Layovers – Air Travel podcast | 065 BOS – Will Hunter, JFK Bomb Cyclone, ground handling revealed, Alaska Timbers, ANA brothers
Trailer
Bonus
Flight 065. Special guest Will Hunter tells us all about the hidden side of ground handling. The East Coast ‘Bomb Cyclone’. A very very safe 2017. The bizarre tale of the ANA turnaround. The public versus private airport dynamics. A new Google Flight. United can’t catch a break.
Show Notes
00:00 – Introduction, a Hunter family historical event
02:07 – Will Hunter: why Boston, past aviation career
09:12 – Safe 2017, soiling United, in flight ice-cream
17:21 – JFK bomb cyclone
23:43 – Ground handling revealed
31:11 – ANA bonus passenger, names mixup, Ryanair fast exit
40:46 – Worst airports, airport business models, MNL handouts
54:25 – Emirates 777 First, New Google Flights, Alaska Timbers
1:03:58 – BOS
1:10:24 – Next flights, DEN, Mastication Nation
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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.
