Layovers - Air Travel podcast

047 JFK - Bye Virgin America, supersonic Boom, noise-cancelling headphone king, British Airways food

Episode Summary

Flight 047. And we’re finally back! Will cost-cutting Etihad and suffering Lufthansa merge? Norwegian gets approval in the US. Is British Airways really ready to offer food on demand in business class? Boom iterates in supersonic speed for its first prototype jet. Another airline introduces fares without overhead bin access. Qatar increases the noise level on its upcoming super-business seat. Emirates is not happy at all with Rolls-Royce. How long will we wait for the third LHR runway? Alex gets delayed for 10 hours in JFK. Paul flies First on Qantas and glees over the new king of noise-cancelling headphones.