News
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Electric Planes, Britain’s Duty-freexit & Ho-Ho-Home for the Holidays (#75)
In the final weekly news roundup for season 3, #nerdbirds Jeremy & Kai discuss United’s pledge to go 100% carbon neutral by 2050, and about how Nordic countries have also […]
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Global Connectedness: Goods Flow While People Stay Home? (#73)
In this week’s news roundup, #nerdbirds Jeremy & Kai discuss Virgin Atlantic’s 747 farewell celebration (already sold out!) at Heathrow and how 3 British Airways 747s will be saved for […]
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The Art of the Stopover & “Half Tourism” (#71)
In this week’s news roundup, #nerdbirds Kai and Jeremy discuss Delta’s Thanksgiving operational hiccups, inter-city train service will be calling at Walt Disney World in Florida, & Emirate’s “Dubai Connect” […]
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How to Study Abroad in a Pandemic (#69)
In this week’s news roundup, #nerdbirds Kai and Jeremy discuss a merger between the two global South Korean airlines, the 737MAX’s start towards returning back to the skies and big […]
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Travel From Your Couch vs. Long-term Workcations (#67)
In this week’s news roundup, #nerdbirds Kai and Jeremy dive into virtual tourism. From Christmas markets to the arts to destination-specific experiences, there’s a virtual tourist attraction for everyone! Afterwards, […]
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Weddings in the Sky & Video Game Hotels (#65)
#nerdbirds Jeremy and Kai have your latest episode of the Weekly News Roundup, diving into the latest changes across the travel spectrum! Residents of Key West overwhelmingly vote to boot […]
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Flying Somewhere? Uluru, Mauritius, Hawaii and More (#63)
#nerdbirds Jeremy and Kai have your latest episode of the Weekly News Roundup, taking you around the world for the latest and greatest travel news! On the docket for Part […]
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Long Tunnels, Longer Flights, and More of This Week’s News (#61)
In this episode of the Weekly Roundup, #nerdbirds Jeremy and Kai discuss the emotional goodbye to Berlin-Tegel Airport along with some of it’s storied history, the exciting new undersea connection […]
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The Era of the Pivot: Travel News (#59)
In this Weekly Roundup of travel news, #nerdbirds Jeremy & Kai start off with talk about a recent military study (yet to be peer-reviewed) about how the chances of COVID-19 […]
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Free Money to Travel? And Other News (#57)
In this Weekly Roundup of travel news, #nerdbirds Jeremy & Kai talk about towns in the US that are offering free money to entice travellers to visit, Japan’s new low-cost […]