What's Happening In Travel With Cushrow And Kerwin

In this episode: Airlines What's happening with the 737-7/8/9, Boeing and Alaska making a deal Qantas is flying the 787 flight for about 7 hours around Australia took off Asiana had an A380 flight over South Korea and will add two more Etihad losing th...

Episode 40 In this episode: Aircraft 1:23 - Boeing’s revolutionary but beleaguered 787 has more technical problems 6:08 - Boeing to consolidate 787 production in South Carolina 9:27 - Boeing searches for customers for its unwanted, already built 737 Ma...

Episode 39 In this episode: Airlines 0:10 - What do Japan Airlines, Air Canada, and easyjet have in common? 4:52 - Chinese carriers try unlimited travel passes to lure passengers back 8:57 - More airlines doing COVID-19 testing; American Airlines for f...

Episode 38 Video of my Concorde trip I mentioned in this episode. In this episode: Airlines 2:05 - United and American Airlines furlough more than 30,000 staff in one day Check out https://www.passrider.com/jobs as referenced 6:40 - United gets very cr...

Episode 37 In this episode: Airlines Russia’s Rossiya ensures the 744 will live on for several more years Ever dreamed of owning a stocked Qantas 747 bar cart? Don’t bother - all 1000+ units are sold out Qatar Airways celebrates 100 aircraft outfitted ...

Episode 36 In this episode: Airlines Delta further trims its fleet with retirements of 3 additional aircraft types Hawaiian ups the ante in COVID testing for Hawaii-bound passengers United gets very creative in enticing more leisure traffic on its flig...

Episode 35 In this episode: Aircraft Watch out B757F – the A321 P2F is coming for you A US legislative report on the Boeing 737 MAX (-7, -8, -9, -10) slams Boeing and the U.S. FAA for their deception and failures ATR flies its first new build factory-f...

Episode 34 In this episode: Airlines Alaska’s “Get the Row with BOGO” program is back for round 2 Why does industry darling Southwest get its B738 aircraft weights wrong for so long? Cleaning robots are now in nightly action on United’s aircraft Canada...

Episode 33 In this episode, we talk with Dr. Yvette McQueen who is a Traveling Emergency Room Doctor, about traveling during the pandemic. Dr. Yvette McQueen Dr. McQueen is a global physician on a mission to educate about health, travel wellness and di...

Episode 32 In this episode: Airlines Update: Virgin Australia further shrinks its fleet Air New Zealand plans no Boeing 777 flights until September 2021 Finnair and SAS announce disappointing traffic results for August 2020 TigerAir Australia shuts dow...

Episode 31 In this episode: Airlines Update: United expands its no change fee policy shortly after announcing it United moves aggressively internationally JetBlue follows United and American with more point-to-point flights Delta earns yet more positiv...

Episode 30 In this episode: Aircraft KLM and Delft University flight test a model of a revolutionary future Airbus https://news.klm.com/klm-and-tu-delft-join-forces-to-make-aviation-more-sustainable/ https://news.klm.com/klm-and-tu-delft-present-succes...

Episode 29 In this episode: Airlines International service from Houston is increasing starting the second week in September 2020 Houston to: Amsterdam, Netherlands - KLM and United Doha, Qatar - Qatar Airlines Dubai, UAE - Emirates Frankfurt, Germany -...

In this episode: Aircraft Fifty years since the DC-10's first flight Airlines More flights to nowhere? Yes, that’s a (big) thing now. ExpressJet, once one of the largest regional aircraft operators in the U.S., shutting down in September 2020 Delta lea...

In this episode: Updates New entrant Breeze Airways in the U.S. will not have a familiar airline code after all Delta partners with CVS in the U.S. for rapid COVID19 testing Not surprisingly, jetBlue delays its planned London services Manufacturer Boei...

In this episode: Airlines Indian LCC SpiceJet is using an A340 for its SpiceXpress cargo division Singapore Airlines and Japan’s ANA prove adversity to be the mother of inventions Eurowings in Europe picks up where Frontier in the U.S. left off Delta e...

In this episode: Fly socially-distanced Qantas B789 flights to nowhere. Via Antarctica. And bring lots of money. United takes a page out of Southwest’s point-to-point playbook United reduces seats on its E175s to compensate for pilot furloughs. Lufthan...

Repatriation Flights A repatriation flight is designed to return citizens of a particular country who are stuck abroad home. During this pandemic, there have been several of these flights. Typically, they are arranged by the governments and the citizen...

Episode 23 In this episode, we talk about travel restrictions and travel insurance as well as the following topics: Airlines Southwest announces cutbacks in aircraft cleaning between flights Taiwanese carriers offer unique flights to nowhere on Father’...

In this episode: IATA predicts recovery by 2024 Boeing to delay 77X to meet customer requests Ryanair announces 1Q20 loss but surprisingly high LF UA 2Q20 earnings better than others due to cargo Vistara (UK) announces three new cities LHR, FRA, and CD...

In this episode: China Airlines re-brands American carries post 2Q losses Emirates insuring flyers Lithuania is getting a flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines 77F catches fire Air Arabia AUH starts service Icelandair rescinds order to ditch flight attendant...

In this episode, Kerwin talks about taking two Delta flights from Denver to Atlanta to Houston and also staying at an airport hotel near the Denver Airport (DEN). Support the show

In this episode, we talk about: Airlines Icelandair fires ALL its FAs and the pilots are taking over their responsibilities. Alaska Airlines (AS) responds to JetBlue (B6) expansion at LAX but announcing their own new departures at LAX and FLL! And thes...

In this episode, we talk with Avgeek Instagrammer (https://www.instagram.com/that_airplane_guy), Ram Kumar who did an Expat flight from London-LHR to Chennai, India via Delhi. Ram talks about the entire trip and his experiences and life in Chennai now....

Here's what we have for this week: Aircraft COMAC triple delivery of their new plane, the ARJ21 Boeing 737 MAX cancellations Qatar Government Boeing 747-8 for sale Airlines American Airlines and JetBlue (B6) jump into bed together to fight off Delta an...