DLD 476: Giving away Newark

Newark air traffic is on the move, in a sense. Control of traffic to and from the airport will shift later this summer from the NYC-area's "N90" controllers to Philadelphia. Can that solve the ATC delays? Also in this episode: * Big Airbus orders from East Asia * JetBlue kills off LAX focus city, but not completely * Redeyes coming (eventually) to Southwest * XB-1 first flight * New biz seats for Malaysia Airlines (and no more A350 F) * Avelo headed to Mexico, Dominican Republic * BA JFK-LGW diversion due to incapacitated pilot * BA First Wing check-in (no more liquid restrictions) For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including: * New Pacific dropping Reno * airBaltic applies for US authorities * United mileage pooling * Frontier to JFK/EWR * Tennessee tries to ban chemtrails * Alaska Access subscription (and a new route at STS) And plenty more. Enjoy the show!