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Episode 324
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Silver Airways ceases operations immediately and Qantas says subsidiary Jetstar Asia will wind down flights by the end of July. The NTSB releases the preliminary rep…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Raccoons on a plane
Episode 323
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Airbus’ Montreal final assembly line is invaded by a family of raccoons. Newark reopens its main runway a few days early as airlines and the FAA jostle over flight c…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
They bounced the wheel right off
Episode 322
On this episode of AvTalk, Ian and Jason and back home from Stockholm and ready to take on the week’s news. The NTSB is out with a handful of reports, including details on the FedEx 767 bird strike i…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Global gets off the ground
Episode 321
This week, Gabe Leigh joins Ian and Jason in Stockholm for a special episode of AvTalk. Gabe recounts his experience on the first Global Airlines revenue flight and we discuss the future prospects fo…
Published on 3 months ago
About that Qatari 747
Episode 320
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Ian and Jason are joined by resident numbers expert Gavin Werbeloff for the facts and figures behind some of the large aircraft we’ve seen this week. There are more …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
What’s old is Newark again
Episode 319
On this episode of AvTalk, we learn more about what happened at Newark last week, what is still causing dozens of daily cancellations, and what’s being done to mitigate the problem. We also discuss s…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
“All the brain damage of buying a whole airline”
Episode 318
On this week’s AvTalk, Indian airlines lose access to Pakistani airspace and gain a massive fuel bill. A massive power outage in Spain and Portugal affects millions of passengers, but airports keep m…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The (Q1) results are in
Episode 317
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, it’s hard numbers, euphemistic language, and a bit of planes on fire. If all of the first quarter earnings reports could be summed up in a single headline, it would …
Published on 4 months ago
The helicopter in the Hudson
Episode 316
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss what’s known so far about the crash of a Bell 206 in the Hudson River last week. We also break down the sequence of events after the crash that led to the…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Growth has “largely stalled”
Episode 315
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Jason joins Ian in Chicago for a face to face conversation, which also means it’s a self-edited show this week. The preliminary report on the Swiftair 737 crash in V…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago