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ANA Star Wars

• R2-D2™ ANA JET Flight Ceremony Los Angeles International Airport
• "STAR WARS: The Force Awakens" World Premiere Hollywood
• ANA Returns to Sydney in Style with the R2-D2 Star Wars Dreamliner - AirlineReporter : AirlineReporter
• Fans with the R2-D2™ ANA JET - YouTube (video)
• SHOP | ANA STAR WARS PROJECT

Happy birthday Airbus

• The timeline | Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer

App in the Air

• App in the Air - We added new Profile Statistics

Kayak Snap

• Kayak to Launch New Text-Based Travel Service – Skift

McKinsey's future of travel

Facebook and the future of travel | McKinsey & Company

Post-booking price checking app

• FairFly: Rebooking your flight at a better price.

The miles addiction

• Help, I’m Addicted to Frequent-Flier Miles -- The Cut

Turning an airplane

• The Art of Turning Around an Airplane - The New York Times

ZRH gets a lots of Qatari jets

• Qatari ex-emir’s broken leg sees 9 ‘emergency’ landings in Zurich despite night flight ban — RT News

Delta CEO is person of the year

• Person Of The Year: Delta Air Lines’ Richard Anderson | Commercial Aviation content from Aviation Week
• Richard Anderson - Aviation Week’s Person of the Year 2015 — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net

No more hover boards

• Operational updates | About Emirates | Emirates United Kingdom
• Russell Crowe rages against airline hoverboard ban - CNET
• Chinese hoverboard market in chaos after Amazon demands they stop exploding

BA goes reward flight on iOS

• BA on your mobile | British Airways

Why does British Airways avoid French airspace?

• What's going on in France tonight ? - Page 2 - FlyerTalk Forums
• British Airways on Twitter: "@cubedweller We're unaware of any reasons why this would be, Alex. ^Cec"

New LHR approach over continental Europe

• Heathrow holding times trial enters permanent operation
• ATC improvements reduce London Heathrow stacks | Air Traffic Control content from ATWOnline

Did Malaysian really fly in the wrong direction?

• Malaysia Airlines MH132 flies in wrong direction for almost an hour | News | DW.COM | 27.12.2015
• Malaysia Airlines aircraft given wrong flight plan | Safety content from ATWOnline
• Incident: Malaysia A333 over Tasman Sea on Dec 25th 2015, crew, dispatch and ATC out of sync

Beacons arrive at MUC

• Lufthansa apps on your smartphone or tablet - Lufthansa ® United Kingdom

Airports hit record PAX numbers

• Frankfurter Flughafen Fraport mit mehr als 60 Mio. Passagieren (in German)
• Flughafen Frankfurt verliert international an Bedeutung - SPIEGEL ONLINE (in German)
• Hartsfield-Jackson First Airport to Serve 100 Million Passengers in a Single Year

Virgin Atlantic gets creative for its financing

• Virgin Atlantic raises cash against Heathrow airport slots | Finance & Data content from ATWOnline

Virgin America gets new Airbus planes

• Virgin America to lease 10 new Airbus A321neo aircraft | Reuters

Mistubishi delays aircraft

• MRJ airliner delay won’t disrupt jobs here, says local partner | The Seattle Times

CityJet orders more SuperJets

• Irish CityJet to option 6 more Russian-made airliners — RT Business
• CityJet seals new $210m jet options to expand - Independent.ie
• Investor in talks to buy Irish airline CityJet

The CS100 get the greenlight

• Bombardier CS100 passenger jet is given the all-clear for take-off - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

The future of Sharm el-Sheikh is uncertain

• Egypt plane crash: Airlines extend suspension of Sharm el-Sheikh flights - BBC News

A real fake bomb freaks Air France and the rest of us

• Fake Bomb Prompts Emergency Landing of Air France Flight - The New York Times
• Fake bomb forces Air France flight to make Kenya emergency landing - BBC News
• "Looking at the device, and whether it was real or not, it was clearly meant to scare. https://t.co/2Evku35p8E https://t.co/21lpVcQno4" (photo)
• "Update - The chief executive of Air France says the suspicious object found on Flight #AF463 was a false alarm"
• Air France bomb scare: Kenya says explosive device found in toilets of plane taking 473 people from Mauritius to Paris | Africa | News | The Independent
• "BREAKING: Kenyan authorities confirm bomb found on Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris. - @AAhronheim https://t.co/gULcN3eywr"
• Vol Maurice-Paris : un homme placé en garde à vue (in French)

How many coach seats can you cram in a plane?

• SeatGuru Seat Map Air France Boeing 777-300ER (77W) Caribbean
• ANA 777-300
• JAL 747-400D
• Hello, Goodbye - The Last Boeing 747-400D - AirlineReporter : AirlineReporter

Flying without ID? It's possible in the US

• Twitter Moments: Forget your wallet? Here's one way to fly without ID

De-icing equipment has a tendency to hit stuff

• David Prager on Twitter: "The piece in front of the small van fell off the plane right as they finished boarding from Stockholm to Oakland https://t.co/UsKDdqULPn"
• Service Vehicle Collides with Jet Bridge at Bismarck Airport

Ranking bad in-flight services

• The Airlines With the Worst In-Flight Service

Skift's 2015 brand valuations

• How the World's 30 Best Airline Brands Ranked With Consumers This Year – Skift

Getting out in style? Use a ladder

• - NIGERIAN AIRLINE DISEMBARKS PASSENGERS USING A LADDER
• Bauchi Airport authorities explains why passengers boarded aircrafts using ladders

The US will fly to Cuba

• US and Cuba reach understanding on restoring commercial flights | World news | The Guardian

NCE

• Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur : OFFICIAL WEBSITE Gateway to the mythical French Riviera
• Uber offers helicopter taxi service in Cannes to beat competition - Telegraph