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Mar 2024
58m 58s

New Era of Qatar Airways Announced, JetB...

Nonstop Dan & Alex Macheras
About this episode

Dan & Alex unpack everything from the new CEO of Qatar Airways' first global interview, where Badr Al Meer outlined “Qatar Airways 2.0”; plus the latest on JetBlue slashing its route network; Amsterdam travels; Heathrow; A380s; Airline profitability; Bidding for upgrades; and much more. Happy On-Air Day!

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- Is it rude to call before 9 am?

- Dan’s travels to London & Amsterdam 

- Terminal 5 Bus Gates AGAIN

- Heathrow Airport gate allocation 

- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport 

- Amsterdam as a destination 

- Amsterdam’s campaign to deter bachelor/stag group trips 

- Amsterdam’s flight cap restrictions 

- JetBlue axe multiple US and international destinations in the quest for profitability 

- Qatar Airways new CEO Badr Al Meer outlines Qatar Airways 2.0 strategy 

- New Qatar Airways QSuite

- New Qatar Airways First Class 

- Badr Al Meer committed to Qatar Airways A380's future 

- Qatar Airways invites Airbus and Boeing to prepare a widebody order proposal 

- Qatar vs Riyadh Air

- How we check how busy a flight is…

- United Airlines negative headlines

- Boeing’s reputation damage 

- Q&A



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