The 8 Flights That Show How COVID-19 Reinvented Aviation

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  • @BXK09
    @BXK09 4 роки тому +5510

    I’m surprise Wendover hasn’t created his own airline yet.

    • @E1craZ4life
      @E1craZ4life 4 роки тому +379

      Next episode: The Logistics of Starting an Airline

    • @airplanewhat5316
      @airplanewhat5316 4 роки тому +69

      @@E1craZ4life it would be super interesting, millions of views!

    • @felicvik9456
      @felicvik9456 4 роки тому +29

      Wendover-HAI private airlines

    • @noahbowie5985
      @noahbowie5985 4 роки тому +68

      WendovAIR

    • @metadragon7500
      @metadragon7500 4 роки тому +76

      Half as Airworthy?

  • @canadianplanespotter
    @canadianplanespotter 4 роки тому +1469

    Can we appreciate the creativity of the thumbnail? It's an airport terminal satellite, but shaped like the COVID-19 virus

    • @TheMasterhomaster
      @TheMasterhomaster 3 роки тому +11

      I thought it was EWR.

    • @canadianplanespotter
      @canadianplanespotter 3 роки тому +13

      @@TheMasterhomaster It's either EWR or CDG, but nonetheless it's shaped like the virus

    • @cjones3710
      @cjones3710 3 роки тому +3

      Gross.

    • @rasyidkarim
      @rasyidkarim 3 роки тому +13

      Oh my God didnt realize that so kuuul

    • @CoastalWizard
      @CoastalWizard 3 роки тому +9

      Omg, I hadn’t even noticed that but yea, that’s absolutely amazing!

  • @rebmcr
    @rebmcr 4 роки тому +2464

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    • @benjaminphelps561
      @benjaminphelps561 4 роки тому +75

      You sir. are epic.

    • @davidt8087
      @davidt8087 4 роки тому +24

      Stop advertising this garbage service no one who's not a nerd and gullible and easily misled and brainwashed by youtubers who do the sponsored ad shit actually buys and uses cuz they say "yes youtuber who is sponsored I will obey you so that yoh can notice me sensei/God because u r God to me you youtuber who's garbage shitty shirts and merch I buy every time you drop one for a "limited time only" which is still available years later and was NEVER "LIMITED" BECAUSE YOU LIED ABOUT IT BEING "LIMITED" TO GET PEOPLE TO HAVE A FALSE SENSE OF URGENCY AND MAKE THEM PURCHASE IT IMMEADIATELY

    • @henrymarks2237
      @henrymarks2237 4 роки тому +100

      @@davidt8087 who hurt you?

    • @rebmcr
      @rebmcr 4 роки тому +46

      @Heinz Memes It's not an ad, it's a joke about how this video was briefly posted to Half As Interesting yesterday by accident.

    • @staalman1226
      @staalman1226 4 роки тому +27

      @@davidt8087 Lol someone had a bad experience with UA-camr merchandise

  • @willgraham7422
    @willgraham7422 4 роки тому +413

    The Qantas Canberra-Gold Coast route can partially be attributed to the fact that a persons from the ACT can travel to Queensland, but cannot drive through the state of NSW, which is declared as a hotspot by the QLD government.

    • @Jules-wn7hl
      @Jules-wn7hl 4 роки тому +36

      That's what I thought his point was going to be;
      While the short notice is notable, the COVID-island-hopping nature of that flight is more interesting

    • @wrench697
      @wrench697 4 роки тому +1

      @@Jules-wn7hl you have lots of jewels jules

    • @jfwfreo
      @jfwfreo 4 роки тому +10

      What's interesting about that flight is that Qantas saw not only that people would want to travel to QLD now that borders were open but that they would make more money by offering flights to the Gold Coast than by just going back to what it was before and having flights only to Brisbane.

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 4 роки тому +10

      After Queensland finally figured out that an area with 0 cases, and less then they had, was not a "hot spot" and reopened the border to ACT.
      Fun fact, Gold Coast Airport is built on the QLD/NSW border. The passenger terminal is in QLD, part of the runways and some secured airfield entrances are in NSW.

    • @shootingskelly17
      @shootingskelly17 4 роки тому +1

      @@magical_catgirl NSW doesn't have 0 cases, and as for the ACT, it's borders are open to NSW.

  • @noahmoelter6757
    @noahmoelter6757 4 роки тому +2985

    This was almost the longest Half as Interesting video ever

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому +406

    Wendover: doesn’t roast Newark Airport
    Newark Airport: I’ve won, but at what cost?

