The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast

• Boarding Pass 276: We Have No Choice

  Send us a textDrew is back from an airport operations conference in Chicago and Doug’s KC46 flight gets canceled by birds. We discuss:ATC Controller paper on leased aircraft and when call signs don’t match liveries. Link here: https://ifatca.org/wp-content/uploads/WP158.pdfYet ANOTHER new aviation startup is aiming to shake up the industry with a major airline partnerNo more paper tickets Mergers and acquisitions update from across the pondWhat does it cost to retrofit an airline’s fleetKC-46 issuesListener comments on Paris and Starlinkhttps://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

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• Boarding Pass 275: Aircraft Leasing

  Send us a textDoug is in Taipei, again, and Drew is back after 24hrs in Paris. Neither time zones, sleep deprivation, nor fatigue will keep us from recording an episode! We discuss:Southwest aborted landing at MDW due to private jetGE wins huge engine order from JapanArcher Aviation releases 2024 results and updates on the MidnightFAA firings and hirings and Starlink vs Verizon for the FAA’s internet serviceWet and dry leases - what are they?Contributor 5 STAR rating Join the conversation!https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

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• Boarding Pass 274: Delta Connection Flight 4819

  Send us a textDrew comes back from sun and warmth to freezing temps and deicing and Doug gets a day off with his AF reserve flight canceled. We discuss:Airlines continue their return to Israel as the ceasefire holdsSouthwest announced first-ever layoffsBoeing updated its 20-year forecast for Southeast AsiaBoom supersonic test flights revealed something that has the chance of being a massive game changerA Delta Connection CRJ-900 crashed on arrival in TorontoContributor feedback Join the conversation!https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

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• Boarding Pass 273: Top Airlines of the World

  Send us a textDoug and Drew are back from Asia and have some some great travel stories to tell. Drew’s return flight plan from Colombo had him flying in the opposite direction to get home. Doug was back in Manila where the country is booming and people are nice everywhere you go. We also discuss:Airlineratings.com’s lists of top airlines. Lufthansa’s new Allegris product seats don’t fit!Spirit turns down Frontier’s merger offer for a 3rd timeNew information on the DCA middair collisionA review of the safey advances after the last major US crash in Buffalo, NYJoin the conversation!https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

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• Boarding Pass 272: Around the Pacific

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