The Next Trip is a weekly, internationally acclaimed podcast with aviation insiders Doug and Drew, who together bring more than 40 years of industry experience ...
Send us a textDrew started 2025 flying to Denver for work and Doug is finishing a fun (and stressful) couple weeks at home. Drew is also prepping for the biggest Mid Atlantic storm in years. We discuss:Winter Storm BlairThe most on time airlines of 2024Jetblue gets the first ever DOT fines for chronic delaysArcher Aviation gets ready to build eVTOLsJeju Air offices are raided by policeHow to slow down a plane on landing Join the discussion! https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
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Boarding Pass 266: Looking Forward After a Terrible Week
Send us a textWe recount four back to back accidents this week, as 2024 comes to a close, but we also remember the positive things that happened in aviation this year. In this episode we discuss:IT glitches at American and JALSouthwest is cleared of safety concerns by the FAAAzerbaijan and Jeju Air crashes KLM and Air Canada incidentsBoom Overture, eVTOLs, and Asia is back!https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
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Boarding Pass 265: AvGeek Stocking Stuffers
Send us a textDoug is back from New York and Tokyo and Drew is on a much needed break from a busy start to the Christmas travel week. There’s no huge aviation news this week so we have a bunch fun news stocking stuffers for you. On this episode we discuss:Christmas season passenger volumes and possible disruptionsANA acquires 100% of LCC Peach AirAir Kerala plans to launch in mid 2025Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation make progress with their eVTOL air taxisFrontier brings back an all-you-can-fly passChina Airlines brings cheer to Boeing and Airbus with widebody ordersUnited has a new widebody route surprise for DenverWe unpack OAG’s just released busiest routes lists https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
About The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast
The Next Trip is a weekly, internationally acclaimed 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