AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss Alaska Airlines’ response to two tail strikes in Seattle within minutes of each other, debate the wisdom of Air New Zealand’s turn back to Auckland last week, and find that missing curfew isn’t just a problem for teenagers. Alaska Airlines tail strikes halt airline operations On 26 […] The post AvTalk Episode 204: Two tail strikes and an all stop appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this week’s AvTalk, a United Airlines 777’s steep dive after departure and other recent incidents lead to FAA calling for a safety summit. We dig in to what’s happened and what regulators want to do about it. We pick apart the preliminary report on the crash of Yeti Airlines flight 691 in Nepal. And […] The post AvTalk Episode 203: United’s disturbing dive after departure appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we float through the stratosphere with a Chinese spy balloon and break down the data on multiple accidents and incidents. From FedEx and Southwest’s very close call in Austin to the Coulson 737 Fireliner crash in Western Australia to the incident involving a departing Qatar Airways 787 we just learned […] The post AvTalk Episode 202: Less than 100 feet apart appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this week’s episode, we’re joined by The Air Current’s Jon Ostrower for a discussion about the delivery of the last Boeing 747 and Boeing’s plans for the future in Everett and beyond. Ostrower explains Boeing’s decision to begin a fourth 737 MAX production line at Everett and the recent NASA award for Boeing to […] The post AvTalk Episode 201: Sending the last 747 home appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Boeing reports its financial results for 2022, we preview Boeing’s arraignment on fraud charges in Texas, the NTSB issues more comments on the Ethiopian 302 final report, and we learn what brought down the air traffic control system in the Philippines earlier this month. Boeing’s big week Boeing reported […] The post AvTalk Episode 200: Boeing earnings and arraignment, NTSB comments again appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss the crash of Yeti Airlines flight 691, a major safety incident in New York that could have been much worse, and Gabriel Leigh sits down with John Nilsson of Swedavia to learn about what airports are doing to get ready for electric and hydrogen powered aircraft. Yeti […] The post AvTalk Episode 199: One crashed, two came close appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we walk through what we know (so far) about the FAA’s NOTAM system outage. And Casey Humphries from the United Network for Organ Sharing and Chris Curran of New England Donor Services join us to explain how transplant organs get from donor to recipient and the critical role played by […] The post AvTalk Episode 198: Organ Transplant Logistics appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On our first episode of 2023, we see how Southwest has recovered from its meltdown; investigators issue their final report on ET302, but the NTSB and BEA have more to add; and airspace in the Philippines is recovered after a power outage closed the entire Manila FIR to flights. Southwest’s recovery Southwest Airlines’ operations returned […] The post AvTalk Episode 197: The problem with the ET302 final report appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

From people who live and breath the nuts and bolts of running an airline to journalists covering the business of aviation, our conversations took us all over the world and down more than one rabbit hole. To close out the year, we revisit some of our favorite AvTalk conversations from 2022. Flying Zero G Novespace […] The post AvTalk Episode 196: Our favorite conversations from 2022 appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this special episode of AvTalk, we’ve reproduced the audio from our video live stream episode about Southwest Airlines’ cancellations and operational meltdown that began with massive storms across the United States on 22 December and morphed into a IT infrastructure nightmare for the airline and its passengers. You can replay the video live stream […] The post AvTalk Special Episode: Southwest Airlines’ Operational Meltdown appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.