Episodes
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.
Published 10/07/24
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.
Published 07/22/24
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.
Published 06/03/24
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).
Published 05/13/24
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.
Published 04/23/24
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.
Published 03/07/24
"They looked around the region at all these great airports and gone: let's get the TK Maxx version of that"
Published 02/01/24
Alex returns to Hong Kong, Paul discovers La Compagnie. So much travel, so little time to record!
Published 11/29/23
At Layovers, we keep our promises: long time listener Alex Vukolova waited 5 years to be a guest, and this is the day, she's been awesome, for a very special show — we travel on Condor, JetBlue, Transavia, or BA, from Berlin to Almaty to New York to Tokyo and then some, and we geek out on aviation, from a rant about the bundling of the unbundling, to an admiration for Air Astana (not really for the current Almaty airport).
Published 10/22/23
We visit Bologna, Istanbul, Bari, Birmingham, Brindisi, we are in a Mission Impossible movie, and we're running like Tom Cruise over the new Midfield Terminal in Abu Dhabi.
Published 09/30/23
It's a lot about Japan in this episode. And the two dings, the ominous two dings, they will make robots of flight attendants.
Published 08/18/23
Kyle Potter, Executive Editor at Thrifty Traveler, all-around awesome dude, Hello Kitty enthusiast, and long time Layovers listener and friend, tells us all about why MSP is the best thing ever, like everything in Minnesota.
Published 07/20/23
We ate a lot of chocolate, lots of cheese, and laughed a lot — how we traveled to Geneva to record Attaché for YouTube (the airline didn't put us on a scale for the return leg).
Published 06/19/23
What rookie mistake did Alex do this time? A story involving cheeseboards, Star Wars mirages, and a hot air balloon.
Published 06/02/23
Alex finally flies something else than BA/AA to the US, and Paul has so many questions (but no ceiling).
Published 04/27/23
How is it we had never actually done MAD as an episode title? This ends today, however the mad MADrid dash from T4S to T4 never does.
Published 03/09/23
The romantic rendez-vous in Charles de Gaulle — and yes, we finally give you our answers to: airports we think are overrated, airports we like, airports you love, airports we feel ourselves in, airports we need to visit.
Published 02/18/23
Our friend Hakan, aka LAFlyr, is opening 2023 with us — from going early at the airport as a kid to see the planes, to, err, going early to the airport as an adult to see the planes (but he works in aviation as an adult!). He's got tons of avgeek stories, and thoughts.
Published 01/21/23
Ed heard the Concorde prototype as a kid, flew on the Concorde before it got retired, explored all the Concordes in existence around the world since, and now accesses the Concorde Rooms. What a great guest for a fun episode full of insights, thank you so much Ed!
Published 12/31/22
A few snowy destinations, a few Italian destinations, some airport gardens, and everything in between — be excellent to each other.
Published 12/15/22
The adventure of flying to Saudi Arabia to see the Nabataeans tombs of AlUla.
Published 11/22/22
Alex needed to be in Quebec City, so he obviously flew to Montreal — or maybe Paul did send him there so he can have an excuse for STILL not having been to Canada.
Published 10/31/22
Paul flies in, out, and around Pakistan. Alex gets plusgraded to Upper Class.
Published 09/28/22
The Southern/Baja California Alex & Megan 2022 Tour, and the air travel stories of the summer. (And no, it's the other La Paz, everyone).
Published 08/25/22