Layovers – Air Travel podcast | 061 MRS – Ryanair chaos, Air Berlin no more, airline ownership, Bipolar BA, Pan Am nostalgia
Trailer
Bonus
Flight 061. The low-cost chaotic management of Ryanair. BA dissociative identity disorder. Air Berlin has no more runway (but Germany gives it money). The truth about airline ownership. The Pittsburgh non-flyer experiment. The good old days of paper check-in and gate access. More JetBlue please.
Show Notes
00:00 – Introduction
02:01 – Layovers fan mail, reviews, headphones
11:10 – Ryanair chaos, pilots shortages, Norwegian
25:57 – Air Berlin, Etihad retreat, ownership rules, China, EU structure
38:29 – PIT non-flyer access, Pan Am nostalgia, global security
43:42 – British Airways’ future, comparing it to LH or B6
1:07:57 – MRS airport
1:12:53 – Conclusion, next flights
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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.
