Boarding Pass 074: Next Trip Crystal Ball

Send us a text Aired on April 25, 2021 Doug and Drew looked into our Avgeek cyrstal ball a year ago and forecast that we’d be at 75% of 2019 capacity by the summer of 2020. American Airlines announced that they would be at 80% this summer so we were close! Not so much on our forecast of travel bubbles which look to be overtaken by “Green” destinations. Topics covered: EVA Air repaints its Hello Kitty 777-300 back to normal Aer Lingus flew leased 757’s which were another casualty of COVID19 Would you pay for extra legroom? Virgin Atlantic predicts they will resume all flights by November Southwest and American say leisure travel is rebounding We talk about how to get a job in the airlines We finish the episode with an update on our Alaska trip, Northern fLights. Agenda below: 08MAY 830a - depart SEA on Alaska Airlines flight 65 415p - arrive ANC (We’ll be staying at the Captain Cook Hotel) 630p - Meet up at Moose Tooth Pub and & Pizzeria and then spotting at ANC 09MAY Currently open but we’re planning on spotting, with breaks, until at least midnight 10MAY AM free for meet ups and more spotting before departing for ANC at 5pm Join the conversation at http://www.nexttripnetwork.com https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/