    • @sandwich4899
      @sandwich4899 4 роки тому +3

      Why are you everywhere

    • @timitonagain
      @timitonagain 4 роки тому +1

      @@sandwich4899 he's hungry for subs

    • @sandwich4899
      @sandwich4899 4 роки тому +5

      @@timitonagain thanks, DHL aviation Airbus A340, a quad-engined, wide bodied airliner produced by Airbus in the mid-1970s capable of carrying over 250 passengers over 13,000 kilometers at a speed of mach 0.86

    • @timitonagain
      @timitonagain 4 роки тому

      @@sandwich4899 👍

    • @hmoobmeeka
      @hmoobmeeka 4 роки тому

      Its avery the cuban american

  • @renfrod17
    @renfrod17 4 роки тому +897

    4:28 - did he really just put that bag on the conveyer with the handle open?

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao 4 роки тому +91

      Angry TSA noises

    • @AdityaGuptaX
      @AdityaGuptaX 4 роки тому +26

      Business not goin well..

    • @airplane987
      @airplane987 4 роки тому +7

      what was the nice resort place before that though

    • @SteveCChapman
      @SteveCChapman 4 роки тому +8

      That bag looked empty, too. Just a prop.

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 4 роки тому +24

      What a madman.

  • @lascannon
    @lascannon 4 роки тому +61

    I’m surprised he didn’t talk about the flights to nowhere AKA sightseeing flights that takeoff and land in the same airport and fly around landmarks and serve special meals so passengers can experience flying again. Several airlines have done them including Singapore and ANA

    • @theosulpice8679
      @theosulpice8679 4 роки тому

      I saw that. I was shocked ! (that's what she said)

    • @FlyingPlastic356
      @FlyingPlastic356 3 роки тому +9

      There are other reasons for airlines other than just allowing people to experience flying again: keeping pilots airworthy and aircraft maintenance reason.
      Pilots must perform a minimum of 3 successful takeoffs and landings within 90 days in order to keep their license 'recent' or valid for passenger flights (ICAO COVID-19 QRG, Annex 6, Part I, number 9.4.1.1). So, these flights to nowhere allow airlines to keep all their pilots' license active. While they can use flight simulator to do it, the second reason is also why they fly actual aircrafts.
      Second, it is expensive to keep aircraft grounded outside very-long-term storages (like Victorville or Alice Springs). A lot of checks and tasks needs to be done just to store the aircraft engines for 90 days (GE Aviation's UA-cam channel has a lot of these videos showing how to preserve their engines for short-term, 30, 90 and long-term). So, keeping an aircraft flying like once in 3-7 days is better than having to do the complex tasks of long-term preservation techniques.

  • @benjamin1032
    @benjamin1032 4 роки тому +3553

    This video was accidentally made possible by Half as Interesting

  • @mirinewman
    @mirinewman 4 роки тому +3

    I've had a Nebula subscription for just about a year and I swear it's the possible use for that money. Adam Neely, Wendover, Sarah Z, almost every UA-camr I watched before is on there without any of the typical UA-cam shenanigans. 10/10, seriously recommend.

  • @vincevanderperre8660
    @vincevanderperre8660 4 роки тому +3953

    Real fans know that he uploaded this accidentally on HAI

  • @appa609
    @appa609 4 роки тому +144

    "Mitsubishi CRJ-701"
    *sad beaver noises*

    • @noobplayer_23
      @noobplayer_23 4 роки тому +2

      Wait it’s mitsubishi and not bombardier ?

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 4 роки тому

      Mitsubishi SpaceJet?

    • @abrahamsalamah5773
      @abrahamsalamah5773 4 роки тому +7

      @@noobplayer_23 bombardier sold everything to numerous companies and went back to making private jets. The managers are more profit oriented now than ever which leads them to cutting jobs and projects to just have a higher revenue percentage.

    • @xsu-is7vq
      @xsu-is7vq 3 роки тому

      @@abrahamsalamah5773 The US government placed tariff on the C series making it unprofitable for Bombardier. And since Bombardier sunk a lot of money into that project, they had to sell it and other projects they held to stay alive.

  • @HassanAlibhai
    @HassanAlibhai 4 роки тому +813

    Only legends remember that this first existed on Half as Interesting

  • @thehypetraveler8114
    @thehypetraveler8114 Рік тому +5

    It's the first day of August in 2023, and air travel feels just like pre-COVID days.

  • @omkarnagarhalli5217
    @omkarnagarhalli5217 4 роки тому +556

    sam having a mare with his different channels lmao

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 роки тому +4

      I STRONGLY DISAGREE! Being as famous as I am on UA-cam, I know that it gets hard to read every comment I get. I try my best, but I am just so famous, that I can't do it much longer. Sorry, dear omkar

    • @crafty_crumbs
      @crafty_crumbs 4 роки тому +7

      @@AxxLAfriku oh shit I remember you, you’re that weird ass guy who does weird shit and has two girlfriends. Subscribed

    • @Chris6d
      @Chris6d 4 роки тому +3

      Omar Nagarhalli So he's having the female of a horse or other equine animal? Jk

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 4 роки тому

      @@crafty_crumbs Thanks for making me watch one of his videos. I think I need an entire bottle of Scotch to forget it.

