About this episode

The hosts discuss America's 250th anniversary and various aviation news topics.

Send us Fan Mail Drew responded to an Alert 1 (we’ll explain) and Doug is back from a not so hot Zurich. We discuss: Happy 250th America Big SAS orderAir New Zealand defers upcoming ordersEasyJet being acquired?What exactly do gate agents do as they “open” a gate?Contributor commentsJoin The Network! https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

People in this episode

Hosts: Doug, Drew

Topics covered

• America's 250th
• aviation news
• airline orders
• gate agents
• travel experiences

Keywords

• America
• SAS
• Air New Zealand
• EasyJet
• Zurich
• aviation
• gate agents

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SAS, Air New Zealand, EasyJet

Places: America, Zurich

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