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Plane Talking UK's Podcast


Carlos, Nev, Armando and Matt bring you a weekly Podcast that will focus on the Commercial and Military Aviation news relating to us long suffering members of the general public.

Jun 16, 2019

Join Carlos, Pip, Al and Matt for today's show.

In this episode everyone's favourite low cost airline buys an airline in Carlos's second home, The US announce their favourite carrier and we hear how some retired airframes go for a swim.

In the Military, we find out which fighter has the Italians favourite number attached to it and the President's Marine One chopper gets a makeover.

Oshkosh is around the corner and Pip and Al share with us their plans.

Why not send us your feedback to podcast@planetalkinguk.com and we'll read it out on next week's show.

Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

COMMERCIAL

1. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/ryanair-confirms-it-will-buy-malta-air-1.3922343

2. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/tv-presenter-slams-airline-for-leaving-her-stranded-in-seat-on-12hour-flight/news-story/db71e3ead95489bfff78d7bf7cca40ec

3. https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/06/12/delta-named-best-u-s-airline/

4. https://simpleflying.com/japan-airlines-domestic-a350-787/

5. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7136317/Southwest-Airlines-passenger-sees-B-2-stealth-bomber-flying-Colorado.html

6. https://www.foxnews.com/travel/delta-saves-41-students-private-flight-american-airlines

7. https://gizmodo.com/dumbass-thinks-he-can-vape-into-a-bag-on-spirit-airline-1835375646

8. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/southwest-extends-max-cancellations-through-septembe-458903/

9. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/78944-chinese-airlines-mull-order-for-100-b777-9s

10. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/78937-nepal-airlines-puts-last-b757-up-for-sale

11. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/airbus-site-developed-concorde-reveals-16424400

12. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/airbus-to-be-sunk-in-saros-bay-as-tourism-project-144093

MILITARY

1. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a27924096/marine-one-helicopter-sikorsky/

2. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lockheed-martin-eyes-500-f-35-fighters-in-europe-458485/

3. http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201906110048.html

4. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/italy-orders-13-additional-m-345-trainers-458893/