    • @ashtonhoward5582
      @ashtonhoward5582 4 роки тому

      @@nitehawk86 crafty crumbs is probably a bot. Hella sus, ya know?

  • @Link-yp2ki
    @Link-yp2ki 4 роки тому +138

    He didn't even mention the flight to nowhere, that exists just so people can experience flying again.

    • @andrewjgrimm
      @andrewjgrimm 4 роки тому +11

      The one Qantas did in Australia?

    • @Mrsquiggley
      @Mrsquiggley 4 роки тому +16

      I was expecting that Qantas flight to be mentioned

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 4 роки тому +2

      @@andrewjgrimm *Singapore Airlines:* I can do that too! *Critics:* Hello but Australia has UNESCO World Heritage Sites e.g. Great Barrier Reef. *Singapore's possible response:* The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a UNESCO World Heritage Site too

    • @FlyingPlastic356
      @FlyingPlastic356 3 роки тому +8

      There is something else to do than just allowing people to experience flying again: keeping pilots airworthy and aircraft maintenance reason.
      Pilots must perform a minimum of 3 successful takeoffs and landings within 90 days in order to keep their license 'recent' or valid for passenger flights (ICAO COVID-19 QRG, Annex 6, Part I, number 9.4.1.1). So, these flights to nowhere allow airlines to keep all their pilots' license active. While they can use flight simulator to do it, the second reason is also why they fly actual aircrafts.
      Second, it is expensive to keep aircraft grounded outside very-long-term storages (like Victorville or Alice Springs). A lot of checks and tasks needs to be done just to store the aircraft engines for 90 days (GE Aviation's UA-cam channel has a lot of these videos showing how to preserve their engines for short-term, 30, 90 and long-term). So, keeping an aircraft flying like once in 3-7 days is better than having to do the complex tasks of long-term preservation techniques.

    • @rob.ale90
      @rob.ale90 3 роки тому

      @@FlyingPlastic356 as bassem will say, "you have right" :))

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 4 роки тому +668

    Two wrong channel uploads in 24 hours, Sam? Anyone would think you're doing it for the comment engagement.

    • @wilyriley_
      @wilyriley_ 4 роки тому +37

      I mean I got my most liked comment ever as a result of it so stonks?

    • @joaovitormatos8147
      @joaovitormatos8147 4 роки тому +7

      Two?

    • @wilyriley_
      @wilyriley_ 4 роки тому +9

      @@joaovitormatos8147 he uploaded this video on hai and he uploaded hai’s video on this channel

    • @crimsonstrykr
      @crimsonstrykr 4 роки тому +2

      Dammmmmmn.

    • @omkarnagarhalli5217
      @omkarnagarhalli5217 4 роки тому +8

      that would be a very Sam thing to do, but I think the wrong channel uploads were related events, he probably uploaded the wrong file to each one by accident

  • @avalonhamakei
    @avalonhamakei 4 роки тому +380

    "Watch the extended cut on Neb...."
    *closes window, switches to Nebula*
    ...
    No subtitles *switches back to UA-cam*

    • @shramo
      @shramo 4 роки тому +26

      "Oh yeah, gotta pay. Back to Youtoob."

    • @agargamer6759
      @agargamer6759 4 роки тому +41

      It has subtitles! Maybe it didn't when it was uploaded, but it does now!

    • @avalonhamakei
      @avalonhamakei 4 роки тому +11

      @@shramo Actually, I have a Nebula account. That's why I was a little peeved that the version on the subscription site was actually inferior to the free version on UA-cam.

    • @shramo
      @shramo 4 роки тому

      @@avalonhamakei Yeah, damn. That's not fair. Has it got subtitles now?

    • @avalonhamakei
      @avalonhamakei 4 роки тому +13

      @@shramo it has now, yes

  • @ya7ioo
    @ya7ioo 4 роки тому +449

    Real legends watched this on Half as Interesting

    • @Nirgranth
      @Nirgranth 4 роки тому +1

      Was this vid uploaded on hai?

    • @jakubmciesl
      @jakubmciesl 4 роки тому +2

      @@Nirgranth Yes, he accidentally uploaded it there

    • @6z0
      @6z0 4 роки тому +2

      you werent even able to watch the whole thing. he literally deleted it minutes later...

    • @6z0
      @6z0 4 роки тому

      @strndr No you can’t lol. It will stop you mid video.

    • @dykuizhen
      @dykuizhen 4 роки тому

      @strndr you are wrong buddy

  • @samschellhase8831
    @samschellhase8831 4 роки тому +14

    Don't forget about the Air Tahiti Nui flight that went non-stop from Papeete to Paris, because of travel restrictions in the US, where it would usually have a stop (Los Angeles). With fewer passengers and cargo, it made it the longest non-stop flight record(!), though they did say it was a one-time affair.

  • @debated8358
    @debated8358 4 роки тому +232

    Sam: *Uploads same video yesterday to HAI and sets it to private *
    Us: “Why?”
    Sam: “My goals are beyond your understanding.”
    Oh well I still love these videos and how they explain such complex topics so effectively. It inspired me to start my own channel on social and political issues, although mine is not as funny.

