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Boarding Pass 078: The Travel Surge is HERE

Boarding Pass 078: The Travel Surge is HERE

FromThe Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast


Boarding Pass 078: The Travel Surge is HERE

FromThe Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We’ve been saying for over a year that we are “one week closer to this crisis being over,” and here we are - at least in the US. Passenger volumes are back with a vengeance as Americans crowd airports and head to leisure destinations after enduring COVID cabin fever.  Doug regales us with his fabulous last business trip at his current job. Spoiler alert, he won’t get miles at his new job...Other topics discussedTraffic is up at the airports and in the air as we start seeing ATC programs to manage volumeTSA screenings are up to 70% of 2019 and airfares are risingEU to open doors for vaccinated foreignersBreeze launches with nonstop flights between smaller cities to “get people there twice as fast for half as much money”Our Ops Center discussion focuses on windshear and microbursts and how we’re able to detect themWe finish the episode with our thoughts on a blog post explaining why widebody domestic flights should be avoided. What!? We think you know where this discussion is going... Join the conversation at:www. nexttripnetwork.com 
Released:
May 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Next Trip is a weekly 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 or follow us on Twitter at @nexttrippodcast