AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, updates on last week’s mass hoax threats against aircraft across Europe. In one instance, Aer Lingus pilots and French authorities clashed over where one of the affected aircraft should land. The NTSB has recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the crashed Learjet in Florida. The CVR is now with NTSB specialists in Washington DC for evaluation. Airbus has officially earned a world record for its A350-1000ULR flight from Melbourne to Toulouse last July. The f

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss what the ADS-B data and initial NTSB investigation tell us about the crash Learjet 60 N722BD. We also touch on why this crash seems to have spawned so many maddeningly unhelpful conspiracy theories. Also on this week’s episode, multiple aircraft have been affected by hoax bomb threats across Europe. And the NTSB releases its final report on a quadruple runway incursion at JFK Airport in New York. Famous for its pilot-ATC interaction, JFK is in a clas

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, CNBC aviation reporter Leslie Josephs tells us why some young former Spirit Airlines A320neos are being dismantled and where the usable parts are going. Also on this week’s episode, Lufthansa and Fraport unveil the “Gate of the Future” in Frankfurt and we have a few thoughts. Virgin and Delta are furious at Heathrow Airport as Delta could be forced to move out of the terminal it shares with Virgin, Swiss is ending its wet lease arrangement with Air Baltic, Boei

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we’re onboard the final Lufthansa A340-600 flight with a few hundred of our closest friends. Boeing’s largest 737 is finally certified by the FAA nearly 10 years after being announced by the the airframer. And third quarter earnings reports from airlines have been mostly positive, but all are warning of trouble ahead as we close out the year. Helpful links for this week’s episode Onboard the final Lufthansa A340-600 flight (VIDEO) 737-10 MAX receives FAA certif

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, flights in Saudi Arabia are facing intense disruption following a series of strikes by the Houthi’s on Saudi aviation infrastructure. Riyadh Airport is closed until at least 18 October after a strike on a terminal building killed at least 12 people and injured hundreds more. Airports like Jeddah and Dammam have also faced disruptions and airports in the southwest of the country have been closed this week. Elsewhere, Israel is banning airline crews from a long li

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, the latest on the investigation into flydubai flight 1073. The NTSB releases its preliminary report on the 767 runway overrun in Miami last month. The Houthis warn airlines against using Saudi Arabian airspace. And airlines are still using decade-old software to avoid glitches in the 737. Keep up with the stories in this week’s epsiode 0:00–02:12 Opening / Plans for Lufthansa’s final A340-600 flight 2:12–05:00 Planes on a train 5:00–11:11 flydubai incident u