Nov 24, 2019
Join Carlos, Nev and Armando for today's programme.
In this week's show we learn the exciting news that one Middle-Eastern carrier are joining the 'Premium Economy' trend, the UK's legacy carrier announces the launch of their new 787-10 from February 2020, one Turkish airline gives Boeing a huge confidence boost as they increase their orders for the MAX and the Dubai airshow closes boasting deals in excess of $54.5b.
In the military we learn the retired F-117 Nighthawk will debut on static display at the Reagan Defense Forum and we discover in Dubai the Lockheed Martin LM-100J gets it's FAA type certificate.
Carlos and Nev share with us the first interview from their trip to Dubai with Jason from Rolls Royce.
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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :
COMMERCIAL
1. https://simpleflying.com/emirates-premium-economy-excitement/
2. https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2019/11/20/british-airways-to-fly-first-b787-10-from-february-2020/
3. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/18/turkish-airline-gives-boeing-737-max-vote-of-confidence-with-bigger-order.html
4. https://www.traveller.com.au/budget-airline-wedding-couple-gets-married-on-jetstar-flight-h1ju7r
5. https://www.businessinsider.com/737-max-crisis-emirates-boeing-777x-through-hell-before-passengers-2019-11?r=US&IR=T
6. https://www.thenational.ae/business/aviation/dubai-airshow-closes-with-54-5bn-in-deals-as-airbus-leads-boeing-1.940850
7. https://www.businessinsider.com/airbus-beats-worlds-most-popular-plane-a320-737-2019-11?r=US&IR=T
8. https://finance-commerce.com/2019/11/boeings-humans-step-in-after-robots-fumble/
9. https://www.insider.com/photos-inside-united-airlines-star-wars-boeing-737-plane-2019-11
10. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/india-fake-lufthansa-pilot-arrest/index.html
11. https://wwmt.com/news/local/united-airlines-debuts-first-of-its-kind-aircraft-in-west-michigan
12. https://weather.com/travel/news/2019-11-21-10-most-weather-delayed-major-us-airports
MILITARY
1. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/11/01/air-force-academy-airfield-named-in-honor-of-tuskegee-airmen-commander-who-later-became-a-general/?fbclid=IwAR2VlviSztPFkJDVg33kag_HMdgD7rp8yPVpHEx-S2rNECQT4wVeLagHZ9g
2. http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/retired-f-117-nighthawk-to-be-debuted-on-static-display-at-reagan-defense-forum.html
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/dubai-lockheed-martin-lm-100j-gets-faa-type-certifi-462288/