On this episode of Avtock, we sit down for an extended conversation with John Ostrower,

CNN's aviation editor, to discuss the recent tie-up between Airbus and the C-series,

and what it might mean for the future of the C-series and for other aircraft manufacturers.

You need to partner up.

No one aircraft manufacturer can do it by themselves anymore.

Plus, Jason heads to Toulouse for the A330 Neo's first flight and an Air Berlin

Pilots farewell gives us a chance to check in on the airline one final time.

Hello and welcome to episode 17 of Avtoc.

We're back.

I'm Ian Petchnick here with, as Jason Rabinowitz hello everybody and we are back and and you're back I'm back again from from a quick trip to a quick trip to France so, well longer than I expected it to be.

But as per usual with these first flights,

Airbus planned the first flight of the A330 Neo and gave everyone about 24 hours notice. So thankfully I was able to get out there on extremely short notice. I packed on Wednesday, sorry Monday night thinking I could potentially go.

Woke up the next day, no reservations, nothing booked.

By 2 PM, finally got a confirmation and by 9 PM I was on a flight to Toulouse via Paris and went out there for the first

flight of the 330 neo and Ian would you believe it it flew it flew? It flew.

Wow.

Well there you go.

Then first flight accomplished, time to go home.

Almost.

It's okay for me to go home, but probably not the engineers and you know,

touch pilots and all that. so some quick thoughts on that I

guess to start off the podcast the 330 Neo more or less than a 330 with new engines a fancy new interior, the airspace interior that they have also launched on the

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