Alex Hunter
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Co-host of Layovers, Creator of Attache TravelAppears in 142 Episodes
124 LAX — In and out LAX, the rise of Turkish Airlines, frequent flyer free agents, airline consulting, LA celebrity handling, with Hakan aka LAFlyr
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 ...
123 BRR — Flying the Concorde, visiting all the Concordes, accessing the Concorde Room, a Concorde episode with GGL Ed Parsons
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 ...
122 FLR — Joyful Norse, Doha Changi Gardens, in-flight 5G, A380 returns, Avios loot boxes, limitless UK liquids, nacho cheese lounge
A few snowy destinations, a few Italian destinations, some airport gardens, and everything in between — be excellent to each other.
121 JED — Flying to Saudi Arabia to see AlUla, Jeddah airport aquarium, Emirates cost cutting, desert driving, Indy travel philosophy
The adventure of flying to Saudi Arabia to see the Nabataeans tombs of AlUla.
120 YUL — World Cup flights, Avios stash, Alaska royalty, Nein to AirTags, Upper First Class, Trudeau Dorval or Mirabel
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.
119 KHI — Flying in and around Pakistan, Queen NOTAMs, Japan rush, United x Emirates, ticket inflation, Virgin plusgrade, Argo escape
Paul flies in, out, and around Pakistan. Alex gets plusgraded to Upper Class.
118 LAP — Victorville overfly, 2bn Emirates refresh, Star losing Lufthansa, taxiing EWR for 9hrs, Windsor Suites, smuggling McMuffins
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).
117 VLC - Summer of discontent, Alitalia hit-and-run, AirTag anxiety, A380 comeback, so long Comair, Vuelinggedon
Strikes add to the travel chaos, for a summer of discontent, and Alex experiences it all first hand — are we back to the 1970s? Two hours of air travel stories to unra...
116 MDE - Brace for travel chaos, turbulence forecast, Medellin missed approach, 747-200m fine, air-bus routes, cascading wet leases
Brace brace brace, travel chaos ahead! Another two hours fly by between Alex and Paul, going to Medellin and back, with a million stories in between.
115 RTW - Mark Vanhoenacker: Imagine a City, a (787) Pilot Sees the World
A Round the World conversation with our friend Mark Vanhoenacker for the launch of his new book 'Imagine a City'. We talk about our love for cities, the small ones of ...
114 UVF — Losing Virgin(ity) from sunset to sunrise, SLU, Airbus Ecureuil, ever late 777X, who pilots Air France?
Virgin Atlantic to the Caribbean and back, Paul is finally no longer a Virgin virgin. Flying from SLU over St Lucia in an Airbus Helicopter. The Cathay white liveries....
113 MLE - Seaplanes, A380s and (not) remembering DXB. A220 flying through the biweekly BA IT mess.
Emirates, Emirates and more Emirates, in First, in Business, on 380s or 777s. To Male and seaplanes for Alex, to Dubai with a blank at deplaning for Paul. But also som...
112 JFK T5 - JetBlue Mint Studio, SFO for 3 hours and back, powered 747 relic, non-reclining Finnair, Airpotle
We're back, after Alex took his time to hack a 747 seat belt sign, and Paul having played too much Airportle.
111 LIH - Touring the US in the pandemic-ish era, the MAX is back, the recovery not yet
Alex tours the US, from Denver to San Francisco to Las Vegas to Oakland to Hawaii, and gets to experience his first 737MAX, and the Great Pacific (aka lyrically talkin...
110 SIN T4 - Vaccine tourism, supersonic Boom, Mi(g)nsk detour, Covid passports, plague terminal
Alex gets cancelled (not him, the flight!). Duty free to nowhere (and no good pricing anyway). No kidnap fee, a new product by Ryanair. Plague terminal at LHR. Amber, ...
109 DIVERSION - Storminess reroute, Steampunk Singapore, (AL)ITA(LIA), pandemic fleets
Alex outsmarts a diversion, using all the on-air WiFi. Paul talks Scrabble (he clearly spent too much time on the ground). Flights to nowhere and airplane food to your...
108 WFH - We Meet Again
When two friends who haven’t seen each other for a year, meet again. One didn’t travel, the other just a little. Recorded live, no edits.
107 - A Golden Era of travel ends, another will rise
Flight 107. We might have been in a Golden Age of travel, and didn't see it — it's now time to reflect, and think about the next one, a different one, with perhaps mor...
106 OGG - The 2020 Virus Crash, the world is shutting down, keep healthy, cheer up, we will beat this (and, guys, that Kahului final will make you smile!)
Flight 106. The 2020 Virus Crash, the world is shutting down, no one is flying — this could become the biggest downturn ever in aviation history and perhaps the bigges...