3Q20 statistics
American Airlines offers a unique means to boost customer confidence in the troubled 737 Max
KLM quietly retires its last two Boeing 747s
Is Italy’s new EGO Airways now in the sights of Wizz Air and Ryanair?
Qatar Airways’ unusual delivery flights – take two
Emirates innovates further with integrated biometric access at its hub
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October 19, 2020Episode 44: JAL’s budget carrier Zipair starts passenger operations in a forgettable way; Malaysian Airlines fights for its very survival, Again
Airlines
1:48 - JAL’s budget carrier Zipair starts passenger operations in a forgettable way
7:29 - Malaysian Airlines fights for its very survival. Again
13:04 - United plans an aggressive strategy for New York’s JFK service
16:42 - Southwest brings more competitive pressure to American and especially United
22:24 - More success for all iterations of flights to nowhere
Hong Kong Airlines Air Busan
Singapore Airlines A380
Finnair
Aircraft
31.51 - Europe gives Boeing’s troubled MAX aircraft a much-needed boost
36:34 - “FrostyBoy” proves invaluable in an A380 accident investigation

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October 17, 2020Episode 43: Italy’s beleaguered Alitalia has an official new name; Say hello to Italy’s newest airline – EGO Airways
Airlines
1:44 - Italy’s beleaguered Alitalia has an official new name. Only it really doesn’t
7:34 - Say hello to Italy’s newest airline – EGO Airways
13:34 - Wizz Air brings the low-cost flight to Norwegian’s home market
19:08 - Aegean gets a feisty new old Greek competitor, Sky Express
22:54 - Peru’s SKY Airline joins the crowd in the Lima - South Florida market
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October 12, 2020Episode 42: India's LCC SpiceJet joins the crowd of airlines entering LHR from Bombay (BOM) and Delhi (DEL); Qatar announces flights to SFO, Finally
Airlines
2:29 - LCC SpiceJet joins the crowd of airlines entering LHR from BOM and DEL
7:55 - Qatar announces flights to SFO. Finally
12:54 - Could South African Airways be pronounced Ethiopian Airlines?
Aircraft

17:50 - Airbus announces an ACJ version of its A220 aircraft

Update
21:56 - More information on Thai International’s alternate revenue streams
26:18 - Ethiopian is the latest carrier to offer free COVID travel insurance to its passengers
Other
29:38 - A standardized system to overcome national restrictions in COVID times? And instill confidence in would-be travellers to kickstart demand? Perhaps
39:00 - After the regional success of flights to nowhere, the country of Singapore ponders cruises to, you guessed it, nowhere
Question

44:36 - What becomes of these newish planes? Are they scrapped for metal, etc? What about old ones?

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October 10, 2020Episode 41: What's happening with the 737-7/8/9, Boeing and Alaska making a deal; Qantas is flying the 787 flight for about 7 hours around Australia took off; Asiana had an A380 flight over South Korea and will add two more
In this episode:

Airlines
What's happening with the 737-7/8/9, Boeing and Alaska making a deal
Qantas is flying the 787 flight for about 7 hours around Australia took off Asiana had an A380 flight over South Korea and will add two more
Etihad losing the A380
British Airways bids farewell to the last of its LHR-based 744s left Heathrow on October 8th
SAS’s dismal September statistics
Air Asia Japan shuts down – is this the first of the Air Asia dominoes to fall?
Singapore Airlines introduces individual amenity kits for its Business Class passengers
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October 07, 2020Episode 40: Boeing’s revolutionary but beleaguered 787 has more technical problems; Boeing to consolidate 787 production in South Carolina
Episode 40
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Aircraft
1:23 - Boeing’s revolutionary but beleaguered 787 has more technical problems
6:08 - Boeing to consolidate 787 production in South Carolina
9:27 - Boeing searches for customers for its unwanted, already built 737 Max
13:26 - Australia’s aircraft storage facility in Alice Springs is full
17:18 - The largest aircraft engine in the world is certified for commercial operation
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October 06, 2020Episode 39: What do Japan Airlines, Air Canada, and easyjet have in common? Chinese carriers try unlimited travel passes to lure passengers back
Episode 39
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Airlines
0:10 - What do Japan Airlines, Air Canada, and easyjet have in common?
4:52 - Chinese carriers try unlimited travel passes to lure passengers back
8:57 - More airlines doing COVID-19 testing; American Airlines for flights to Jamaica
We talk about the airlines that are offering testing before flights and how important that is
12:09 - France’s Corsair now has anti-microbial onboard tray tables
15:45 - Qatar Airways enhances its aircraft sanitizing procedures even further
21:04 - Why did a code-share flight number costs Emirates big bucks?
24:25 - Troubled South African Airways suspends all operations for now
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October 03, 2020Episode 38: What's Happening in Travel - United and American Airlines furlough more than 30,000 staff in one day; United gets very creative in enticing more leisure traffic on its flights
Episode 38
Video of my Concorde trip I mentioned in this episode.

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Airlines
2:05 - United and American Airlines furlough more than 30,000 staff in one day
Check out https://www.passrider.com/jobs as referenced
6:40 - United gets very creative in enticing more leisure traffic on its flights
Launched Map Search to help the shopping process; it's in beta now
14:18 - Is United’s on-again, off-again service at New York JFK on again?
17:45 - What is going on with Delta Air Lines and the Airbus A220?
19:57 - Airlines pile on to the rapid COVID testing bandwagon
Lufthansa, Swiss are the latest, American, JetBlue and Alaska are others
24: 45 - Think a business class meal on an A380 is a distant dream? Not so in October 2020
Taiwanese carriers adding more flights to nowhere and also South Korean airlines
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September 29, 2020Episode 37: Russia’s Rossiya ensures the 744 will live on for several more years; Ever dreamed of owning a stocked Qantas 747 bar cart? Don’t bother - all 1000+ units are sold out; Electric buses in Newark
Episode 37
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Airlines
Russia’s Rossiya ensures the 744 will live on for several more years
Ever dreamed of owning a stocked Qantas 747 bar cart? Don’t bother - all 1000+ units are sold out
Qatar Airways celebrates 100 aircraft outfitted with broadband wi-fi with a free giveaway
Aircraft
Boeing licenses its in-flight sanitizing UV light wand for production
The last A380 rolls out of the final assembly line at Toulouse
Airbus reveals its future zero emissions passenger aircraft designs
EASA expects the 737 Max to be recertified in November 2020
Boeing establishes two new Asia-based 737 freighter conversion lines
Airports
Air France to create history at Berlin Tegel (TXL)
Is COVID testing going to the dogs? At Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL) it is - with great results
Episode 25 has new on this too
New rapid saliva-based COVID testing coming to European airports imminently
New York-Newark (EWR) goes electric with its inter-terminal shuttles
and Kerwin loses it ;-)
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