AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

On this episode of AvTalk, we review an awful week for European airlines and Operation Matterhorn, the largest peace time repatriation effort in history. And we talk with Qantas 787 fleet manager Captain Lisa Norman to get the details on the upcoming Project Sunrise test flights. Thomas Cook, et al Thomas Cook entered administration on […] The post AvTalk Episode 67: Operation Matterhorn appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we head to Roswell, New Mexico for the Super80 Send Off. Then we cap off our avgeek week in Los Angeles with Cranky Flier’s Dorkfest and SpotLAX2019. Plus an American Airlines mechanic is arrested for sabotage and there’s a fresh obstacle for the 737 MAX’s return to service. American Airlines […] The post AvTalk Episode 66: Our Super Avgeek Week appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we welcome OpsGroup founder Mark Zee to discuss NOTAMs and why his group is trying to change how they’re written. We also get updates on the Ural Airlines A321 that landed in a cornfield, the 737 MAX timeline, and Qantas is set to conduct a trio of Project Sunrise test […] The post AvTalk Episode 65: NOTAM’d appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, our quickest 737 MAX update yet, protesters snarl traffic at Hong Kong Airport, and the internet makes a thing out of nothing, part the infinity. Editors note: this episode was recorded on 14 August prior to the Ural Airlines hard landing in Moscow. Our quickest MAX update Boeing is still […] The post AvTalk Episode 64: AvTalk summer spectacular appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we talk with Joseph Tar Schmidt, a regional airline pilot for a major US carrier. Plus, more MAX headaches for Boeing and the airlines and a HiFly A340 makes a mess in Orlando. Boeing’s 737 MAX problems grow Southwest Airlines and Air Canada have removed the 737 MAX from their […] The post AvTalk Episode 63: Sir, you can’t dump that fuel here appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we talk to pilot Maria Langer about what it’s like to dry cherry trees with a helicopter. Also, the 737 MAX will stay grounded even longer and Pakistan reopens its airspace to all commercial flights. The 737 MAX’s return delayed again Airlines are now removing the MAX from their schedules […] The post AvTalk Episode 62: Drying Cherries with a Helicopter appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we’re joined by Jean Charles Perino, co-founder of La Compagnie, the all-business class transatlantic airline, for a wide-ranging discussion about the airline and where La Compagnie finds itself within the industry. We also get an update on when the 737 MAX could return to service, teams in Greenland make a […] The post AvTalk Episode 61: La Compagnie co-founder Jean-Charles Perino appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, aviation journalist John Walton joins us from the Paris Air Show to discuss Airbus’ launch of the A321XLR and the importance of IAG’s order of 200 737 MAX aircraft. We also discuss a recent GPS issue that grounded some flights. A Paris Surprise Aviation journalist John Walton joins from the […] The post AvTalk Episode 60: A Paris Surprise appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, Mitsubishi sets its eyes on the CRJ program, we learn more about the Air Astana loss of control incident in Portugal, and Jason and Seth Miller check in from the IATA annual general meeting in Seoul. Mitsubishi eyes CRJ program Fresh from the renaming of the MRJ to the Space […] The post AvTalk Episode 59: From Regional Jet to Space Jet appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we get an update on the Aeroflot 1492 accident. Southwest makes a deal with their mechanics while American goes to court with theirs. And Chris Sloan from Airways Magazine stops by to chat about his recent trip to Russia to fly on vintage Soviet aircraft. Aeroflot 1492 New video that […] The post AvTalk Episode 58: Flying Nostalgia appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.