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Jul 8, 2021 • 19min

#74: What's Happening At United, flypop's Stansted Plans & 3 More Stories

In episode 74 of the Simple Flying Podcast, your hosts Tom and Jo are joined by Simple Flying’s lead journalist for North America, Jay Singh. Together we discuss, flypop signs a London Stansted deal 2 air crashes in the space of a week US airline capacity problems Air Belgium's A340 replacement What's in the future of United Airlines?
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Jul 1, 2021 • 29min

#73: United's Huge Order, The Record Breaking AN-255 & 3 More Stories

In episode 73 of the Simple Flying Podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss, United Airlines places the largest aircraft order in a decade The world's largest plane, the An-225, is back in the skies An interesting new Airbus A350 route from Singapore Airlines A look at Wideroe's summer plans Could Airbus test hydrogen technology on the A380?
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Jun 24, 2021 • 29min

#72: PLAY's New Plane, Etihad's Triangle Route, & 3 More Stories

In episode 72 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss, PLAY gets a new plane Ryanair gets one too Airbus' production ramp up Etihad's interesting triangle route Saving the 'precious' Frodo plane for New Zealand
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Jun 15, 2021 • 32min

#71: American And Virgin Bet On Air Taxis, Biden Arrives In The UK & 3 More Stories

In episode 71 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss, American and Virgin jump into the air taxi market Lufthansa brings the 747 and A350 to short-haul markets Qatar stops taking deliveries of the A350 Biden travels to the UK on Air Force One United could be set for a fleet shakeup
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Jun 10, 2021 • 27min

#70: United Goes Supersonic, Boeing's Latest ecoDemonstrator & 3 More Stories

In episode 70 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss, Boeing and Alaska Airlines partner on the next ecoDemonstrator United sets its sights on supersonic flight Embraer's E190-E2 cleared to land at London City Air Force Two maks an unexpected stop Some airlines are now requiring crew vaccinations
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Jun 2, 2021 • 30min

#69: Ryanair's Forced Diversion, Qatar Webinar Recap & 3 More Stories

In episode 69 of the Simple Flying Podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss, Ryanair's forced Belarus diversion An Airbus A380 update Jo sits down with the Qatar Airways CEO Frankfurt aviation is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel Could airships become the new regional jet?
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May 25, 2021 • 28min

#68: A Chat With Jonny Clark, Founder Of TheDesignAir

In episode 68, Jo sits down for a friendly chat with Jonny Clark, Founder and Editor of TheDesignAir, a well-known airline product and design news site. Jo and Jonny discuss: What’s exciting right now in terms of passenger experience? What will passenger experience be like on these long-haul narrowbody flights? How does the economy product on the long-haul narrowbody compare to the widebody experience? If you could fly any product, past or present, today, which would it be and why? Ahead of our Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker webinar later this week - what are they doing really well in terms of cabin products, and where do you think they could improve? What should airlines and airports be putting in place right now to prevent lengthy queues from spoiling the travel experience?
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May 20, 2021 • 24min

#67: Alaska Orders More Planes, PLAY Launches Sales & 3 More Stories

In episode 67 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss, Alaska orders Embraers and MAXs alongside cabin refits Countries relax travel restrictions... PLAY launches ticket sales ...but people want a USA travel corridor The lessors perspective
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May 13, 2021 • 24min

#66: UK Green List, Malaysia Airlines Eyes A380 Retirement & 3 More Stories

In episode 66 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss, The UK reveals its green list Lufthansa orders 10 new widebodies Fly me to the moon with Qantas A Malaysia Airlines fleet update Scilly Isles drone deliveries
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May 6, 2021 • 25min

#65: 100 Undelivered Dreamliners, India Aid Flights & 3 More Stories

In the 65th episode of the Simple Flying podcast your hosts Jo and Tom discuss, Boeing is sitting on 100 undelivered 787 Dreamliners What we learned from Lufthansa's results call Could we see an Airbus A350 freighter? The industry comes together to support India Stratolaunch takes to the skies

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