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Mission Impossible — Rogue Nation

• Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Trailer - YouTube
• Mission: Impossible's Tom Cruise hangs horizontal outside moving plane | Daily Mail Online

First clues in the MH370 mystery?

• MH370 search: Reunion debris to be tested in France - BBC News
• Potential MH370 Plane window washes up on Reunion Island beach | Daily Mail Online
• Saima Mohsin on Twitter: "#Malaysia tells #CNN 1. A serial number matched #MH370 2. The paintwork matched 3. There was a MAS maintenance seal on the flaperon"
• Malaysia reckless on MH370 facts - CNN.com
• MH370 search: Differing messages on aircraft parts frustrate Flight 370 families - Chicago Tribune
• MH370 mystery clues might have been burned on La Reunion | Plane Talking
• Reddit: Alternate flaperon sources : MH370
• How MH370 fell into the Indian Ocean - Business Insider
• 'Low-speed plane crash ruled out': Hong Kong, foreign aviation experts weigh in on clues from wrecked MH370 flaperon | South China Morning Post
• What's next in the search for MH370? | The Verge
• Flight 370 ‘Social Media Hype’ Hurting Malaysian Airlines Demand - Bloomberg Business
• MH Is Mueller's House: KUL-ADL In Business Class — Trip Reports Forum | Airliners.net
• Malaysia Airlines Business Class Flash Sale »

US3 versus ME3

• Dropbox - Qatar Airways Open Skies Submission July 2015 (PDF downloads)
• Qatar Airways Submits 'White Paper' To The US Government In Support Of Open Skies
• QR Submits White Paper To U.S. DOT — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
• Interview: Etihad CEO on Disrupting Alliances and the Passenger Experience – Skift
• A group of US Airlines is teaming up against American, Delta, and United - Business Insider
• US Airlines are Competing Fiercely and Wall Street Doesn’t Like It | The Cranky Flier
• Debate over Persian Gulf airlines shifts to national security - LA Times
• Boeing may move overseas if Export-Import Bank isn’t revived - MarketWatch
• Delta to buy 3.55% China Eastern stake for $450M

Japan

• ZipanguFlyer: Creditors choose ANA/Skymark proposal over Delta/Intrepid.
• Star Flyer reins in nine month operating loss ($)
• スターフライヤー、6月の利用率59.7％　山口宇部は51.5％ ($)

China

• China Southern Airlines Flight Bound For London Runs Out Of Fuel, Makes Emergency Landing in Amsterdam
• Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific to cancel some mainland China flights in wake of delays chaos | South China Morning Post
• Cabin crew awarded 2.5 million RMB for foiling arson attack on Shenzhen Airlines flight: Shanghaiist
• PAI Partners to Sell Swissport International for $2.8 Billion - The New York Times

TAP + Azul

• CEO: TAP Portugal, Azul to become sister airlines | Finance & Data content from ATWOnline ($)

U.S. airlines systems hacked

• Chinese Hackers Undetected Inside United For A Year. Is World's 2nd Biggest Airline Out of Control?
• American Airlines and Sabre Databases Are Latest to Be Hit by Hackers in China – Skift
• United Gives Millions of Frequent Flier Miles to Hackers Who Find IT Flaws – Skift

Airlines ban game trophies

• After Killing of Cecil the Lion, Delta Joins Airline Ban on Game Trophies - The New York Times

First class jets

• Delta Air Lines To Offer Upgrades To Private Jet Service
• Air France Continues Bizjet Connections for First-class Pax | Business Aviation News: Aviation International News
• » Fly your own Business Jet for just 180 Euros! | Sam Chui Aviation Photography
• Is new Lufthansa Business Class experience on long-haul flights enough?
• LUFTHANSA 2 For 1 FIRST CLASS SALE! - Lufthansa Flyer

Airlines mis-target customer messages

• Travelers Blocking Messages, Dumping Apps Of Travel Companies Who Don't Seem To Really Know Them

The A380

• Emirates two-class Airbus A380 seatmap: drops first class suites - Australian Business Traveller
• No A380 neo, Yet, Airbus Confirms | Flight Chic
• A380 11-abreast Details Emerge — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net

Airbus & Boeing sales numbers

• Airbus, Boeing YTD orders assessed (Update) - Leeham News and Comment
• Iran plans to buy 80-90 Boeing, Airbus planes a year, post sanctions | Reuters

AirHook

• Airhook Cup Holder and Device Mount Hooks Onto Your Airplane Tray Table - CityLab

Airbus future planes

• Airbus just patented a jet that could fly from London to New York in 1 hour (air)
• Airbus starts design of hybrid-electric 100-seater - 7/29/2015 - Flight Global

Heathrow's third runway

• Heathrow third runway unjustifiable, says BA parent company boss | Environment | The Guardian
• Airport expansion in London: BA's big bluff on a third runway at Heathrow | The Economist
• London 24 on Vimeo (video)
• Ryanair says won't accept IAG offer for Aer Lingus until mid-August

British Airways' new luggage policy

• British Airways Begins Crackdown as Luggage Woes Go International – Skift
• Baggage delivery service launched at Gatwick Airport
• ShelfPack- a new kind of luggage with built-in shelves! by Ken McKaba — Kickstarter

HitList hits version 3

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II. Airport of the week

DUB

• Dublin Airport - Welcome to Dublin Airport
• Dublin Travel Guide - YouTube