AvTalk Episode 337: Pay attention, get off the iPad!
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a Spirit Airlines crew is slow to respond to a New York Center controller while in the same airspace as Air Force One, leading to some choice words from the controlle...
19 Sep 202532min
AvTalk Episode 336: No supernatural demonic force
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we’re joined by The Up Front editor-in-chief John Walton to discuss the peculiar nature of the Premium Economy cabin on Air Côte d’Ivoire’s new A330neo and the wider ...
12 Sep 20251h 4min
AvTalk Episode 335: the Plovdiv mystery
On this week’s AvTalk, we discuss European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s flight to Plovdiv—from initial breathless reports talking of circling for hours, using paper maps to land and “pr...
5 Sep 202547min
AvTalk Episode 334: They got Nuuk’d
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Nuuk, Greenland cancels international flights after security screeners need additional training. Korean Air signals its intent to purchase more than 100 Boeing aircra...
29 Aug 202540min
AvTalk Episode 333: Whinging about windowless window seats
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, United and Delta Air Lines face lawsuits for charging extra for window seats without a window. Serbian investigators reveal the extent of damages to a Marathon Airlin...
22 Aug 202539min
AvTalk Episode 332: “Ongoing concern” concerns
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Spirit Airlines’ second quarter earnings report raises “ongoing concern” concerns and paints a bleak portrait of the airline’s future. A French notification about a S...
15 Aug 202554min
AvTalk Episode 331: Stuck on the plane for 28 hours
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, what we learned from days two and three of the NTSB’s hearings on the midair collision at DCA. A Delta A330neo experiences severe turbulence, Boeing adds a new 777-9 ...
8 Aug 202556min
AvTalk Episode 330: Acceptable deviation?
On this episode of AvTalk, what we learned from the first of three days of investigative hearings by the NTSB into January’s crash at DCA. Russian investigators peel the layers of problems that led to...
1 Aug 202552min