    • @silvesby
      @silvesby 4 роки тому +6

      I'm pretty sure they were accidentally published to the wrong accounts. The one about New York was put on here, and this on of HAI. Now they're normal.

    • @debated8358
      @debated8358 4 роки тому +3

      @@silvesby Yea but it’s still kinda funny.

    • @syamsyamansyur6280
      @syamsyamansyur6280 4 роки тому

      Yes I saw and finally here

    • @davidt8087
      @davidt8087 4 роки тому

      Comrade Silv dude are you guys joking? The new york one belongs on Hai and this airline one for sure belongs here are yall joking?

    • @silvesby
      @silvesby 4 роки тому +1

      @@debated8358 It *is* pretty funny

  • @hugobazin8052
    @hugobazin8052 4 роки тому +134

    Even though it’s an airline video, Wendover has managed to nail a key message to most governments around the world. If you wanna save the economy, you gotta save the health of the people who give you that economy first!

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 4 роки тому +6

      Think we might need to review our economies' too to make them more resilient to pandemics e.g. more extensive use of e-commerce & other innovation, to reduce the conflict between preserving the economy & public health. E.g. I heard some politicians in India decided against lockdowns during the Deepavali/Diwali festive season by saying that that the people might still die anyway, not of the virus but of starvation, due to the inability to operate businesses and earn income

    • @phuturephunk
      @phuturephunk 3 роки тому

      @@lzh4950 That's not going to work in the US. The problem we have is a confidence problem with the cohorts of people who have money to spend on consumer goods. People with the ability to do this are not idling in the public square spending money incidentally. These people are more methodical and more thoughtful about how they engage with commerce and will continue to do so until there is a clear light at the end of the tunnel and the public health crisis has passed. Nothing is going to change until then and you cannot lie to this cohort of people and have them believe it.

  • @Oi-wz2dq
    @Oi-wz2dq 4 роки тому +20

    When a Wendover video is so good you watch it the day before on HAI

  • @waffle2434
    @waffle2434 4 роки тому +157

    I am very surprised that Wendover has not be sponsored by an Airline yet, maybe he is still holding out to make his own😅

    • @TUSENSLEPATAY
      @TUSENSLEPATAY 4 роки тому +24

      it’s better for him to stay outside of airline sponsorship to avoid potential conflicts of interest

    • @droptimistic
      @droptimistic 4 роки тому +1

      Wendove airlines!

  • @markasbrownie9965
    @markasbrownie9965 4 роки тому +112

    I heard a horrifying glitch sound at 2:22 . Does anyone else hear it?

    • @sherlockmaverick
      @sherlockmaverick 4 роки тому +6

      Yup.

    • @Wendoverproductions
      @Wendoverproductions  4 роки тому +87

      Seems like it's either a rendering or transcoding error, but I've put in an edit which is processing now to fix that

    • @TheArijitBanerjee
      @TheArijitBanerjee 4 роки тому +18

      I literally thought my headphones busted. Just got them today. Your comment gave me a sigh of relief :P

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson 4 роки тому +10

      That’s the sounds of the NSA listening to your device

    • @robert-andreiionita2827
      @robert-andreiionita2827 4 роки тому +1

      Same here.

  • @mastermohit
    @mastermohit 4 роки тому +107

    2:22 I thought my headphones disconnected then realised I wasn't wearing headphones
    Edit : guess he fixed it

    • @crispychippy8997
      @crispychippy8997 4 роки тому +2

      He said he fixed it

    • @djones6211
      @djones6211 4 роки тому +10

      Not fixed for me. I just refreshed and tried it again.

    • @mclanee
      @mclanee 4 роки тому

      i still hear it

    • @WeAreChecking
      @WeAreChecking 4 роки тому

      As do I (10:00AM PST)

    • @YummiMoney
      @YummiMoney 4 роки тому

      I hear it on my TV and now my phone too.

  • @curiousalchemist
    @curiousalchemist 4 роки тому +9

    Just wanted to mention that I absolutely love your videos. Haven't been doing so well with the Covid period, and these videos literally make me so happy! I learn so much and am eternally grateful for the effort you put into creating them! :)

  • @d_mosimann
    @d_mosimann 4 роки тому

    Best video in YEARS! No frills, no unnecessary stuff, just the facts as all viewers were used to, a long time ago. Thank you.

  • @skysub1
    @skysub1 4 роки тому +10

    I knew something was wrong when i saw video about logistics on Half as interesting
    Glad to finally get to watch it.

  • @rjv_mntn
    @rjv_mntn 4 роки тому +171

    As I'm reading these comments, I see most of them are just about how it was accidentally uploaded elsewhere or how this is another video about planes on this channel.
    But, you have to admit, this is a brilliant piece of work by all those involved. I'm amazed at how thoroughly everything was explained. I particularly felt the #7 fascinating. Airlines bullying mayors and the political establishment for more aids. Wow!
    Nice job, Sam.

