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Welcome to a deep dive into SAS's onboard connectivity, especially with the 'First Starlink Flight'! We explore the airline's history with internet connection and how they ensure passengers stay connected. This video highlights SAS's ongoing commitment to aviation tech and improving wifi on planes. We talk with Aron Backström, Vice President Product & Loyalty at SAS -...

What if your travel bookings could work for you , even after you click "confirm"? In this episode, we sit down with the co-founder of pAiback Jason Lucking, the intelligent travel companion designed to take the stress — and financial regret — out of booking trips. Imagine a platform that automatically watches for price drops after you book and ensures you get the better deal, effortlessl...

Welcome to this episode of the Travel + Loyalty podcast series. Today we are talking to Anko van der Werff, CEO and President for SAS. We have the talk onboard the inaugural flight between Copenhagen and Atlanta in June 2024. We were onboard the inaugural flight to Atlanta in June and here we did have the opportunity for an interview with Anko van der werff in the forward galley in the middle of t...

Welcome to this episode of the Travel + Loyalty podcast series. Today we are talking to Singapore Airlines to have a talk about there best ever financiel results in the airlines 76-year history. We are visiting Muhammad Raimi, who is the General Manager for the Nordics. He started in the position when the pandemic was at the highest - read about him here . Some of the key details of the results ar...

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the next episode in our Travel + Loyalty podcast series, where we explore the world of aviation and the people who make it possible. Today, we have a very special guest joining us - Rasmus Cornelius, a private jet pilot, with over 10 years of experience in the industry. From the cockpit of a luxurious jet, our guest has flown rich and famous people around the world...

Welcome to this episode of the Travel + Loyalty podcast series. Today we are talking to Finnair to hear about their new cabins on their long haul fleet. Finnair have launched a new cabin on their long haul fleet. A brand new Business Class created together with Collins Aerospace. It is called the AirLounge and it is quite unique as it does not recline, but still give you a flat bed. Finnair also l...

Welcome to our season 2 on our Travel + Loyalty podcast series. In today's episode we are talking to Kevin Bubolz, who is the Managing Director Europe at Norwegian Cruise Line. The talk is about Norwegian Cruise Line, The previous years during the pandemic, the current situation and of course the new ship class - the Prima Class - where the first ship Norwegian Prima is just started her chris...

Welcome to this special episode of the Travel + Loyalty Podcast. Special because it is an episode born out of the European Football Championship and how football fans have been able to see the great achievements by the Danish national team live until it ended in London. When Denmark won 1/8-Final against Wales in Amsterdam, then a thought started in the head of Frederik Svitzer. He had just arrang...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on July 12th, 2021. In today's Monday Update we have a talk with Jasper Quak, Managing Director from the company BAGTAG. The theme of the day is electronic bag tags and how it helps with Touchless Travel for you as a passenger. An area that have evolved alot since we saw the first electronic bagtags about 5-6 years ago. We also hear about new products comi...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on July 5th, 2021. In today's Monday Morning Update we have a talk with Morten Balk, who is the Country Manager for Emirates in Denmark for both Denmark and the Baltics States. Morten have been in the airline industry for a number of years and have been at Emirates since 2016. During the talk with Morten, we will get insigths on how it have been working at...

