DLD 538: Looping back

Update: 2025-06-12

Description

More on partners, plus London and American's premium play and Rome for Alaska

Also in this episode:

* IATA Partnership Announcements

* Southwest and China Airlines interline

* Delta adds IndiGo as a partner (plus plans ATL-DEL return)

* IndiGo also adds Garuda

* Riyadh Air-AF/KLM

* Air India & everyone

* Emirates & Air China

* Etihad & Starlux

* EWR capacity cuts extended

* Spotify Takes In-Flight Entertainment to the Skies With New United Airlines Partnership (plus the playlist Seth talked about, on Spotify or Qobuz)

* Boeing quietly back to rate 38 on MAX and also no engines (or other components) for Comac

For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including:

* Seth’s thoughts on American’s new HighJ cabin

* JetBlue/Brightline Partnership

* Alaska’s Seattle to Rome Summer

* Supersonic Executive Order boost Boom, plus UAVs

And plenty more. Enjoy the show!