On this episode of On-Air, Dan and Alex cover a packed week of aviation news. They revisit the 737 MAX crisis, tracing the timeline from the Lion Air crash to the Ethiopian Airlines accident and how it reshaped Boeing&#x27;s reputation. They discuss why airlines retire flight numbers after tragedies, including Singapore Airlines and SQ321, and why fireworks near airports remain a hidden risk, following a Delta A319 struck by a firework on approach to Chicago Midway. They break down the disappearance of a K2 Cargo Boeing 737 over the Arabian Sea, GPS jamming across Middle East airspace, and the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict&#x27;s impact on flight paths. The conversation turns to Condor&#x27;s surprising partnership with Etihad on a new Abu Dhabi to Bangkok route, takeover speculation involving Gulf carriers, EasyJet&#x27;s £5.5 billion takeover bid from Castlelake, and the chaos EES (Entry/Exit System) is causing at European airports this summer. Please send us your questions, topics, or opinions via direct message on Instagram below. Follow Nonstop Dan on YouTube and Instagram. Follow Alex Macheras on X (Twitter) and Instagram. Contact for sponsorship: collabs@nonstopdan.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Why Etihad and Condor's Partnership Makes No Sense

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I'm Dan and I'm Alex and welcome back to On-Air. It's another Wednesday. How are we doing? Wow, you are sounding so much more upbeat than about 15 seconds ago. So I'm impressed what just happened as we press record and you managed to find the energy to do this. Well, I'm appreciative. All is well. How are you? I'm good. Yeah, I'm enjoying summer. I think you're enjoying it even more than me. You're a summer man.

Maxing this year. I don't like these stupid TikTok social media style phrasing, this phraseology that has gone everywhere of this and also, so what did you say? Summer maxing. Summer maxing. Yeah. What does that even mean? It means you're maxing the amount of summer you're enjoying. Just ridiculous, honestly, as if the concept of summer and everything that we associate with summer, you know,

none of it was a thing until Gen Z managed to package it all into a 10 second TikTok and now it's a thing. No, you know what? Go on. Korean Air is retiring their 747 or at least it's not in the schedule yet. There are 747-8 past October. So if anything, we should all be 747 maxing immediately. I always say that we are sensible to A380 maxing.

I know. What's the singular use of it? Oh God. See, I'm not even going to try it. These are not real words. These belong in the dictionary of brain rot. Okay. These are bullshit words. And it's like, it's like when ChatGPT first came out and everyone out of nowhere suddenly, apparently, were frequent users of the word foster.

Why Etihad and Condor's Partnership Makes No Sense

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Why Etihad and Condor's Partnership Makes No Sense

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.