AvTalk Episode 323: Raccoons on a plane

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4.8 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Airbus’ Montreal final assembly line is invaded by a family of raccoons. Newark reopens its main runway a few days early as airlines and the FAA jostle over flight cuts. United and JetBlue announce their Blue Sky partnership, while the IATA annual general meeting generates announcements of its own. A Condor flight misses Munich’s curfew by mere seconds and Air India reveals how much flying around Pakistan is costing the airline.
Helpful links for this week’s episode

* Condor diversion due to missed curfew
* Global Airlines LinkedIn post addressing recent media

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 323 of AvTalk. I am Ian Petchinic here as always with
0:16.0	Jason Urbanowitz. Hello, Ian. How's your week? Hello, Jason. It's good. It's good. How's yours? Fine. Not as good as yours, apparently. You sound all energetic and happy. The alternative is just lackadaisical and tired, and I'm choosing to go the other direction. Good for you. Yeah, thanks. We'll see how it works by the end of the week.
0:38.4	Yeah, let me know.
0:39.8	Yeah, I'll keep you posted.
0:41.9	Hey, we kick off the show with my favorite aviation story in a very, very, very, very long time.
0:50.9	Airbus has many problems with its supply chain and has had numerous delays to aircraft delivery.
1:02.0	They're dealing with taking on work from Spirit Aerosystems.
1:08.7	In-house work is delayed, getting airplanes out to customers
1:12.9	is a challenge. But on top of all of that, a raccoon, not just one, but a family of raccoons
1:22.1	broke into the Airbus factory at Mirabelle and took up residence inside of an A220.
1:30.0	Mr. Porter and family doing some espionage here and ambushing the A220 production line up in
1:39.2	Montreal. That is fun. I guess Mr. Porter and Porter itself, you know, maybe wants to throw a wrench
1:46.3	and it's competitors, Eric Canada's fleet plans. They're still taking A-220s and maybe
1:50.9	Porter's found a way to slow that delivery system down a little bit. Mr. Porter just has to
1:55.9	pull in a few wires and getting some places that he's not supposed to be, and he'll be at the bar
2:01.5	at 5 o'clock for a drink. If you know Mr. Porter, you know that's the story. He's a very
2:06.6	well-dressed raccoon. For people who probably don't know what we're talking about, this is a very
2:11.4	big conversation. This is probably a very strange conversation for like the very few of you,
2:17.1	I hope that do not know who or what Mr.
2:20.0	Porter is because Mr. Porter is the best airline mascot out there.
2:26.6	By far.
2:27.2	By far.
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