The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast
The Next Trip is a weekly, internationally acclaimed podcast with aviation insiders Doug and Drew, who together bring more than 40 years of industry experience as a professional pilot and a hub operations manager at a major airline. Join them, and their frequent guests, as they create a network for other AvGeeks and travel enthusiasts to obsess about all things aviation. Doug and Drew discuss today’s aviation news, share personal operational stories, regale listeners with trip reviews, and engage in friendly AvGeek banter. All thoughts and opinions are their own. Visit us at www.nexttripnetwork.com
The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast
Boarding Pass 258: The XLR Arrives
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Drew is back from a winter ops summit and Doug’s body clock is all over the map after a multi-day domestic trip. We discuss:
An airline starts bouncing boarding line-cutters.
European airlines see softening load factors and Spirit continues layoffs.
Airbus delivers the first A321XLR to Iberia.
TFRs - temporary flight restrictions. What are they?
What’s the difference between ICAO and IATA.