Summary: <br> Picking routes for a new airline is a major challenge, with significant unknowns. Unless you just take an existing airline and copy its core operating plan. That's what <a href="https://paxex.aero/connect-airways-toronto-porter-clone/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Connect Airlines appears to have in mind</a> for an October 2021 launch, <a href="https://airlineweekly.com/connect-joins-growing-list-of-possible-u-s-airline-start-ups/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shadowing the</a> <a href="https://www.flyporter.com/en-ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Porter Air</a> transborder model.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Also in this episode:<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://jetblue.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JetBlue</a>'s new <a href="https://paxex.aero/jetblue-london-economy-service/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A321LR economy class product details are out</a>, including a funky meal service approach* <a href="https://paxex.aero/avelo-airlines-launch-route-map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avelo has a new route map based in Burbank</a>* LATAM is <a href="https://www.ifn.news/posts/latam-airlines-to-immediately-retire-airbus-a350-fleet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dumping</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FlyingFan1/status/1380219857371856898" target="_blank" rel="noopener">its A350s</a>* Radisson Rewards is "enhancing" the program by splitting it geographically* Flight load planning software matters a lot, <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/tui-737-weight-incident-traced-to-miss-interpretation-of-female-passengers/143223.article" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and when "Miss" gets flagged as a child rather than an adult bad things can happen</a> * <a href="http://aircanada.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Air Canada</a> got a <a href="https://paxex.aero/air-canada-refund-covid-bailout/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bailout from the government, conditional on delivering cash refunds to customers</a>* <a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20210418214253-s017m/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australia-NZ quarantine-free bubble launches</a><br> <br> <br> <br> For our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/dotslinesdestinations">Patreon subscribers</a> we have bonus content, including:<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://hamburg-news.hamburg/en/location/new-airbus-service-centre-planned-hamburg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Airbus visitors center at Finkenwerder</a>* Kayak launching its own hotel in Miami Beach<br> <br> <br> <br> And plenty more. Enjoy the show!<br>
