Runway Briefing

By Ryan Holstein

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Your five-minute daily briefing for people who love aviation. From new routes and aircraft orders to airline strategy, fleet changes, airports, and the stories everyone’s talking about — everything you need to know about the world of aviation, delivered like a friend catching you up over coffee.


Whether you work in the industry, rack up the miles, or just spend way too much time on Flightradar24, Runway Briefing is for you.


Episode Date
Singapore Airlines Goes All In On Luxury, Europe's Bomb Hoax Headache, and KLM's Layoffs Keep Growing
Nov 06, 2026
Qantas Clears Out the Fleet, KLM's Billion-Euro Pain, and Delta's Windowless Window Seats
Nov 05, 2026
Emirates vs. Italy, Lufthansa's Airline Collection Grows, and JetBlue's Bag Fees Just Won't Quit
Nov 04, 2026
Delta Declares War on Heathrow, American's Ebola Paperwork Problem, and Southwest Admits the Quiet Part Out Loud
Nov 03, 2026
Weekly Deep Dive: Is Jet Fuel About to Break the Airline Industry?
Nov 02, 2026
Mar-a-Lago Jet Tragedy, Ryanair Freezes Pay, and Southwest's Expiring Denials
Nov 02, 2026
Mayday Over SFO, Kirby Airs All His Grievances, and Delta Quietly Wins the Widebody War
Nov 01, 2026
Lufthansa Tragedy in Bengaluru, the FTC Comes for Fare Pricing, and a Tiramisu That Could Get You Drug Tested
Oct 31, 2026
Episode title — Solo Travelers Get Taxed, Airlines Fight the CDC, and Boeing's Backlog Stretches Into the 2030s
Oct 30, 2026
United's Basic First Class Nickel-and-Dimes You, Heathrow's Terminal Shuffle Gets Messier, and Two Planes Kiss at LAX
Oct 29, 2026
Weekly Deep Dive: United Just Told You Loyalty Doesn't Pay What It Used To
Oct 19, 2026
Scott Kirby Calls It a "Betrayal," Two Jets Get Fighter Escorts, and Lufthansa Retires a Legend
Oct 19, 2026
Air India's $2.3 Billion Problem, a Wild Night of Emergency Landings, and the Vending Machine That Sold Death Insurance
Oct 18, 2026
737 MAX 10 Finally Clears the Runway, Trump's Beirut Dream Hits Turbulence, and BA Hunts Down Spy Glasses
Oct 17, 2026
777 Partners' Founder Pleads Guilty, Southwest Blows Up Rapid Rewards, and a Flight to Nowhere
Oct 16, 2026
American's Network Chief Exits, Saudi Arabia Evacuates $4 Billion in Jets, and Ryanair's $9 Flight Sale
Oct 15, 2026
Lufthansa Snags TAP, Delta Gets Fancy, and Riyadh Air Flees Its Own Airport
Oct 14, 2026
United Makes Status Harder to Get, a Fake Hijack Shuts Down Nuremberg, and Emirates Might Ditch the 787
Oct 13, 2026
Weekly Deep Dive: Delta's Riyadh Gamble and the New Math of Geopolitical Risk
Oct 12, 2026
Delta's Riyadh Bet Gets Delayed Five Months, American Recommits to LAX, and a Lufthansa 747 Nearly Kisses the Runway at LAX
Oct 12, 2026
Riyadh Airport Takes Another Hit, Israel Locks Out 31 Nationalities, and United's Windscreen Scare Over the Atlantic
Oct 11, 2026
Flydubai Fallout Spreads, JetBlue's Bonds Get Shaky, and American Kills First Class
Oct 10, 2026
Delta's Riyadh Gamble Gets Scarier, Southwest Eyes Widebodies, and American Goes All In on Starlink
Oct 09, 2026
Missiles Hit Riyadh Airport, American Goes All-In on Starlink, and Europe's Transatlantic Land Grab Continues
Oct 08, 2026
JetBlue Grabs Spirit's Slots, Emirates Ditches the A380, and First Class Gets Cheaper (And Worse)
