Flight 034. Turkish flies to Gotham City. JetBlue launches a venture arm. British Airways female flight attendants win the right to wear trousers. OK Go films a zero gravity music video. Calculating the real cost of the fuel surcharge. Terror bomber gets sucked out of plane in display of karmic justice. China blacklists unruly passengers. The 747 gently fades away.
Show Notes
Paul reports on his Athens trip with Aegean & Alex talks about his quest for an Asia-bound ticket from London
The 2015 air travel stats
JetBlue goes VC
Expedia, Google and the future of OTAs
Startups and plane routes
Somalia terror attack
Turkish & Batman & Superman
PDX’s movie theatre
Emirates goes drone for its latest marketing campaign
OK Go in zero gravity
A smartphone-controlled IFE
BA forced to enter the 21st century
Korean Air pilots bargain hard
China cracks down on unruly passengers
The 747 can’t die
Omega Tau talks NASA 747
Delta’s CEO retires
BA will fly to Iran
The real fuel surcharge cost
NASA revives the X-plane program
A new Russian competitor to the 737 and 320?
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Creators and Guests
Host
Alex Hunter
Co-host of Layovers, Creator of Attache Travel
Host
Paul Papadimitriou
Creator and host of Layovers
What is Layovers – Air Travel podcast?
The Air Travel podcast — created by Paul Papadimitriou, hosted with Alex Hunter & Vinod Viswalingam — #1 in 50+ countries — listen everywhere, watch on Spotify and YouTube.
