Linking the Travel Industry | American Airlines 5342 Crashes in DC

Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members.  We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com

Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah

Stories covered on this session include -

• a PSA Airlines, Inc. CRJ-700 aircraft, operating as American Airlines flight 5342 collided mid-air with a US Army helicopter as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
• In the largest widebody aircraft order by a US carrier in history, United Airlines places an order for 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, with options for 100 more.
• TravelPerk raises $200m, giving them a valuation of $2.7b.... and they also purchased Yokoy, an expense management solution.
• an AIR BUSAN Airbus A321 caught fire whilst still on the ground at Gimhae International Airport (PUS). All 170 passengers and crew were evacuated safely via emergency slides.
• Frontier Airlines makes a bid for Spirit Airlines.
• The UK government puts their support behind a 3rd runway at Heathrow. - it is worth watching what Mr O'Leary had to say about this.
• Lufthansa will acquire 10% of airBaltic for €14m.

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