DLD 397: Scavenger Hunt

Scavenging for spare parts, profitable routes, or just good travel ideas? We've got it all in this week's show. Also in this episode: * Europe: * Schiphol is set to pay out a massive amount of money in pax comp * Customer support backlogs are still a mess for some; Eurostar closed its phone lines for a month to clear existing cases. * Heathrow extending 100k pax/day cap * Asia: * Sydney is the latest airport to see massive lines and understaffed check-in/security* Malaysia Airlines taking 20 A330neo from 2024-2028 * Asia is still closed so Northern Pacific is going to try Mexico routes instead* Delta bringing HND service online from LAX, HNL * Tailwind launching DC-ish service on a seaplane * Russia is cannibalizing planes for spare parts* So is Boeing, moving engines from completed but parked MAXen to new builds more likely to deliver * Delta allowed to cut flights at LGA/JFK/DCA without losing slots; blames very high sick rates * JetBlue moving more Mint planes to LAX (plus another TATL market), and a bunch of route suspensions/cancellations extended. For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including: * Allegiant is not amused by the Sun Country EAS award * AraJet (Dominican upstart) is selling tix. Seems like it is actually going to launch.* Uber killing loyalty program * Emirates F unlimited caviar * Akasa founder sudden death And plenty more. Enjoy the show!