
Episode 394 - Living the Atlanta Dream
12/21/21 • 110 min
Join, Carlos, Nev, and Matt for this week's programme. In this week's show IAG is in trouble with the Competitions Watchdog, the concerns from an Aviation Coalition over 5G wireless networks rumble on and there's good news for the UK aviation industry from an unlikely source across the English Channel. In the military there is a lot of grey. Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL IAG competition remedies for Air Europa acquisition were inadequate https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/iag-competition-remedies-for-air-europa-acquisition-were-inadequate-commission/146872.article Singapore Airlines selects the world’s newest freighter - the A350F https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-12-singapore-airlines-selects-the-worlds-newest-freighter-the-a350f Airbus delivers last-ever A380 superjumbo aircraft https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1537354/airbus-a380-final-aircraft-delivered-superjumbo-aeroplane-emirates-aviation-toulouse-wales US aviation coalition warns of flight cancellations due to ‘5G’ wireless https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/us-aviation-coalition-warns-of-flight-cancellations-due-to-5g-wireless/146833.article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/11/05/5g-no-threat-uk-aircraft-safety-watchdog-insists/ Qantas to operate London flights with sustainable aviation fuel https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/qantas-to-operate-london-flights-with-sustainable-aviation-fuel/146818.article Airbus beats Boeing to Air France-KLM order https://ukaviation.news/airbus-beats-boeing-air-france-klm-order/ Heathrow airfares to rise as CAA confirms interim price cap https://www.cityam.com/uk-aviation-authority-confirms-heathrows-interim-price-cap/ easyJet and Virgin Atlantic sign Worldwide deal https://ukaviation.news/easyjet-and-virgin-atlantic-sign-worldwide-deal/ New careers platform launches to bring new talent into aviation https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/172571/new-careers-platform-launches-to-bring-new-talent-into-aviation/ Ryanair under fire for Twitter poke at Downing Street https://ukaviation.news/ryanair-under-fire-for-twitter-poke-at-downing-street/ MILITARY Black Hawk helicopters offered to UK as Puma replacement https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/black-hawk-helicopters-offered-to-uk-as-puma-replacement/?fbclid=IwAR3HVaLm8LqGQ9AslVSTsTjY7fvTGRTI0y7Q-XikjM5mKZd0rM-pEZZipMs “UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT” CAUSES RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS TO CHANGE COURSE https://thedebrief.org/unidentified-aircraft-causes-russian-commercial-flights-to-change-course/ USAF hits maritime target with cruise missile launched from C-130 https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-hits-maritime-target-with-cruise-missile-launched-from-c-130/146874.article RAF Typhoon’s First Air-To-Air Kill: Terrorist Drone Shot Down In Syria https://theaviationist.com/2021/12/16/raf-typhoons-first-air-to-air-kill/
Join, Carlos, Nev, and Matt for this week's programme. In this week's show IAG is in trouble with the Competitions Watchdog, the concerns from an Aviation Coalition over 5G wireless networks rumble on and there's good news for the UK aviation industry from an unlikely source across the English Channel. In the military there is a lot of grey. Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL IAG competition remedies for Air Europa acquisition were inadequate https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/iag-competition-remedies-for-air-europa-acquisition-were-inadequate-commission/146872.article Singapore Airlines selects the world’s newest freighter - the A350F https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-12-singapore-airlines-selects-the-worlds-newest-freighter-the-a350f Airbus delivers last-ever A380 superjumbo aircraft https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1537354/airbus-a380-final-aircraft-delivered-superjumbo-aeroplane-emirates-aviation-toulouse-wales US aviation coalition warns of flight cancellations due to ‘5G’ wireless https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/us-aviation-coalition-warns-of-flight-cancellations-due-to-5g-wireless/146833.article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/11/05/5g-no-threat-uk-aircraft-safety-watchdog-insists/ Qantas to operate London flights with sustainable aviation fuel https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/qantas-to-operate-london-flights-with-sustainable-aviation-fuel/146818.article Airbus beats Boeing to Air France-KLM order https://ukaviation.news/airbus-beats-boeing-air-france-klm-order/ Heathrow airfares to rise as CAA confirms interim price cap https://www.cityam.com/uk-aviation-authority-confirms-heathrows-interim-price-cap/ easyJet and Virgin Atlantic sign Worldwide deal https://ukaviation.news/easyjet-and-virgin-atlantic-sign-worldwide-deal/ New careers platform launches to bring new talent into aviation https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/172571/new-careers-platform-launches-to-bring-new-talent-into-aviation/ Ryanair under fire for Twitter poke at Downing Street https://ukaviation.news/ryanair-under-fire-for-twitter-poke-at-downing-street/ MILITARY Black Hawk helicopters offered to UK as Puma replacement https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/black-hawk-helicopters-offered-to-uk-as-puma-replacement/?fbclid=IwAR3HVaLm8LqGQ9AslVSTsTjY7fvTGRTI0y7Q-XikjM5mKZd0rM-pEZZipMs “UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT” CAUSES RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS TO CHANGE COURSE https://thedebrief.org/unidentified-aircraft-causes-russian-commercial-flights-to-change-course/ USAF hits maritime target with cruise missile launched from C-130 https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-hits-maritime-target-with-cruise-missile-launched-from-c-130/146874.article RAF Typhoon’s First Air-To-Air Kill: Terrorist Drone Shot Down In Syria https://theaviationist.com/2021/12/16/raf-typhoons-first-air-to-air-kill/
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Episode 393 - Hoarse'ing Around
Join Nev, Armando and Matt for this week's programme.
In this week's show, a DC-3 is involved in a gear up landing, Virgin Atlantic launches its first long haul destination from Edinburgh and in India, passengers have to push an aircraft down the runway after a tyre ruptures. In the military, listener Sturman sent in some questions about the situation in Ukraine which Armando addresses. The French make some big sales deals with the Rafale and we update the situation with the UK F-35 that crashed into the Mediterrenean.
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Join Carlos, Matt, Nev, Paul from the Layovers Podcast, Micah and Brian from the Airplane Geeks Podcast, Matt C from the A320 Podcast and Captain Nick from the Airline Pilot Guy Show for an afternoon of aviation Christmas fun. Festive stories and the traditional Christmas Quiz, this episode was recorded on the 11th December 2021. Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.
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