Episode description
Aired on April 25, 2021
Doug and Drew looked into our Avgeek cyrstal ball a year ago and forecast that we’d be at 75% of 2019 capacity by the summer of 2020. American Airlines announced that they would be at 80% this summer so we were close! Not so much on our forecast of travel bubbles which look to be overtaken by “Green” destinations.
Topics covered:
- EVA Air repaints its Hello Kitty 777-300 back to normal
- Aer Lingus flew leased 757’s which were another casualty of COVID19
- Would you pay for extra legroom?
- Virgin Atlantic predicts they will resume all flights by November
- Southwest and American say leisure travel is rebounding
- We talk about how to get a job in the airlines
We finish the episode with an update on our Alaska trip, Northern fLights. Agenda below:
08MAY
- 830a - depart SEA on Alaska Airlines flight 65
- 415p - arrive ANC (We’ll be staying at the Captain Cook Hotel)
- 630p - Meet up at Moose Tooth Pub and & Pizzeria and then spotting at ANC
09MAY
- Currently open but we’re planning on spotting, with breaks, until at least midnight
10MAY
- AM free for meet ups and more spotting before departing for ANC at 5pm
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