Simple Flying podcast covers American Airlines crash and Boeing 777X updates

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Feb 6, 2025

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Simple Flying has released the 245th episode of its podcast, hosted by Managing Editor Tom Boon and Senior Editor Channing Reid. The weekly podcast aims to cover significant commercial aviation stories with insights and occasional light-hearted commentary.

In this episode, Boon and Reid discuss several key topics from the past week in aviation. Among the subjects covered are an American Airlines CRJ700 crash, United Airlines reaching a fleet size of 1,000 planes, speculation on who will receive the first Boeing 777X, Boom’s XB-1 achieving supersonic flight, and Lufthansa acquiring a stake in airBaltic.

Listeners can access the Simple Flying podcast on various platforms including Spotify, Amazon Music, Pocket Casts, Podchaser, Overcast, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts.

The team at Simple Flying encourages listeners to share their feedback or suggestions in the comments section of the article. They also invite questions for potential discussion in next week’s episode via email.

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