Simple Flying Aviation News Podcast

In episode 257 of the Simple Flying Podcast, your hosts Tom and Channing discuss,

• Big orders for Boeing
• Newark ATC worries
• Air Force One plans
• United Airlines' Polaris overhaul
• Air Canada delivery delays

In episode 256 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts, Tom and Channing, discuss,

• United Airlines fighting back after American Airlines files lawsuit in Chicago
• A visit to Air Canada's new A321XLR
• The ATC meltdown in Newark
• Riyadh Air's new cabin
• American Airlines auctions Boeing 787 Dreamliner simulator experience

In episode 255 of the Simple Flying podcast, Channing is joined by Terry Blue, the President and CEO of the Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority, for an exclusive interview about all the happenings at Memphis International Airport.

Other hot topics discussed include:

• Southwest Airlines beginning cabin retrofits in May
• Alaska Airlines retiring the Boeing 737-900 series prototype
• Frontier Airlines passenger stopped from flying home with their pet bird

In episode 254 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts, Tom and Channing, discuss,

• Lufthansa Allegris at Frankfurt
• American Airlines Fire Lawsuit
• 2025's Best April Fools
• Newark on course to top 2024 gun record
• Emirates' new shortest A380 flight

In episode 253 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts, Tom and Channing, discuss,

• Boeing reversing guilty 737 MAX plea
• London Heathrow Airport closes for a day
• A United Airbus A319 having trouble
• Ryanair launches Prime frequent flyer program
• American's 1st A321XLR has been spotted

In episode 252 of the Simple Flying podcasts your hosts Channing and Tom discuss,

• Who might lead the FAA
• Ed Force One Aviationtags
• Delta's Dublin aircraft changes
• Air France-KLM interest in Air Europa
• American Airlines overhauls Admirals Club food

In episode 251 of the Simple Flying podcast, your host Channing and guest co-host Jennifer discuss:

• Southwest Airlines ditching free checked bags
• NTSB calls to close helicopter route near DCA
• Korean Air's new livery & rebranding
• The smallest commercial aircraft at LAX
• Family sues Delta & Japan Airlines after collision in Seattle

In episode 250 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Tom and Channing discuss:

• Southwest Airlines closing 2 crew bases
• Alaska Airlines considers Starlink
• Frontier Airlines adds new flights to Snohomish
• Canada's 2nd A380 operator
• Allegiant Air cuts routes & closes LAX crew base

In episode 249 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Tom and Channing discuss,

• Qatar boosts A380 flights to Bangkok
• Southwest Airlines near miss
• Atlas Air & DHL Express Part Ways
• FAA Certifies Pratt & Whitney’s GTF Advantage Engine
• easyJet returns to Frankfurt after 5 years

In episode 248 of the Simple Flying podcast your hosts, Tom and Channing, discuss,

• Delta CRJ900 crash in Toronto
• British Airways buy's Boeing's Gatwick MRO unit
• Alaska Airlines Boeing delivery delays
• Lufthansa offers check-in at home
• Grenade found under San Diego runway

In episode 247 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Channing and Tom discuss,

• Boeing posts highest January deliveries since 2019
• Southwest Airlines launches new routes
• Iberia mirrors BA loyalty changes
• JetBlue turns 25
• KLM Boeing 787 flying the Belgian Queen suffers cracked windshield

In episode 246 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Tom and Channing discuss,

• JetBlue ends a popular route
• London City seeks A320neo approval
• Allegiant ended 2024 with unexpected Boeing 737 MAXs
• ITA ditches SkyTeam for Star Alliance
• An interesting Alaska Airlines route

In episode 245 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Tom and Channing discuss,

• American Airlines CRJ700 crash
• United Airlines has 1,000 planes
• Who will get the 1st Boeing 777X?
• Boom's XB-1 flies supersonic
• Lufthansa takes a stake in airBaltic

Recorded: January 30th

In episode 244 of the Simple Flying Podcast your hosts, Tom and Channing, return for a new year to discuss,

• Southwest Airlines ATL & DEN pilot reduction
• Emirates 2 Class Emirates Airbus A380
• Horizon Air flight attendant federal mediation
• Flying Emirates’ New Airbus A350
• How many firearms did the TSA find in 2024?

In this special episode of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts, Tom and Channing take a look back through 2024, discussing the top stories from each month based on what our readers were reading the most.

