Simple Flying Aviation News Podcast

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The Simple Flying Podcast - hosted by Tom Boon and Channing Reid is your go to podcast for commercial aviation news and insight. We discuss the top commercial aviation news stories each week, all of the stories discussed can be found on simpleflying.com.

Recent Episodes
  • #255: Alaska Airlines Retires World's 1st Boeing 737-900, MEM On The Move! & Other Hot Topics
    Apr 10, 2025 – 00:26:50
  • #254: American Airlines Fire Lawsuit, 2025's Best April Fools, & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Apr 3, 2025 – 00:30:59
  • #253: Boeing Reversing Guilty Plea, London Heathrow Meltdown
    Mar 28, 2025 – 00:31:12
  • #252: American Overhauls Admirals Club Food, Buy Part Of Iron Maiden's Boeing 747
    Mar 24, 2025 – 00:29:47
  • #251: Bags Fly Free No More, Korean Air Rebranding
    Mar 14, 2025 – 00:32:37
  • #250: Alaska Airlines Considers Starlink, Canada's 2nd Airbus A380
    Mar 7, 2025 – 00:29:01
  • #249: Southwest Airlines Near Miss, Atlas Air & DHL Part Ways
    Mar 3, 2025 – 00:28:12
  • #248: Delta CRJ900 Crash, British Airways Buys Boeing MRO Unit
    Feb 21, 2025 – 00:28:32
  • #247: Boeing's Great January Deliveries, Southwest Airlines New Routes
    Feb 14, 2025 – 00:27:05
  • #246: JetBlue Ends Popular Route, London City Airport Seeks A320neos
    Feb 7, 2025 – 00:29:35
  • #245: American Airlines Crash, 1st Boeing 777X Customer & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Feb 3, 2025 – 00:28:03
  • 244: Southwest Airlines Pilot Cuts, Emirates' Odd 2 Class A380s & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Jan 23, 2025 – 00:26:28
  • #243: Looking Back On 2024's Top Stories
    Dec 27, 2024 – 00:31:00
  • #242: Frontier Cuts 40+ Routes, FAA Certifies P&W A321XLR Engine
    Dec 23, 2024 – 00:20:38
  • #241: AA Cuts 787 Flight Attendants, Grenade Found In Laguardia Baggage
    Dec 13, 2024 – 00:22:00
  • #240: Inside Emirates' New A350, Delta Retires 28 Year Old Boeing 757s
    Dec 11, 2024 – 00:29:44
  • #239: Spirit Bankruptcy, TAP Hamsters Chaos, & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Nov 22, 2024 – 00:28:50
  • #237: Air Canada Boeing 767s, Air Force One Color Scheme
    Nov 20, 2024 – 00:30:02
  • #238: Southwest Separation Packages, 1st COMAC C929 Customer
    Nov 15, 2024 – 00:21:54
  • #236: 1st Airbus A321XLR Delivery, JetBlue Sued Over Ice Cream & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Nov 1, 2024 – 00:34:03
  • #235: Qatar Airways Launches Starlink, American Airlines Cargo Door Incident & 3 More Stories
    Oct 25, 2024 – 00:36:55
  • #234: Southwest Overhaul, Jo's Last Episode & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Oct 1, 2024 – 00:27:54
  • #233: Simple Flying Meets Christina Cassotis, CEO Pittsburgh Airport
    Sep 20, 2024 – 00:17:09
  • #232: 1st Low Cost A321XLR Route, CRJ900 Tail Ripped Off & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Sep 13, 2024 – 00:26:24
  • #231: Cathay's A350 Issues, SWISS First Class Too Heavy, & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Sep 6, 2024 – 00:23:46
  • #230: New Aussie LCC, 2 Drink Limit At Airports & More Aviation News
    Aug 30, 2024 – 00:26:45
  • #229: Canada JetLines Closes, Boeing Latest & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Aug 23, 2024 – 00:25:16
