The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast Doug and Drew

Virgin Atlantic celebrates 40 years of service this month. We reminisce about the groundbeaking airline's growth and how it's looking to rejuvenate with new management. In other news, Doug is summering in Breckenridge and, for balance, Drew's operations center is flooded. Spoiler…it was a crappy situation. Also on this episode: Alaska loses to the Virgin Group in a $160 million trademark case. FAA reports unruly passenger incidents remain high. Lufthansa and IAG being asked for more concessio...

Doug is back from steamy hot and bustling Manila, and Drew’s still getting cockpit-blocked on his Cessna 172 training flights. This time Drew's training was canceled when a Yak 52 gear collapse caused the single runway airport to close. On this episode we discuss: We got featured in the New York Times! IATA predicts bigger airline profits in 2024 than 2023 NASA and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner “Calypso” docks with the ICC. SpaceX launched and successfully landed, Starship, a reusable sate...

Doug thought he was flying a 777 to Frankfurt but ended up in Barcelona (sorry, Barthelona) while Drew was playing avgeek tour guide again in DC. We discuss:We broke a US air travel record on Friday .American changing course after weaker business travel numbers.El Al making profits despite the war in Gaza.Gol and Azul talk merger. Brazil's Varig 2.0?Travel boom or bust coming….it’s complicated.Drew is finally planning a vacation with his partner after their last trip in 2017.Doug is going to ...

Doug is back from another Osaka trip and Drew is off for Memorial Day weekend…possibly the busiest in history. We discuss:(Airline) Summer has started with the TSA expecting almost 3 million passengers on Friday, a new record Airfares are down and passengers are finding deals Bark Air launched on Thursday and is providing “white paw" service to our furry friends Archer Midnight receives FAA airworthiness criteria on the path to certification Frontier and Spirit reduce feesWe analyze what happ...

Drew got some good Cessna 172 training in with his first landing at an airport which wasn’t the one he took off from. Martin State Airport to Easton, MD was the route which was short but only 15 miles shy of a “cross country” training flight. Doug is home this week and has been dance dad (vs. soccer mom) . We discuss:Do customers like preordering meals?Customers and airlines love the Embraer E jets. We discuss why.The Embraer E190 and E195 gain ETOPs 120 certification which may open up transa...

Doug is back from Paris after a triangle routing of SFO-EWR-CDG-SFO. He basically has no idea which time zone his body clock is in! He talks about the Olympic buzz already being felt around the city. We discuss:Paris airports prepare for the Summer Olympics.Dutch startup Elysian working on what could be the first electric airliner, the E9XShots fired across the bay as SFO is not happy about OAK changing its name to San Francisco Bay Oakland Airport.ADS-B is used by aircraft, ATC, Flightradar2...