Summary: <br> We've known for years now that Berlin's Brandenburg Airport is a mess. It is one of our favorite topics. And this week <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48527308" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the BBC has a great story out</a> reminding us that's still the case, along with some of the back story for how it got to be so bad.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Also in this episode:<br> <br> <br> <br> * Does anyone care about the travel experience on a now-defunct airline? <a href="https://paxex.aero/2019/06/joon-failure-millennial-marketing/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Seth flew Joon just before its ultimate demise</a> and found it unsurprisingly <a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3704665-12479156?sid=blog" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Air France</a>-ish.* The Paris Air Show had <a href="https://paxex.aero/2019/06/airbus-a321xlr-passenger-comfort/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lots of</a> stories <a href="https://paxex.aero/2019/06/a321xlr-american-jetblue-frontier/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">about the A321XLR</a> and <a href="https://paxex.aero/2019/06/iag-boeing-737-max-order-paris-air-show/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">one big story about the 737 MAX.</a>* Additional bugs were also found for the MAX, extending its grounding. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">And questions are being raised over the outsourcing of its software work</a>.* <a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiZWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndzai5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvc2FwcGhpcmUtcmVzZXJ2ZS1zdHJhaW5zLWpwbW9yZ2Fucy10aWVzLXdpdGgtdW5pdGVkLWFpcmxpbmVzLTExNTYxNjI3ODAy0gFpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hbXAvYXJ0aWNsZXMvc2FwcGhpcmUtcmVzZXJ2ZS1zdHJhaW5zLWpwbW9yZ2Fucy10aWVzLXdpdGgtdW5pdGVkLWFpcmxpbmVzLTExNTYxNjI3ODAy?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chase and United are fighting over their credit card offerings</a>* <a href="https://paxex.aero/2019/07/american-airlines-china-chicago-slots/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">American really is giving up on its Chicago-China flights</a>* <a href="https://paxex.aero/2019/06/turkish-787-melted-window/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Turkish melted a window out of a brand new 787</a>, likely screwing with the type's introduction to service for the carrier* <a href="https://www.priestmangoode.com/project/new-intercity-and-nightjet/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Austria's railroads might get some fancy new trains in a few years</a>* <a href="https://justdisney.co/disney-launching-their-own-disney-airlines/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Disney might have its own airline</a>* South African Airways is <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saa-to-operate-leased-a350-900s-459387/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">getting some new planes</a><br>