In episode 242 of the Simple Flying Podcast, your hosts, Tom and Channing, discuss,

• Frontier Airlines suspends 40+ routes
• Turkish Airlines commits to JFK Terminal One
• Delta Air Lines restarts daily Rio-JFK flights
• The FAA certifies the Airbus A321XLR with P&W engines
• QantasLink takes 1st ex-WestJet Dash 8 Q400

In this episode of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Channing and Tom, discuss,

• Strikes at Finnair
• Hawaiian Airlines adds Seattle-Tokyo
• Boeing restarts 737 production
• American Airlines cuts 787 minimum flight attendants
• Grenade found in LaGuardia baggage

In episode 240 of the Simple Flying Podcast, your hosts Channing and Tom discuss,

• Hawaiian Airlines' San Francisco base
• Touring Emirates' new Airbus A350
• Delta retires 28-year-old Boeing 757s
• Comparing Emirates' A350 to its Boeing 777s and Airbus A380s
• United hires one of its youngest captains yet

In episode 239 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Tom and Channing discuss,

• Hawaiian Airlines cuts routes
• Spirit Airlines enters Chapter 11
• Delta's new Burger partnership
• Will Airbus meet its delivery target?
• Hamsters cause chaos for TAP

This episode was recorded on November 7th. However, due to a technical issue, it did not upload correctly to our podcast platform.

In episode 237 of the Simple Flying podcast, Tom and Channing discuss,

• Iberia's 1st Airbus A321XLR flight
• Air Canada brings 767s out of retirement
• Air Force One's color scheme
• Racoon causes chaos in LaGuardia
• The Boeing strike is over

In this slightly shorter episode, Tom and Channing discuss,

• Southwest Airlines' voluntary separation packages
• The 1st COMAC C929 customer
• Denver Airport's virtual golf lounge
• Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy risk

In episode 236 of the Simple Flying podcast your hosts Tom and Channing discuss,

• ​Delta Air Lines close calls
• ​1st Airbus A321XLR delivered
• ​American Airlines’ new longest route
• ​Riyadh Air orders 60 Airbus narrowbodies
• ​JetBlue sued over an ice cream sandwich

In episode 235 of the Simple Flying podcast, Tom is joined by new co-host Channing Reid to discuss,

• Qatar Airways launches Starlink
• American Airlines cargo door incident
• Tom visits Turkish Airlines
• A New Zealand Airport's new three-minute hug rule
• Lufthansa's new first class check-in delay

In episode 234 of the Simple Flying podcast, Jo joins Tom for the last time to discuss,

• Southwest Airlines' overhaul
• Jo's time at Simple Flying
• Delta's transatlantic plans
• Etihad's Airbus A380 to Paris
• Israel/Lebanon flight cancelations

Tom will be back soon (with much better audio than this week) with a new co-host!

Christina Cassotis is CEO of Allegheny County Airport Authority and oversees developments at Pittsburgh International Airport. Like the famous steel city’s own business renaissance, the airport is witnessing record demand growth after moving from a hub operation to supporting what has become a booming O&D market.  In this episode, Lead Journalist Jonathan Hendry sits down with Christina to discuss PIT's expansion plans, perks for travelers and hopes for the future. Join us for an inside look at how Pittsburg is shaking things up over the coming years.

In episode 232 of the Simple Flying podcast Tom Boon is joined by Joanna Bailey to discuss,

• Wizz Air A321XLR Routes
• Lithium-ion batteries risk
• CRJ-900 tail ripped off
• British Airways' weekend meltdown
• Ural Airbus A320 scrapped

In episode 231 of the Simple Flying podcast, Tom and Jo discuss,

• Cathay Pacific's Airbus A350 issues
• SAS leaves Star Alliance for SkyTeam
• SWISS' new first class is too heavy
• Fishy things at Alaska Airlines
• Heathrow to welcome to Beluga XL

Join Jo and Tom for some of the week's most interesting aviation news! In discussion today, we have:

• Florida Man tries to check in as luggage

• Koala Airlines - another airline is trying its luck at low-cost in Australia

• Flair sells flights for $1

• Michael O’Leary wants a two drink limit at airports

• Lufthansa finds another Sharkskin customer

In episode 229 of the Simple Flying podcast, Tom is joined by Marisa to discuss,

• Canada JetLines closes
• Boeing's latest news
• Finnair's lounge milestone
• Celebrity airport and airline fails
• Tom's lost baggage experience

Join Jo and Tom to discuss the week's top stories from the world of aviation. On the agenda this week are:

• Voepass ATR-72 crashes in Brazil

• Frontier drops the A321XLR

• Why airlines are cutting China flights

• El Al makes an order for the Boeing 737 MAX

• A new airline takes an old A310 into its fleet

  
  

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Today, managing editor Joanna Bailey is joined by Editorial Lead Sumit Singh to take an analytical look at the recent Farnborough Airshow.

Jo & Sumit discuss:

• Boeing Vs Airbus: Who won FIA?

