Simple Flying Aviation News Podcast

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 dis...

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 Thanks for joining us, please do let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments!

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 Ai...

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 exper...

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!