  • #228: Voepass ATR-72 Crash, New Airline Gets An Old A310 & More Aviaton News Stories
    Aug 19, 2024 – 00:23:58
  • #227: Boeing Vs Airbus At Farnborough, Qatar CEO Interview & Much More
    Aug 13, 2024 – 00:38:58
  • #226: Farnborough Airshow Recap
    Aug 2, 2024 – 00:26:31
  • #225: Learnings From American Airlines Battery Fire, Unserved Africa Routes & 3 More Aviation News Stories
    Jul 26, 2024 – 00:25:08
  • #224: easyJet Celebrates Football, Hurricane Beryl Upsets Flights & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Jul 12, 2024 – 00:24:04
  • Bonus: Farnborough Airshow CEO Interview
    Jul 5, 2024 – 00:23:08
  • #223: Southwest Airlines Incidents, Embraer Insight & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Jun 28, 2024 – 00:29:40
  • #222: IATA Update, 1st Farnborough Aircraft Revealed & 3 More Aviation Stories
    Jun 12, 2024 – 00:28:01
  • #221: AA Ditches Transcon Widebodies, Tom Visits Air Astana Catering
    Jun 7, 2024 – 00:30:21
  • #220: Singapore Incident Update, Aircraft Interiors Expo, & 3 More Aviation Stories
    May 31, 2024 – 00:48:43
  • #219: Singpapore Airlines Turbulence, Qatar's New Gulfstream 700 & 3 More Aviation Stories
    May 24, 2024 – 00:25:34
  • #218: United's New Safety Video, Russian MC-21 Update & 3 More Aviation Stories
    May 17, 2024 – 00:22:10
  • #217: Emirates' 1st A350 Routes, Global's A380 Arrives In The UK & 3 More Aviation Stories
    May 10, 2024 – 00:30:27
  • #216: Lufthansa's New Allegris Cabin, Bonza Collapses & 3 More Aviation Stories
    May 2, 2024 – 00:34:06
  • #215: Air India Boeing 747 Sale, Ex-Cathay A330 Destroyed By Fire & More Aviation News
    Apr 26, 2024 – 00:24:52
  • #214: Rain Grounds Emirates, Iran Crisis Diversions & 2 More Aviation Stories
    Apr 19, 2024 – 00:14:02
  • #213: SAS Defects To SkyTeam, Airline Loyalty Update
    Apr 12, 2024 – 00:16:46
  • #212: Boeing Delays Impact Airlines, Best Aviation April Fools 2024
    Apr 5, 2024 – 00:28:17
  • #211: Boeing's Leadership Shakeup, Michael O'Leary Interviewed & Breeze Loyalty
    Mar 29, 2024 – 00:18:06
  • #210: Qatar Airways First Class Returns, Transatlantic Beluga Crossing
    Mar 20, 2024 – 00:26:51
  • #209: A Bad Week For United, Setting Up Riyadh Air
    Mar 15, 2024 – 00:30:06
  • #208: Huge American Airlines Order, JetBlue Breaks Up With Spirit Airlines
    Mar 7, 2024 – 00:29:07
  • #207: Qatar Reactivates Last A350, Boeing's 90 Day Warning
    Mar 1, 2024 – 00:29:24
Recent Reviews
  • Broquisha
    Loyal listener for past few years
    Channing Reid focuses too much on the US. Should focus on the rest of the world more than just the US. It’s getting quite boring. Also Channing and Tom have worse chemistry as compared to Tom and Joanna.
  • Voytek8
    Segue
    I love your podcast and listen to it every week but stop the segue comments! Your content is fantastic and it doesn't need segue much less defending yourself that you don't have one.
  • Lᴏʟ
    5 star
    5
  • Physicist12345
    Awesome
    It is so good, I just wish that the episodes were longer
  • defljjplolmMpkkMlplnnop
    Awesome!
    Awesome pod-cast. Joanna and Tom are both great speakers, while I wish the pod-cast was a tad bit longer. It’s still great! I love simply flying. Great great great.
  • Burden of Truth
    Amazing content!!