    • @Shenaldrac
      @Shenaldrac 4 роки тому +14

      Yeah, the sheer amount of "I feel special because I noticed a thing!" comments are kind of... kind of draining to read to be honest. You folks really got nothing of substance to say? It's a good video.

    • @zacyoung6411
      @zacyoung6411 4 роки тому +2

      Airlines aren’t bullying mayors and political establishments, they pulling aren’t servicing areas that are refusing to help/service them - simple business strategy. Airlines have been known to pull out of destinations where governments are playing hardball even if the route is profitable. If certain government reps want to refuse aid to America’s travel sector, then why should they help back while taking a huge loss? I applaud them for standing up for themselves.

    • @nathanjohnpalaogaming4872
      @nathanjohnpalaogaming4872 4 роки тому +1

      Bro, its like, mad by HAI

    • @Thumbsupurbum
      @Thumbsupurbum 4 роки тому +7

      @@zacyoung6411 Refuse aid? As if Airlines are just entitled to such aid? Why should taxpayers foot the bill to keep airlines afloat anyway? If I'm expected to have money saved up for an emergency, then airlines should be expected to as well. Shouldn't the free market decide if we really need airlines flying to and from somewhere? And not, you know, corrupt politicians? I applaud the politicians standing up for their constituents, and not bending over for some greedy corporation.

    • @adamneil4576
      @adamneil4576 3 роки тому

      @@zacyoung6411 ya, it's not the government's job to bail out companies with money it doesn't have. Privatization of the aviation industry gives great power but also great responsiblity.

  • @user-de4cq6uk6l
    @user-de4cq6uk6l 4 роки тому +30

    I still can’t believe we haven’t put in a rule that you can’t fly with a fever until now. The fact that I could fly with a serious case of the flu and infect a bunch of other people with no protections at all for decades really makes no sense. I do hope that is one thing that stays after the pandemic

    • @mkunz-3548
      @mkunz-3548 4 роки тому +6

      But ma freedoms!!!

    • @ukenfuknfriends
      @ukenfuknfriends 4 роки тому +5

      I once heard a Dutch epidemiologist describe an airplane as 'a tank with at least 500 liters of blood, mixing and ready to be distributed across the world." Sounds a bit gruesome but I think it covers it quite well these days.

    • @pearcake
      @pearcake 4 роки тому +8

      Wouldn’t really be enforceable - take a few painkillers and your visible symptoms are dampened. Humans are social animals and diseases like flu and cold viruses spread between social animals. That’s life.

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 4 роки тому +1

      Good luck getting affordable travel insurance if a fever means you have to cancel your holiday.

    • @brianbatie6650
      @brianbatie6650 4 роки тому

      Make that rule, then taxi drivers would protest because they wouldn't get bailouts.

  • @Infinity.fr.
    @Infinity.fr. 4 роки тому +61

    When comments will be implamented in nebula ? It would be nice to have a talk with other nebula user, and it would be easier to help the developpement of the site.

    • @theosulpice8679
      @theosulpice8679 4 роки тому +10

      Yeah that would be a nice feature

    • @raulmaximo5810
      @raulmaximo5810 4 роки тому +2

      San should write this down

    • @dkanters
      @dkanters 4 роки тому +7

      nebula is trying to be more netflix than youtube. it would be nice but they probably won’t

    • @Infinity.fr.
      @Infinity.fr. 4 роки тому +5

      @@dkanters i can understand the move. But to be honest I'm disappointed with the technical state of the site so I would like to have a convenient place to give feedback.

    • @TonyTheYouTuba
      @TonyTheYouTuba 4 роки тому +1

      I think it's probably fine without comments to be honest, though certainly no harm in adding them. I would for example use them to note that the references for the "10 flights..." extended version of this video on Nebula are in fact the ones from the Casino episode...

  • @stablewinner
    @stablewinner 4 роки тому +24

    Just when you think he has already covered literally everything aviation related.

    • @shawnthompson8016
      @shawnthompson8016 4 роки тому +5

      Sam started the pandemic so he could make new content confirmed.

  • @Mickeysternum245
    @Mickeysternum245 4 роки тому +17

    "But now, many months longer, that is no longer the case."
    European second wave: Bonjour

    • @yoironfistbro8128
      @yoironfistbro8128 4 роки тому +1

      Even during the summer minimum people here witch hunted you if you even thought about leaving the country to catch some sun

  • @pulpfaction
    @pulpfaction 4 роки тому +33

    The only time sam would've thought asking people to click on the bell icon would be a mistake

  • @RedLucarian
    @RedLucarian 4 роки тому +7

    I am surprised you didn't mention the Australian flight that left and then arrived at the same destination. It flew over the great barrier reef and Uluru, letting its passengers sight see

  • @tobster1499
    @tobster1499 4 роки тому +4

    pretty gutted I missed this vid on hai yesterday, been waiting all day for it to finally come out on Wendover

  • @BuggiEU
    @BuggiEU 4 роки тому +24

    "Century's first pandemic"
    Swine flu: am I nothing to you?

