Boarding Pass 078: The Travel Surge is HERE

Send us Fan MailWe’ve been saying for over a year that we are “one week closer to this crisis being over,” and here we are - at least in the US. Passenger volumes are back with a vengeance as Americans crowd airports and head to leisure destinations after enduring COVID cabin fever.  Doug regales us with his fabulous last business trip at his current job. Spoiler alert, he won’t get miles at his new job...Other topics discussedTraffic is up at the airports and in the air as we start seeing ATC programs to manage volumeTSA screenings are up to 70% of 2019 and airfares are risingEU to open doors for vaccinated foreignersBreeze launches with nonstop flights between smaller cities to “get people there twice as fast for half as much money”Our Ops Center discussion focuses on windshear and microbursts and how we’re able to detect themWe finish the episode with our thoughts on a blog post explaining why widebody domestic flights should be avoided. What!? We think you know where this discussion is going... Join the conversation at:www. nexttripnetwork.com https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/