Oct 07, 2026
Boeing's MAX Headache, United's Starlink Sprint, and BA Builds a Flying Business Class Mansion
Oct 06, 2026
British Airways' Scary Descent, American Kills "Invols," and the Flydubai Plot Gets Darker
Oct 05, 2026
Holiday Fares Spike, United Picks a Wi-Fi Fight With Delta, and Vegas Can't Catch a Break
Oct 04, 2026
Flydubai's Vetting Scandal, Frontier's Fake Boarding Pass Guy, and the UK's Half-Baked Fee Ban
Oct 03, 2026
Flydubai's Captain Breaks His Silence, American Starlink Goes All-In, and Southwest's Bag Fee Lawsuit Gets Dodged
Oct 02, 2026
Flydubai Grounds Israel Flights, United Puts a Velvet Rope on First Class, and TSA Takes Away the Chairs
Oct 01, 2026
Runway Briefing — A Cockpit Attack Over Israel, Delta's Musk Meltdown, and American Squeezes More Seats Onto Its Fancy Jet
Sep 30, 2026
Runway Briefing — Alaska Bets Big on Beds, Boeing's MAX 10 Gets Benched Again, and a Tiny Island Runway Nobody's Heard Of
Sep 29, 2026
Weekly Deep Dive: AirBaltic's Bankruptcy and the A220's Reckoning
Sep 14, 2026
airBaltic Files Chapter 11, American Eyes Singapore Again, and a Cargo Plane's Owner Gets the Boot
Sep 14, 2026
LaGuardia's Missing Controllers, Virgin Atlantic's Route Cuts, and Frontier's Oakland Gamble
Sep 13, 2026
United's Orphaned Seats, Ryanair Clips a Wingtip in Dublin, and the Sonic Boom Ban Might Be Ending
Sep 12, 2026
25 Years Since 9/11, Emirates Finally Gets Berlin, and JetBlue Hits Pause on Growth
Sep 11, 2026
NTSB's Grim Amazon Update, United Cancels Its Own 9/11 Flypast, and Hyatt Ditches American for Delta
Sep 10, 2026
Amazon's 767 Crash Gets Grimmer, London Grinds to a Halt, and Delta Quietly Shrinks Vegas
Sep 09, 2026
NTSB Details the Miami Crash, Delta's Scary Descent, and American Kills First Class (Sort Of)
Sep 08, 2026
Amazon's Deadly Miami Crash: Cargo Aviation's Safety Blind Spot
Sep 07, 2026
Amazon's Deadly Miami Crash, United Flies Back to Tel Aviv, and a Duct-Taped Passenger Loses His Job
Sep 07, 2026
Boeing Tears Open 30 777Xs, American Flirts With The A330neo Right As Its Engine Gets Flagged, and a Drone Shuts Down San Diego
Sep 06, 2026
Qantas Dumps the A380 Early, Virgin Cuts North America, and DOT Lets Airlines Off the Hook for Your Hotel
Sep 05, 2026
American's Widebody Gamble, Boeing's Air Force One Cracks, and Ukraine Warns the Skies Over Russia Are Closing
Sep 04, 2026
Air Canada Goes Big, Southwest Gets Lounges, and a Cuba Flight Turns Into a Bomb Joke Nobody Should've Made
Sep 03, 2026
American Kills First Class, BA Guts Heathrow, and JetBlue Finally Gets a First Class Cabin
Sep 02, 2026
Runway Briefing: United's Stranded Seats, Delta's Hawaii Whiplash, and JetBlue Buys Its Way Into LaGuardia
Sep 01, 2026
Weekly Deep Dive: The A321XLR Was Supposed to Change Everything. Weeks In, It's Already Buckling.
Aug 31, 2026
An Independent Reporter Loses His Home, Etihad Bets Big, and United's CEO Wants Chicago All to Himself
Aug 31, 2026
Episode Title: United Bets Big on Small Planes, Boeing's Wings Have a Shim Problem, and a Guy Bomb-Threats His Own Flight
Aug 30, 2026
Episode Title: Air Canada's A321XLR Face-Plants on London, Delta and United Want to Be Singapore Airlines, and Frontier Guts Elite Status
Aug 29, 2026