DLD 418: Flying on funky wings
New wing designs, and new engines hanging from them, could change the way we fly. Or at least make it more efficient.
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DLD 402: Three planes you’ll probably never fly. Or maybe four.
Can Russia produce more than 300 commercial aircraft by the end of the decade to backfill the Boeing and Airbus frames that will be inoperable...
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DLD 370: Total Eclipse of Sanity
There are far too many idiots on planes today. Plus lasers, order drama, and more!
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DLD 356: Celebratory deaths
So much noise for a handful of new routes. Is it really worth the hype? Plus an airline blocks customers and a hotel sues its...
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Alitalia is dead; long live Alitalia
Late on Thursday night Alitalia will make its final flight. AZ1586 from Cagliari to Rome is scheduled to depart at 22:05 local time, arriving in...
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Is the Alitalia brand really worth $340 million??
Italy's newest airline may be forced to pay far more than it hoped to keep the Alitalia brand alive. Reports suggest a starting price of...
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DLD 343: That probably won’t work
They might all be terrible ideas, but we're still going to talk about them and figure out if any of it makes sense.
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When the job helps beat your travel bucket list
Do you have a dozen places you want to visit? Would it help if someone else footed the bill? And if you have a diplomatic...
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Goodbye, Meridiana; Hello, Air Italy!
Italy has a new airline this week and it is not toying around. Expect roughly 50 aircraft to be flying from the Milan-based Air Italy...
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Alitalia seeks stopover success
Can adding free stopovers in Rome help turn Alitalia's fortunes around? The carrier hopes to deliver a half million extra travelers to Italy's capital (and...