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It is all fun and games until a rules change hits home. Then the rage rises to the surface. Also in this episode: * American dropping SEA-LHR for the winter, launching LAX-AKL * Airbus delivery delays drift into 2024 * Dulles could have new permanent Pier 2 gates by December 2026 * Breeze ISP, Avelo ILG growth * New MUC terminal * The most expensive bus * Air Malta potential collapse For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including: * British Airways PremY experience * Lufthansa flight experience * NH Mistake fare, maybe being honored. And how much is too much? * How to get an A380 out of the desert after nearly three years And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

What matters most on long-haul flying? And why isn't it a good night's sleep?? Also in this episode: * How much should a turkey sandwich cost? * AA drops award charts * EI A330 troubles * 737 MAX tail problems * Fort Lauderdale flooding (and a JetBlue diversion to NAS) * Silver possibly evicted from FLL * Cool video on planes being stripped for parts * BA adds Avios-only flights * JR Rail pass prices going up in October * Sudan For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including: * BA in General * BA Lounge Showers * Seth in Italy And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Trying to squeeze more planes into a terminal is rarely an easy task. When the terminal is brand new and someone screwed up the design work it is even worse. Also in this episode: * BA and Avios * Credit Card denials? * Sea-Tac Too Tight * Workers dying at JFK * Dubai trying to restart DWC construction * More Dubai flights to Canada (both countries agreed to more flights) * Amsterdam green flight cap got blocked in court * OTG finally pulled iPads at EWR For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including: * AA passenger kicked off flight * Norse forgets JFK immigration And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Fares are up, and revenues are strong in many markets. But that doesn't mean everyone is doing great, financially or otherwise. Also in this episode: * Red Way launches in Lincoln * Really Cool Airlines in Thailand * Lufthansa still talking about buying ITA * More business class seat fees, this time from AF/KL * Finnair cuts * Hotels.com destroyed its loyalty program (via Expedia) * Colombian airlines bankrupt, and the air force is activated to help * China Southern, China Eastern expect MAX deliveries this year * EasyJet’s Travel 2070 vision For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including: * Hello Kitty flights are coming back * CRW and other Breeze growth * Aerus in Mexico * Paris votes to ban e-scooters And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

Spring is here! The Northern IATA season started last weekend, and even if the weather isn't entirely cooperating, the new routes are alive. Also in this episode: * St John’s Airport Fire * Travel insurance * Qatari FIR goes live * FAA safety messaging * DOT needs help cutting operations in NYC * DST mess in Lebanon * United appoints CEO to MileagePlus For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including: * Business class seat lawsuit * Japan Travel * South Africa Travel And plenty more. Enjoy the show!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!