Jun 23, 2019
In the chair(s) this week are Carlos, Armando, Grant and Matt.
In today's show we talk about the 'drone' incident in Iran, one of the biggest US carrier's become the first Americans to order the new Airbus and a survey of over 21.65 million entrants crown a new number one world airline.
In the military, the V22 go on the attack at the Paris Air Show and Turkey now has it's own high-tech home grown fighter.
Armando talks Reno and Matt chats to Micah about his annual trip to the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum.
Get in touch with us via podcast@planetalkinguk.com and share with us your own experiences in aviation.
Here are the links to the stories featured this week :
COMMERCIAL
1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/world/middleeast/airlines-drone-attack-iran.html
2. https://www.lurganmail.co.uk/news/people/ryanair-flight-to-belfast-leaves-19-passengers-standed-in-spain-1-8971736
3. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/19/american-airlines-to-become-the-first-us-airline-to-order-new-airbus-plane.html
4. https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/travel/2019/06/21/qantas-turnaround/
5. https://in.mashable.com/culture/4279/airline-to-soon-make-budget-fliers-stand-on-a-flight-and-twitter-cant-stand-this-idea
6. https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/9336010/british-airways-easyjet-strike-summer-flights/
7. https://simpleflying.com/turkish-airlines-787-interior/
8. https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2019/06/19/qantas-is-hiring-cabin-crew-on-casual-hours-for-domestic-flights-from-per-mel-and-adl/
9. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-airbus-ends-show-with-over-240-a321xlr-commi-459255/
10. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/spirit-debuts-las-vegas-airports-first-automated-ba-459231/
11. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/18/british-airlines-parent-iag-reveals-plans-buy-200-boeing-737-max-jets
12. https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/best-airline-in-the-world-2019-a4171691.html
MILITARY
1. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a28104993/tf-x-fighter-jet/
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-bell-boeing-tries-to-sell-v-22-despite-lacklu-459048/
3. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/army-vet-97-woman-fell-16510048