Welcome to our first episode with the Travel + Loyalty A-Team on a talk about Airline Loyalty. Today we are happy to be able to introduce something new on the Travel + Loyalty podcast series. We welcome our Monday Morning A-Team, which are team of experience industry people or savvy frequent flyvers. We will invite our A-Team in from time to time to discuss topics of interest and industry news. To...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on June 7th, 2021. In today's Monday Morning Update we have a talk with Claus Vestergaard from Radisson Hotels Group. Claus Vestergaard is the Global Account Director for Meetings & Events.  Today we are talking about how the hotel industry have been the last year and how Claus Vestergaard sees the reopening from a Radisson point of view. He also gives...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on May 17th, 2021. In today's Monday Morning Update we have a talk with Peter Lawrance, who earlier had the  global responsibility for all product development, menu design, planning & operational execution for all onboard products & services in SAS and British Airways.  His last responsibility was with Etihad, where he was Head of Etihad’s Five Sta...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on May 10th, 2021. In today's Monday Morning Update we have an interview of Patrick Menzies where the focus is on his many years in South African Airways and how the airline came to where it is today. There is also talks on the GSA business and if there is differences in corperate travel and leisure travel. Our Allan Hoffery meets Patrick Menzies in a meet...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on May 3rd, 2021. In today's Monday Morning Update we have an interview of Henrik Schlotfeldt, who is Managing Director at ST Engineering Aerospace Solutions. We will go a bit deeper into the aviation industry than normal. We will take a look behind the scenes on what it takes to keep planes flying and how the so-called MRO industry are holding up. MRO sta...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on April 26h, 2021. In today's Monday Morning Update we have an interview Guðrið Højgaard from CEO at Visit Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands have managed the corona pandemic quite good and they have for some time been able to live a pretty much normal live with limited number of restrictions. Restaurants, bars and other public places are open and this also...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on April 19th, 2021. Monday Morning Update is where we share the latest news from the industry and we also have a central theme which we cover in more details in each episode. Today our news update is about Plaza Premium lounges that drops Priority Pass,  Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar Al Baker, Calls British Airways “Two Out Of Ten” Low Cost Carrier, Countries are i...

Welcome to our Special Episode together with Great Dane Airlines. Great Dane Airlines was established in 2018 and was in the market to mainly offer charter flights for several Danish tour operators, but also some scheduled flights (e.g. Dublin).  The maiden flight was done on June 19th on a flight from Aalborg to Rhodes. The airlines is co-owned by Thomas Hugo Møller, which we have our interview w...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on April 12th, 2021. Monday Morning Update is where we share the latest news from the industry and we also have a central theme which we cover in more details in each episode. Today our news update is about Airbus and the current order status, Singapore Airlines are now the biggest Airbus A350 customer, IATA warns that airlines’ financial position is deteriorat...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on April 5th, 2021. Monday Morning Update is where we share the latest news from the industry and we also have a central theme which we cover in more details in each episode. Today our news update is about U.S. that will open up for travel, Norwegian startup Flyr are financed and gets its first Boeing   737 in May, The Easter week shows 74 percent more bookings...

Welcome to our Monday Morning Update on March 29th 2021. Monday Morning Update is where we share the latest news from the industry and we also have a central theme which we cover in more details in each episode. Today our news update is about SAS, Norwegian and Norse Atlantic, where it is possible to travel. In our deep dive history we take a look at the new All Premium European airline PRAGUSA.ON...

Welcome to our first Monday Morning Update Monday Morning Update is where we share the latest news from the industry and we also have a central theme which we cover in more details in each episode. Today we are sharing news like a vulcano eruption in Iceland, Etihad's Airbus A380's and a trying to look if we will be able to travel this summer. Our deep dive is with Singapore Airlines and...

Welcome to our first Monday Morning Update. Monday Morning Update is where we share the latest news from the industry and we also have a central theme which we cover in more details in each episode. In this first Monday Morning Update we will talk about the new Chinese airplane - the COMAC C919. This is the model that will compete directly against the Boeing B737 MAX and the Airbus A320neo. China...

Björn Lundström is in the studio and we have talked to him about his 36 years in SAS. We hear Björn talk about how he started flying and how he then ended up in SAS and have been there for 36 years. A journey in SAS that ends here is 2021. You may know Björn as Bjornpilot, which is the name he uses on his social media accounts. He has over 100K followers on his Instagram and Youtube channel. Find...

Welcome to the first episode of the Travel + Loyalty podcast. This first episode will take us to Copenhagen Airport where we meet Allan Hoffery at the gate. This day was a very special day for Allan. It is his last day after 30 years of working at Singapore Airlines. Normally Allan is not at the gate area but on his last day he wanted to say farewell to the SQ team and SQ351 for the last time. Tha...