Feb 7, 2023
Join Carlos, Armando and Andy for episode 443.
In this week's show we say hello & goodbye to the last queen of the skies, BA Staff get a social media ban & a Airbus falls apart & keeps flying.
In the military we get a little tech update and there’s renewed talk of F-16s going to Ukraine.
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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :
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Two Airlines Collapse within days of each other
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/norwegian-airline-flyr-files-bankruptcy-2023-01-31/
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2023-02-02/aer-lingus-regional-takes-over-former-flybe-routes
Final Boeing 747 departs Everett for its new home
https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/final-boeing-747-departs-everett-for-its-new-home/151885.article
A CAA Compagnie Africaine Aviation Airbus A320-200 loses
parts
https://www.avherald.com/h?article=504714d8&opt=0
Airline review: Thai AirAsia X, Airbus A330 premium lie-flat
https://www.traveller.com.au/airline-review-thai-airasia-x-airbus-a330-premium-lieflat-business-class-melbourne-to-bangkok-h295bo
Cape Air Cessna suffers nose-gear collapse in Chicago
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/cape-air-cessna-suffers-nose-gear-collapse-in-chicago/151828.article
Pampered pooches on UK's first private jets for pets airline
prepare for take-off
https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/pampered-pooches-uks-first-private-29102434
Discussion on the recent change in social media policy at
BA
https://twitter.com/DaveWallsworth/status/1620901575500894210
https://twitter.com/British_Airways/status/1621131561939898368
The family of five flying around the world in a tiny plane
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/family-of-five-fly-around-the-world/index.html