Layovers - Air Travel podcast

Mar 13 2025 145 ep. 92 mins 716
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The Air Travel podcast — an aviation and travel show, top #1 in 50+ countries. Created by Paul Papadimitriou and Alex Hunter.

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145 KUL - AF001 fragrance, long-haul family, blue liveries, Jewel bathtub plug, hidden runways, what is premium economy

Mar 13 2025 144 mins  
YVR-SIN-KUL-SIN-TPE-NRT, a long-haul family adventure, and not on a dusty train.

144 10Y — A Decade on the Air, Emirates Zero-Gravity First-Class pinnacle, Virgin Avgeek fan, Finnair joy, BA loyalty controversy

Jan 27 2025 127 mins  
From the controversy of BA to the pinnacle of First Class extravaganza, from London to Delhi to Helsinki to New York to Dubai to Tokyo, this installment has all the emotions of a 10 year anniversary episode.

143 LBG - De-icing YVR, from Air France panache to roomy Ryanair, the retro-future of CDG T1 & the Concorde

Jan 02 2025 136 mins  
De-icing adventures, a tour of Europe, a visit to the wonderful Le Bourget aerospace museum, and the alternative timeline of retro-futuristic air travel.

142 KTM - From Ukraine to Nepal, war zone and sky trails

Dec 13 2024 144 mins  
Paul ventures into Ukraine. Alex soars above the Himalayas.

141 OKA - When building a flying itinerary to Japan and beyond is like building a LEGO set

Oct 07 2024 111 mins  
We take a little tour of those airports: OKA, ISG, HND, HNL, OGG, SFO, CEB, CRK, DXB, LGW, and wish all airlines would be called something like Japan Transocean Air.

140 AKL - Everything flight planning, future fares, premium leisure growth, BA Fly no more, LHR T1 secret, the return of the 380?

Jul 22 2024 134 mins  
Another episode around the world, LAX, KEF, AKL, BNE, AUH, DOH, LHR, IST, PDX featuring the consummate aviation professional, and ever-friendly, Hakan, with everything you ever wanted to know about flight planning, the secret of Heathrow Terminal 1 (why it's still standing), and more.

139 YEG - From ground crew to flight attendant, via two pandemic Olympics: Vinod's AvGeek chronicles

Jun 03 2024 162 mins  
The AvGeek Odyssey of Vinod, from ground crew, to flight attendant, to two Covid Olympics: an episode full of aviation and travel stories, and lots of laughs.

138 AUH - Chic new Abu Dhabi, all business BeOnd, MAX flying challenge, humane low cost, wireless lavatory IFE

May 13 2024 125 mins  
It's Alex and Paul this time, not Paul and Alex, for it's another Alex (you've met her in 133!). From Male, with an all business airline, to Abu Dhabi, who means business with its new airport, we fly all around and over-analyze details of airlines (is there an orange remnant on that 319?) and airports (when even signage isn't enough).

137 SAI - The Great Tour of Cambodia and Vietnam, with a cup of water from Cambodia Angkor Air

Apr 23 2024 141 mins  
Paul and Paolo share almost the same name, almost the same birthday, nearly the same height, and a great friendship and love for air travel. We compare notes on Cambodia and Vietnam.

136 DXB - Vegan First Class, lounge bouncers, jet stream rush, intermittent flying fasting, improper JFK

Mar 07 2024 121 mins  
Alex flies to New York, meets the jet stream and an unbelievably bad customer representative. Paul flies to Dubai, tries the new Emirates plant-based signature dishes with a First upgrade that this podcast made possible.