    Would suggest they talk more about Boeing and not just about airbus…
  • TJ the Ichabod
    Unfair and unbalanced
    This show should be renamed All About Airbus or Tom’s Fanboy Fantasy. The presenters have little interest in Boeing and air travel in other regions other than the wealthy Gulf states and Europe. Not real journalism.
  • misterding
    Hosts voices sound like drowning in saliva
    Sorry if this is blunt and it’s not related to the content at all. I want to listen to this show for the subject, but I CANNOT stand the voices of both the main male and female hosts. Not familiar with what local British accents they have but somehow they’re so grating aurally beyond a typical London BBC voice. The lad sounds so nasally and like he’s holding his breath, but then every other sentence he has to deliberately breath and swallow! Swallowing his saliva that he’s drowning in?? The poor cohost isn’t any better and her shrill voice makes me need to turn the volume down so as not to bleed my eardrums. I like the podcast content, so could the producers help these hosts with their vocals? Get a coach? Just some filters? Totally not trying to be mean, just real. Thanks!
  • kimminla
    The podcast for AVGeeks!
    Joanna and Tom host a wonderfully informative and entertaining aviation podcast. As a fellow A380 lover I always love Tom’s updates. This is a really great overview of the latest news from all over the world. I simply love it!
  • Adam ouhida
    Great podcast!
    Really informative! And I am glad some airlines are bringing back the a380. Keep up the great work!
  • Arctic_Knight907
    Probably my new favorite aviation industry podcast
    The aviation podcast space was missing some clever and witty banter after Seth Kaplan left the Airline Weekly Lounge. Simple Flyer has great interaction between the talented congenial hosts in an upbeat rundown on industry news. I love the hosts’ enthusiasm and the tempo of the show which feels like it goes by quickly without any wasted time.
  • Book_Lord
    Amazing!
    I love the fact that the episodes are quick, and that the hosts interact with each other! Overall, a great podcast!
  • Ryan O'Connor.
    I love this show!
    I love this show and look forward to seeing a new episode. I listen to this well I work. I gave a 4 star review due to I get sad when an episode ends. The episodes are kinda short I hope they can make the episodes longer. Apart from that great job and keep it up! Also stop the moaning.
  • crystal mtn
    Great content!
    great content! I enjoy listening to these two talk aviation and its hurdles. This podcast is well thought out. Looking forward to every single new episode.
  • Podcast Listener 2132022
    Good content, one criticism
    Good discussion of the major news stories in this industry, but I have one nitpick: cohosts are absolutely insufferable when it comes to grunting / moaning / “mhm”-ing in acknowledgement of agreement when someone else is speaking. It is distracting and frustrating to listen to and the production would benefit from muting whatever host is not actively speaking when they record.
  • anakid62
    Fair
    It’s not a bad podcast but not a great one either, my suggestion would be is to make it longer and more informative
  • bobthemoose63
    Good Overview
    This podcast is a good overview of what is happening in the airline business.
  • TravelWithAlexander
    Fantastic News!!!
    I recently started listening and I am blown away 5-6 stories in each episode all in under 30 minutes. Would 100% recommend.
  • lil devel stairs trail
    Amazing!!
    Always a blast!! Can’t wait to hear more!
  • OllieF1
    Informative and entertaining
    I discovered this podcast when they started mentioning it in their YouTube videos and on their site. It both informs me on the world of commercial aviation and it entertains me. Something that is rare in podcasts. The hosts work perfectly together and I love their episodes with special guests/ topics. The only thing I wish they would cover is my favorite little airline Cape Air based in Massachusetts. I would like it if they did a special episode on them and their 32 year history.
  • WhatTheDogSaid
    Delivery issues
    The content is interesting but the presentation detracts from it. The hosts talk over each other occasionally and the nervous giggling just must stop already.
  • Kurtifly
    Great podcast
    I enjoy this podcast tremendously. Great information on the airline industry. Unbiased, well researched and presented in a professional, but also entertaining way. Thank You for all you do.
  • aeromark2
    Highly Recommended
    I greatly enjoy this podcast, Tom and Joanna provide excellent insight to the airline industry and I simply love their wit and accents as well.
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