• Turkish Airlines new business class

  The importance of the USA to Turkish & Air India

• Qatar Airways holds onto A380s, drops hints about southern Africa airline investment

• What we know so far about the Airbus future narrowbody

• Boom Supersonic reinvents the cockpit for Overture

Simple Flying's Tom Boon is joined Pete Syme of Business Insider and Rhys Jones of Head for Points for a look back at the 2024 Farnborough Airshow.

This week Jo welcomes Simple Flying's lead Africa journalist, Tatenda Karuwa, to the podcast. Together, we discuss some of the weeks' hottest topics, including:

• What we learned from the American Airlines battery fire

• Some of the top unserved Africa routes

• Korean Air 777X potential order at Farnborough

• SAF and sustainability in Africa - how can it work?

• Pan Am returns for an exclusive experience

In episode 224 of the Simple Flying Podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• easyJet's football celebration
• Hurricane Beryl's impact
• New Pacific loses it's CEO
• Boeing is in spending mode
• Airbus vs Boeing in H1

The Farnborough International Airshow is now in touching distance. This year's show will be the first sold-out show in decades. In this bonus episode of the Simple Flying podcast, Content Manager Tom Boon catches up with Gareth Rogers, CEO of the Airshow, for a sneak peek at what's in store!

In episode 223 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• Recent Southwest Airlines incidents
• Everything commercial at Embraer
• Recent notable government flights
• Flying on the Embraer KC-390
• 1st Airbus A321XLR flights on sale

In episode 222 (to Toulouse) of the Simple Flying podcast, regular hosts Jo and Tom are joined by Editorial Lead Sumit Singh to discuss,

• What happened at the IATA AGM
• Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 news
• 1st Farnborough Airshow aircraft revealed
• Airlines are still being fined for COVID cancelations
• Lufthansa's new status match offer

In episode 221 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• Air India delays
• 3rd Airbus A350 for the Luftwaffe
• American Airlines ditches transcon widebodies
• Tom visits Air Astana catering
• Iran reverse engineers engine fanblades

In episode 219 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• A freak Singapore Airlines turbulence occurance
• Qatar Airways' new Gulfstream G700s
• 2 AtlasJet fugitives arrested 17 years after crash
• Onboard Qatar Airways' Airbus A380
• Saudia orders 105 more Airbus A320neos

In episode 218 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• New United Airlines safety video
• Russia's MC-21 will be late & overweight
• Boeing delivery delay warnings
• NASA's DC-8 retires
• Emirates' London Heathrow SAF

In episode 217 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• North America's top airlines for customer satisfaction
• Emirates' 1st Airbus A350 routes
• Global Airlines' A380 arrives in Scotland
• Air Canada on the Airbus A321XLR
• Why the A380 is a great flying testbed

In episode 216 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• Lufthansa's new Allegris cabin
• Australia's Bonza collapses
• SAS is joining SkyTeam
• More orders for the C919
• Dubai World Central Airport plans

Episode 215 of the Simple Flying aviation news podcast is here!

Join Jo and Tom as we discuss some of the biggest and most interesting aviation stories of the week. In this episode, we discuss:

• Air India sells its Boeing 747s at last

• Ex-Cathay A330 is destroyed by fire

• GPS jamming is on the up

• Lufthansa's Allegris is here - an update

• Boom Supersonic gets permission to exceed Mach 1

  
  

  
  

In episode 214 of the Simple Flying podcast your host Tom discusses,

• Historic rain grounds Emirates
• Iran crisis reroutes flights
• Lufthansa's new historical exhibition
• Royal Jordanian's new loyalty partnership

In episode 213 of the Simple Flying podcast, regular host Tom Boon is joined by US Lead Jonathan Hendry to talk about SAS's upcoming Star Alliance exit, and what else is new in the aviation loyalty world.

In episode 212 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• A brand new JetBlue Airbus diversion
• Boeing delivery delays impact airlines
• USPS swaps to UPS
• Asian Airline Confidence Up
• The best Aviation April Fools 2024

For episode 211, the Simple Flying team make the most of being in the same part of the world for once. Doing things a little differently, we launch a roundtable discussion about some of the biggest events in aviation this week.

Featuring Content Manager Tom Boon, Managing Editor Joanna Bailey, USA Lead Jonathan Hendry and Editorial Lead Sumit Singh, we discuss:

* Boeing's big management shake-up

* Breeze launches a loyalty program

* Takeaways from Tom's time with Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary

In episode 210 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• A transatlantic Beluga crossing
• Air Astana's impressive 2023 results
• A LATAM Boeing 787 incident update
• Qatar Airways reignites first class
• New 6 hour Embraer E195-E2 flights

In episode 209 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,

• 6 incidents in one week at United Airlines
• How Tony Douglas is setting up Riyadh Air
• LATAM's scary Tasman Sea incident
• PLAY's plans for the future
• You shouldn't throw coins into an engine