    • @gusdrivinginaustralia6168
      @gusdrivinginaustralia6168 4 роки тому +3

      Zero affect in most countries

    • @BuggiEU
      @BuggiEU 4 роки тому +6

      @@gusdrivinginaustralia6168 Officially declared pandemic by WHO anyway.

    • @gusdrivinginaustralia6168
      @gusdrivinginaustralia6168 4 роки тому +1

      @@BuggiEU yep

    • @Felix11010
      @Felix11010 3 роки тому

      Pandemic means afecting the whole world. So I guess that's why it isn't mentioned

  • @muskreality
    @muskreality 4 роки тому +20

    Watching this on a flight Wi-Fi & I'm like "oh boy here we go again"

  • @jr637-1
    @jr637-1 4 роки тому +5

    I love the chill background music.

  • @sebastianpeheim8851
    @sebastianpeheim8851 4 роки тому +10

    Aviation: *exists*
    Wendover: Ooh, piece of candy!

  • @erm000
    @erm000 3 роки тому

    You have two huge assets on your productions : 1. The narrative and imaging selection, 2. And the research is impressive.

  • @deep.space.12
    @deep.space.12 4 роки тому +37

    Another reason to storing the A380s instead of selling --- Who would be buying anyway?

    • @RoPoem
      @RoPoem 4 роки тому +2

      Cargo airlines?

  • @dri3s
    @dri3s 4 роки тому +10

    Drinking game: drink whenever Sam says "therefore".

  • @King_Gamer_1st
    @King_Gamer_1st 4 роки тому +81

    Real legends watched this on HAI first

    • @Nighthawk1000
      @Nighthawk1000 4 роки тому

      I'm glad I'm not the only one who clicks the notification as soon as it pops up.

  • @tubesher
    @tubesher 4 роки тому +6

    Covid Impact - Me to my wife in 2022 : “honey let’s see which new flights are now operating and book a holiday to an available destination”.

  • @1brianm7
    @1brianm7 4 роки тому +8

    What a great Half As-Wendover Productions video.

  • @zombarmk
    @zombarmk 4 роки тому +1

    "The road to recovery starts with health." - this quote can be applied to many things in life actually.

  • @steelerfaninperu
    @steelerfaninperu 4 роки тому +11

    Do you read my schedule to know exactly when I have a free half hour to sit down and youtube? Because your timing is beautifully perfect for me every single time. I wuv you.

  • @SMNAviation
    @SMNAviation 4 роки тому +1

    This video was amazing, Id love to see similar themed videos!

  • @Bryzerse
    @Bryzerse 4 роки тому +4

    When you upload your video on the wrong channel twice in the same day...

  • @Mirata87
    @Mirata87 4 роки тому +74

    “This century’s first pandemic” is a painfully, probably true, way to describe COVID.

    • @davoman1231
      @davoman1231 4 роки тому +10

      Except its not en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic

    • @JayTayD
      @JayTayD 4 роки тому +13

      @@davoman1231 except Swine Flu changed the average persons life almost little to none, as apposed to covid...

    • @alienbeef0421
      @alienbeef0421 4 роки тому +5

      MERS, SARS, H1N1.
      BUT Covid is the most widespread.

    • @QwertyuiopThePie
      @QwertyuiopThePie 4 роки тому +16

      @@JayTayD Which makes it a smaller pandemic, not "not a pandemic". Pandemic has an actual definition, and swine flu met that.

    • @herranton
      @herranton 4 роки тому +3

      If you were in asia when sars was going on, it definitely impacted you.

  • @Vic4ful
    @Vic4ful 4 роки тому +3

    I'm not sure which is the word that describes Wendover Production the best: Aviation/Planes or THEREFORE.
    I slightly propend for the second.

  • @davidk5297
    @davidk5297 4 роки тому +4

    PSA: The gentleman loading his carry-on items in the TSA scanner has both of his suit buttons buttoned. You’re only supposed to button the top button.

  • @dethmin173
    @dethmin173 4 роки тому +5

    You know Aviation is getting desperate when Wendover has to do a top eight video.

  • @kibashisiyoto6771
    @kibashisiyoto6771 4 роки тому

    Mammoth Lakes (MMH) was the one US city that lost air service this spring. There was a plan to move air service from MMH to Bishop this fall, because the MMH airport has a lot of flights cancelled due to crosswind problems. About 20% of flights during summer were cancelled or diverted in 2019, although some could have been due to low demand and pilot shortages for the regional airlines. Mammoth is a ski resort, so most activity is during the winter - during the summer, there was only one flight per day from LA. However, the start of service in Bishop has been pushed back to 2021. There will be flights into MMH this winter.
    And speaking of short flights, back in 1974 I lived in the Bay Area and my girlfriend was in Visalia. I would fly down Friday afternoon to see her, but the flight was an United EAS flight - it went SF-Stockton-Modesto-Merced-Visalia-Bakersfield-LA The flight segments between Stockton, Modesto, and Merced were less than 10 minutes long. And it was a 737, not a little regional plane. Stockton used to have quite a bit of air service, but then the town went downhill, and it is only barely served by Allegiant these days.

