Boarding Pass 156: Home for the Holidays (Some of us at Least...)
11/21/22 • 57 min
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Doug and Drew ring in the holiday season with our rendition of Home for the Holidays - don’t worry, its just the first two verses. Where exactly was Karen Carpenter when she was singing about people coming and going through Pennsylvania for some homemade pumpkin pie? PHL, PIT, or MEM? We tank dive which airport she was in and which airline. Also on this episode.
The traffic is terrific - heavy load factors this week
How NOT to run a Winter Operation
Frontier’s Unlimited Flight Pass
5G interference with aircraft and radio altimeter replacements
Jetblue plans flights to Paris - bring on the A321XLR’s
Cathay Pacific starting to ramp up again
Air India brings Vistara and Air Asia India under its brand
Whether you’re connecting at PHL, ATL, DFW, or ORD for the holidays, you can’t beat home sweet home. Thanks for spending part of your holidays with us!
https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
Doug and Drew ring in the holiday season with our rendition of Home for the Holidays - don’t worry, its just the first two verses. Where exactly was Karen Carpenter when she was singing about people coming and going through Pennsylvania for some homemade pumpkin pie? PHL, PIT, or MEM? We tank dive which airport she was in and which airline. Also on this episode.
The traffic is terrific - heavy load factors this week
How NOT to run a Winter Operation
Frontier’s Unlimited Flight Pass
5G interference with aircraft and radio altimeter replacements
Jetblue plans flights to Paris - bring on the A321XLR’s
Cathay Pacific starting to ramp up again
Air India brings Vistara and Air Asia India under its brand
Whether you’re connecting at PHL, ATL, DFW, or ORD for the holidays, you can’t beat home sweet home. Thanks for spending part of your holidays with us!
https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
Previous Episode
Boarding Pass 155: Boeing and China
Doug and Drew were on flip flop and laptop trips this week (we'll explain) with Doug being best man and wedding cruise director and Drew working LAX Ops. We also discuss:
ITA ownership and Italian government control
Boeing betting on China despite a trade war
Embraer 195-E2 vs 737 Max 7
We end the episode talking about how failures got us to where we are.
https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
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Boarding Pass 157: Single Pilot? Yeah... No Thanks
The traffic is terrific as we roll into the holiday travel season. Doug is mixing work and pleasure on his trip while Drew is enjoying the week off. We discuss passenger volumes and how airlines hope to avoid the meltdowns we saw this summer. Also:
European carriers are looking to safely operate large jets with a single pilot
FAA creates guidelines for electrical air taxi
We look at the busiest routes this month around the world
Nonstop LAX to Singapore or 5 stops?
https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
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