The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast

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Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 22, Doug and Drew discuss several aviation related topics including: Introducing our new logo Merchandise shop is live! Get NTP socks, stickers, shirts, etc here Why would we save LGA or EWR? More airlines announce bankruptcy or need of state aid Have we hit the bottom? Boeing backs out of Embraer Deal Updated predictions Listener feedback Wonder Plane questions S...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 21, Doug and Drew welcome two of our listeners to the show to discuss several aviation topics including: The likely end for South African Airways Voluntary time off Middle seats blocked New blood tests might become the "new normal," but have the chance to speed up travel recovery Ops topic: storing a plane, then flying it again for the first time ERJ-170...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 20, Doug and Drew discuss several aviation topics including: Avro RJ/BAe 146 Fat-and-Backs Cargo only flights KLM 747-400 Combi returns! NE Patriots plane goes to China Routes to China might soon open Listener feedback Repatriation flights - who sits in first class? Twitter game: What airline do you operate? Twitter game: What 3 airlines would you bring back? Want...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 19, Doug and Drew welcome a very special guest to help divert our attention from COVID-19 and instead focus on some AvGeek stories from times past.  https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 18, Doug and Drew welcome Ryan Ewing of Airline Geeks back to the show to discuss several aviation topics including: #aviationTOUGH Order #aviationTOUGH stickers here Settle the Biscoff debate COVID-19 updates Lessons from 9/11 Aircraft retirements Listener poll: what do you call the MD-80 You can find Ryan on Twitter @FlyingHighRyan or read his team's great...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 17, Doug and Drew discuss several aviation topics including: #aviationTOUGH COVID-19 latest Aggregated airline impacts here (courtesy of Jon Ostrower, Seth Miller, Jason Rabinowitz, et al) KLM 747-400 retirement Ops Topic: Diversions Feedback Listener Poll: DC-10 vs. L1011 https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 16, Doug and Drew discuss several aviation topics including: Doug's current trip 737 MAX update COVID-19 Airlines brace for impact U.S. restricts travel from Europe Listener Poll: Which cookies do you prefer? Feedback Next Trips https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 15, Doug and Drew discuss several aviation topics including: Drew's trip home from Sri Lanka COVID-19 update IATA's revised revenue guidance More airlines cut service, ground staff and airplanes Business travel and conferences get the axe Flybe ceases operations Heathrow's proposed 3rd runway hits a roadblock Ops Topic: holding vs. circling Ops Topi...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 014, Doug and Drew discuss several aviation topics including: Drew in India and Sri Lanka Drew’s travel to India Air India’s privitazation issues Vistara’s new code-share with United Aviation center of gravity American and Qatar announce new partnership Trans States Airlines (United Express) is closing its doors Covid 19 Update Travel restrictions to Italy and Sou...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 013, Doug and Drew welcome Justin Yarbrough to the show to discuss several aviation topics including: Qatar increases stake in IAG Coronavirus update Debris found in undelivered 737 MAX aircraft fuel tanks IFE accessibility  Proposed changes to service animal policies on U.S. airlines How do airlines schedule aircraft Twitter Poll: Do you check a bag for a 2-day t...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 012, Doug and Drew discuss several aviation topics including: Doug's window shade fight JetBlue turns 20 Air Italy liquidates United buys a pilot academy Coronavirus update Breeze Airlines Alaska plans to join oneworld, cozies up (again) with American Twitter Poll - what is Alaska's fleet plan going forward Feedback from listners KLM 747-400 breaks the s...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 011, Doug (on location at OKC) and Drew discuss several topics including: Drew's second domestic wide-body flight in as many weeks Doug's AvGeek way home from OKC Coronavirus update Airbus learns of punishment in bribery scandal Airbus' intended purchase of Bombardier's remaining stake in the A220 program Breeze Airlines (formerly Moxy) starts...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 010, Doug and Drew discuss several topics including: Doug's AvGeek weekend at DFW Settling the LATAM pronunciation debate... and opening the Qatar can of worms Boeing, Boeing Boeing - NMA, 777X, 2019 net loss, 787 production cut, 737 MAX, and more! Latest on Coronavirus, including massive cuts on flights to China IFE on flights Next trips https://www.nexttrip...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 009, Doug and Drew discus several topics including: South African Airways' future Coronavirus and its impacts on travel A major U.S. carrier announces a new window shade policy - one week after we debated it on this show Boeing's new aircraft, the 777X, takes to the skies on its inaugural flight Will any U.S. airline order the 777X? Listener poll - do yo...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 008, Doug and Drew discuss several topics including: The never ending window shade debate Boeing introduces a possible 737 MAX replacement The 777X might fly this week Delta announces new Miami service to feed new LATAM partnership How does one pronounce LATAM? We don't actually know - help us! A Delta 777 dumps fuel on the ground during an emergency retern F...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 007, Doug and Drew are joined by Ameri, a Maintenance Operations Coordinator for a major U.S. based carrier. The three discuss how aircraft maintenance is handled, and how it impacts the traveling public.  https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 006, Doug and Drew predict and debate what they think will be the ten biggest aviation related stories in the 2020s.  https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 005, Doug and Drew discuss and debate what they thought were the ten biggest aviation related stories in the 2010s. https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 004, Doug and Drew welcome Ryan Ewing of Airline Geeks to the show to talk big changes at the top for Boeing, and other AvGeek topics including: What got us interested in aviation The "AvGeekiest" thing we've ever done If we could be a plane, what would we be and why You can find Ryan on Twitter @FlyingHighRyan or read his team's great content...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 003, Doug and Drew cover a wide range of AvGeek topics including: Our trips home from OKC Boeing announces they're suspending production of the 737MAX beginning in January Qantas selects an airplane for Project Sunrise We recap our AvGeek trip to the West Coast for some planespotting and lounge hopping We discuss planespotting hotels We debate how early to ar...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 002, Doug and Drew pick up where they left off in BP001 - not necessarily seeing eye-to-eye on everything. Do you obsessively check your itinerary before you fly? Different views from different types of passengers - a non-rev vs Elite Breaking down United's surprise order for 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft Is United's A321XLR order the end of the road for Bo...

Send us Fan Mail In Boarding Pass 001, Doug and Drew introduce themselves and the podcast, and cover a wide range of contemporary aviation topics. Traveling through the world's busiest airport on one of the busiest travel days of the year The beginning of the end for the A380 - or the actual end in airframe 003's case Qantas' Project Sunrise - what does a long-haul pilot think of th...