  • @puppy777
    @puppy777 4 роки тому +5

    2:23 the audio glitch scared me

  • @peachezprogramming
    @peachezprogramming 4 роки тому

    at 12:00
    that's CLT Douglas International airport, the new terminal.
    Bruh the attention to detail is incredible. good job

  • @gg_gameryt
    @gg_gameryt 4 роки тому +14

    Sam, you uploaded this on HAI yesterday 😳
    When you realize that you are on the wrong account lol

  • @stefangebhard8992
    @stefangebhard8992 3 роки тому +2

    Love to hear the focus on Australia. Cheers!

  • @cobyexplanes
    @cobyexplanes 4 роки тому +10

    At 8:00, I think you mean Bombardier CRJ-700, not Mitsubishi :)

    • @alphamalegold
      @alphamalegold 4 роки тому

      Fancy seeing you here, Coby

    • @alphamalegold1
      @alphamalegold1 4 роки тому

      You watch Wendover? You guys gonna collab or what?

    • @Mellonix
      @Mellonix 4 роки тому

      Lol I noticed this too, wanted to see if anyone in the comments saw it 😁

    • @bahenbihen
      @bahenbihen 4 роки тому +1

      I wish they would've kept the names of the ones made in the Bombardier factory. But then it's kind of similar to the BCS/A220 thing and most people refer to them with the latter

    • @Mellonix
      @Mellonix 4 роки тому

      @@bahenbihen yeah, it is what it is

  • @SnackyZac
    @SnackyZac 3 роки тому

    Thank you for announcing the extended cut version. :D

  • @MCHuang
    @MCHuang 4 роки тому +3

    I recently flew for the first time since the pandemic started from Seattle to Houston for work. Other than the fact that people are wearing masks, it did not seem anything has changed since before COVID. American Airlines was still delayed, plane was packed full, ticket price was the same.

  • @aa2339
    @aa2339 3 роки тому

    On-line meetings are most likely cutting into business meetings and travels. But can never replace leisure/ vacation travels.

  • @NithinJune
    @NithinJune 4 роки тому +8

    don't tell me you weren't expecting a sponser spot when he said "innovation and creativity"

  • @alexibm2477
    @alexibm2477 2 роки тому +1

    "The 21st century's first pandemic"
    H1N1: Am I a joke to you?

  • @bubbletea292
    @bubbletea292 4 роки тому +7

    Living in Europe: for us right now again, theres nothing but covid news

  • @strudel7776
    @strudel7776 4 роки тому +2

    He’s got the music used in the podcast Lore in the opening. I like your taste, Wendover.

  • @felixw19
    @felixw19 4 роки тому +184

    "I saw this getting uploaded to the wrong channel"-gang rise up

  • @qhurro8931
    @qhurro8931 4 роки тому +3

    Woah guys I have a totally unique thought that no one has ever thought of before. This guy sounds like Half as Interesting

  • @tanmays5815
    @tanmays5815 4 роки тому +31

    Sam back in his " making aviation videos or else I'll feel insecure" safe space

  • @ZeusAbhijeet
    @ZeusAbhijeet 4 роки тому +1

    When you accidentally post a HAI video on Wendover so you post a Wendover video on HAI to balance it out

  • @Miss_Phoenix_56
    @Miss_Phoenix_56 4 роки тому +25

    Ah here it is, catch it first on Half As Interesting

  • @VTeixex
    @VTeixex 3 роки тому

    I don't care much about airplanes, airlines, or flight in general.
    Yet I regularly spend 15+ minutes listening to this dude talk about airplaes, airlines and flight in general.

  • @machancock545
    @machancock545 4 роки тому +4

    Good thing this was uploaded to the right channel this time! xD

  • @IaHarbour
    @IaHarbour 4 роки тому +15

    "The route to recovery always starts with health"
    That's a really good quote. Wow, it would be good if our politicians took this to heart

  • @lukephillips6784
    @lukephillips6784 4 роки тому +55

    This video brought to you by Half As Interesting, wait no, Wendover Productions

  • @jeffdubz
    @jeffdubz 4 роки тому +1

    I recently had a chance to ask the COO of Southwest about the PHX to Cabo flights. He told me that Southwest plans to keep the PHX to Cabo flights going even after COVID-19, and as you have deduced correctly, they are adding destinations to where leisure travelers go such as Denver, Palm Springs, etc. (but I assume that's only if the demand is still there).

