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Imagine if Baltimore actually built the full Metro SubwayLink line from Owings Mill to @bwiairport.bsky.social? Peterson and Brickbauer event built a shell for a future Metro station in their 1979 BWI terminal. 📷 SDASM Archives

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The exterior of the new Hollywood Burbank terminal is where it's at, with a sweeping canopy and plaza featuring benches and native plants. Inside, its an utterly straightforward, workaday building that will get the job done at SoCal's 4th busiest airport. byerussell.substack.com/p/the-glamor...

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KLM took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 on Friday. While it is fitted with all of the latest features and amenities, the business class cabin remains blocked off pending seat certification by regulators: www.cnn.com/2026/08/15/t...

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It's always a good time for the Queen, -400 edition. #AvGeek (📷 SDASM Archives)

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Some shots of @wmata.com at the Rhode Island Ave station in 1975 from the San Diego Air and Space Museum's collection. #washingtondc

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My new favorite spot at Sea-Tac ✈️😍 📍 The Concourse C Expansion terrace byerussell.substack.com/p/seattle-ta...

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The sidewalk in front of Archbishop Carroll High this morning. I'm really happy to see students embracing micromobility but blocking the sidewalk is a no no. What if someone comes by in a wheelchair? #washingtondc

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Really enjoying United's latest app updates 😍 #AvGeek

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My favorite way from #DCA! ✈️🚴‍♂️ #bikedc

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TAP Air Portugal, with its geographically well positioned Lisbon hub, is the next prize in European airline consolidation. Air France-KLM and the Lufthansa Group are facing off.

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The Twin Cities will open the 14.5-mile Green Line extension to Eden Prairie in June 2027. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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Amtrak's first Airo trainset is on its maiden revenue run on the @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov from Seattle en route to Eugene via Portland. The new trains dramatically increase seating capacity and, hopefully, passenger comfort.

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The goal for Alaska with its new premium 737 MAX 10s is to close what it considers a “key product gap” in its offering for high-end West Coast fliers. Expect to eventually see the planes in Los Angeles, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. www.flightglobal.com/strategy/202...

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Alaska will fly two 737-10 layouts: Premium in the Aurora livery with 159 seats, including 12 lie-flat suites and 12 premium economy seats. Standard in the Chester livery with 188 seats; that's 10 more seats than on the 737-9s.

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Alaska will add 8 more intercontinental destinations for a total of 15 from @flysea.bsky.social by 2030.

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Alaska Air Group CEO Ben Minicucci kicking off the group's media and investor day in Seattle. www.flightglobal.com/strategy/202...

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Come for the run around Hollywood Burbank Airport, stay for the aviation history 🏃‍♂️✈️ www.instagram.com/p/Dd2P1S3BtcX/ #running #avgeek

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Some windy Seattle miles 🏃‍♂️ #running

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As previously hinted at, Alaska will join transatlantic and transpacific joint ventures with American, BA, JAL and others. www.flightglobal.com/strategy/202...

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Alaska Airlines will expand its long-haul network from Seattle faster than previously planned. The airline now forecasts 15 long-haul routes (Europe, Asia, etc) by 2030, up from its previous guidance of ~10. It flies or has announced 6 to date (NRT, ICN, FCO, LHR, ATH, CDG).

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Alaska, and every other airline investing in premium, is the number of economy seats is dropping. That not only drives higher premium revenues but also higher economy fares, good for the bottom line but not necessarily for travelers. It's the K-shaped economy in a metal tube.

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The suite — pun intended — of new offerings from Alaska brings the company's premium product in line with its competitors and positions it to, as Minicucci aims, be a fourth global US airline that can compete with the likes of American, Delta and United.

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New from Alaska: business class suites and premium economy seats on its 787s and select 737-10s — yup, MAX 10s with lie-flats — plus Hawaiian A330s all coming in 2028. It's part of CEO Ben Minicucci's aim to turn the airline into a “premium global carrier." www.flightglobal.com/strategy/202...

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The Pacific Northwest is so damn beautiful 🗻

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My ride to Seattle today ✈️ My travel is courtesy of Alaska Airlines. #AvGeek

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I love an airport you can easily walk to. 📍 Hollywood-Burbank byerussell.substack.com/p/the-pedest...

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Enjoyed a long wait at LA Union Station last night. Got one heck of a sunset 🚊 @metrolosangeles.bsky.social

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 27/09/2026

Terminal 5 at LAX is completely gone! (They’re building a replacement that *should* open by the 2028 Olympics)

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They're ripping out the hallway carpet in Concourse C-D at Dulles Airport in favor of polished concrete. Yay/nay?

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 27/09/2026

Washingtonians most loved-to-hate form of transport.

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“When your grinding, having somewhere to sit that’s comfortable and quiet, and you can have a free cup of coffee — or a pancake — it really takes the edge off if you’re flying 35 times a year.” Don't forget the view of planes, @jonostrower.com.

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Lounge design, despite the deserved critiques of mediocre food and meh spaces, *is* getting better even if the raison d’etat of airport lounges remains as a calm(er) respite from the chaos of the concourse. byerussell.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

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“This is not about generating actual loyalty. It’s about selling more benefits to the credit card companies and reaping the benefits, making the cash out of it.” @crankyflier.com summed up the modern airport lounge business perfectly on The Air Show. open.spotify.com/episode/1151...

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Why the smaller transatlantic growth plan? For one, Delta doesn’t have the new single-aisle A321XLR — nor does it want them — to play with that American and United do. Another could be aircraft availability. Delta is scheduled to take 8 A350-1000s in 2027 but the plane faces delivery delays.

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Delta is taking a conservative approach of transatlantic travel next summer. Unlike competitors American and United, it has only announced 3 new routes (more could come) in the market. 📍 Austin-Paris 📍 Boston-Venice 📍 Detroit-Athens All are destinations it already serves.

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JSX CEO Alex Wilcox on @heartaerospace.bsky.social's ES-36: "Someone needs to build it. No one's building 30- to 50-seat airplanes anymore other than ATR. For something that's going to have 40% of the energy costs ... I think that's the future." thepointsguy.com/news/jsx-cal...

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Princess Di knew the perfect outfit for the weather in DC today.

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Second, Alaska will add frequencies and seats to Los Angeles (LAX) and Portland (PDX). Both go to twice daily from once, and LAX shifts to 737s from E175s. San Diego (SAN) and San Francisco (SFO) will also receive more seats.

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Alaska Airlines is expanding at Paine Field (PAE), Seattle's second airport located in the northern suburb of Everett, with plans to increase seats 50% by next spring. First, Alaska will add new twice-daily service from PAE to San Jose (SJC) on 76-seat E175s.

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