The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast
The Next Trip is a weekly, internationally acclaimed podcast with aviation insiders Doug and Drew, who together bring more than 40 years of industry experience as a professional pilot and a hub operations manager at a major airline. Join them, and their frequent guests, as they create a network for other AvGeeks and travel enthusiasts to obsess about all things aviation. Doug and Drew discuss today’s aviation news, share personal operational stories, regale listeners with trip reviews, and engage in friendly AvGeek banter. All thoughts and opinions are their own. Visit us at www.nexttripnetwork.com
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Send us a text Doug is back from London and Drew lost a fight with a windsock. We discuss our weeks in flight and airport ops as well as the latest aviation news:Aurora Borealis wows pilots and passengers Government shutdown ends and aviation recovers2 airlines serving the UK, Eastern Airways and Blue Islands, shut dow
Send us a text Doug is back from Taipei and Drew has a busy week at airport ops. We discuss:More nonrev adventures Thanksgiving travel numbers and a way too early weather forecast More government shutdown issues impacting aviationSecurity scare in DCUPS Flight 2976Engine failures Links from this episode:Doug’s Taipei w
Send us a text Doug is back from a whirlwind nonrev trip to Germany with his dad. We remember the history of Hawaiian Airlines as its airline code and operating certificate are laid to rest. We discuss:Doug and Dale’s amazing, and fast, nonrev adventureGood bye Hawaiian AirlinesCreeping 777-9 certification delaysATC co
Send us a text Drew is back from a weekend in Quebec City and Doug is preparing for a nonrev adventure with his dad. We discuss:Birds on approach pathTravelers Aid people are interesting Engine shortagesEK9788 - ACT Airlines 747-400BCF crash in Hong KongAmerican Airlines 3rd quarter numbersUnited flight 1093 severely d
Send us a text Doug is back from his narrow body style trip to NYC and Hawaii, via Denver, and Drew is loving runway inspections between flights (literally) and helping lost pigeons in the terminal. We discuss:A Pan Am rebirth?Boeing delivery newsAnother U.S. airline posts great Q3 numbersLots of great contributor feed
Send us a text Doug and Drew are back from trips over the Pacific to Taipei and Honolulu. Our buddy Patrick returns to the show to talk about dragging aircraft around the airport and Drew around Oahu on a packed 2-day trip. We discuss:Getting to Taiwan around a typhoonNonreving to Hawaii and backQuestions on moving air