  • @Joeljdwatts
    @Joeljdwatts 4 роки тому +3

    I'm here for the little loopdy-loop on the Chengdu to Wuhan flight...

  • @coleturner2160
    @coleturner2160 4 роки тому

    VIDEO IDEA; the logistics of how a checked bag gets from the check in to your destination.

  • @oliverqueen5883
    @oliverqueen5883 4 роки тому +6

    HAI: Look how good my new video is dad!
    Wendover Production: Hippity Hoppity your video is now my property!

  • @magical_catgirl
    @magical_catgirl 4 роки тому

    Qantas has 12 A380s. 6 have had cabin refits completed. All 12 are in storage. 2 at the Qantas hanger at LAX, the rest at Victorville. They chose VCV (rather then the Australian storage location in Alice Springs) because it is close to the airlines A380 maintenance facilities at LAX.
    They expect to get at least the 6 refited aircraft back into service. The other 6 aircraft are on "we'll see".
    Meanwhile, Alice Springs is full of stored aircraft from Singapore and Hong Kong.

  • @mpawood
    @mpawood 4 роки тому +6

    When you watch it 24 hours early because it was uploaded on HAI

  • @seaninlondon4424
    @seaninlondon4424 4 роки тому

    Best voiceover narration voices : Wendover, Company Man, Real Engineering.

  • @matthewhallberg8256
    @matthewhallberg8256 2 роки тому +3

    "China's COVID recovery was fast" Shoutout to anyone reading this 2 years later while China undergoes random lockdowns.

  • @thecaynuck4694
    @thecaynuck4694 4 роки тому +2

    The "Mitsubishi CRJ-700." Oh dear, that's going to take a while to get used to.
    I wish it was still called Canadair or Bombardier. It's not a Mitsubishi product, the engineering came from Bombardier. That's why I hate how the MD-95 is called "Boeing 717" and C-series "A220."

  • @Laittth
    @Laittth 4 роки тому +4

    Is it just me or was this uploaded to HAI yesterday?

  • @etx007blue2
    @etx007blue2 4 роки тому

    Wendover manages to make another video about flights, even when there isn't any.

  • @rgnzls6483
    @rgnzls6483 4 роки тому +10

    Remember watching this on HAI?

  • @shivamkrishnapandey9817
    @shivamkrishnapandey9817 4 роки тому +1

    I am surprised as to why Wendover didn't think of adding the special "Flight to nowhere" scheme launched and operated by many big airlines such as Qantas.

  • @johnholding5982
    @johnholding5982 4 роки тому +16

    "The century's first pandemic.." *record scratch*

    • @dissonantdreams
      @dissonantdreams 4 роки тому

      What? of course they were pandemics. Also MERS and H1N1 in this century.

  • @ryanroberts1104
    @ryanroberts1104 4 роки тому

    Covid has to be a huge boom for that Wendover guy, he's always talking about airplanes.

  • @Williamseppaben
    @Williamseppaben 4 роки тому +6

    This is a long half as interesting video!

  • @saarthkurle1840
    @saarthkurle1840 4 роки тому

    Eight Half As Interesting videos in one Wendover video. Today is a good day.

  • @yungfossil
    @yungfossil 3 роки тому +7

    This comment has nothing to do with anything. I’m just troubleshooting my internet connection. Have a nice day.

  • @biponacci
    @biponacci 4 роки тому

    There was also the Lufthansa A380 repatriation flight to Auckland, A350 to Fiji and Nepalese A330 to Brisbane

  • @HeelerHouse
    @HeelerHouse 4 роки тому +11

    "First pandemic of the century"
    H1N1: Am I a joke to you?

    • @erikbergstrom4638
      @erikbergstrom4638 4 роки тому

      That was an epidemic.

    • @dissonantdreams
      @dissonantdreams 4 роки тому

      The first pandemic of this century was SARS. There’s also been H1N1, MERS and Ebola since 2000, all officially classified as pandemics. Covid is obviously the biggest but it wasn’t the first.

  • @adrukker
    @adrukker 4 роки тому +2

    Fascinating. This must have taken so much research. Kudos.

  • @mlpschwein5032
    @mlpschwein5032 4 роки тому +3

    Oh, I wonder why there was no ad...

  • @熊ちゃん-h7t
    @熊ちゃん-h7t 4 роки тому

    For #3, United does have precedent for regularly scheduled flights not originating at a hub. HNL-NRT is a good example of a spoke-to-spoke route solely sustained on leisure (similar to its new routes to Florida). However, unlike the Florida routes, United has operated HNL-NRT for decades. In fact, HNL-NRT is the second busiest international route from the US, trailing only JFK-LHR. Airlines like Korean Airlines and Delta also operate between Honolulu and Tokyo (Delta now has rights to fly to HND) despite not having a hub on either end. Only half of the airlines that fly between the cities (Hawaiian Airlines, Japan Airlines, and ANA) have hubs in either city.