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SHOW NOTESI. News of the week

SHOW NOTES

Ryanair ressucitates a ghost airport

• Ryanair Makes Valencia's Notorious Ghost Airport Its New Spanish Home – Skift
• Ryanair to become first airline to fly to Spain's ghost airport | Business | The Guardian

Ryanair goes transatlantic

• Ryanair board approves plan to crack open the US market - Fortune
• BBC NEWS | Business | Ryanair set for £8 flights to US
• Ryanair plans to offer flights between Europe and the US | Travel | The Guardian
• Exclusive: This Is the Look of the New True Blue Ryanair | Flight Chic

Qatar Airways Buys Heathrow Hotel

• Qatar Airways Getting Into Hotel Business With Heathrow Purchase – Skift

Emirates addresses subsidies accusations

• Airlines and subsidy: our position — Emirates.com (PDF)
• Emirates reserves its rights to sue over subsidy lies | Plane Talking
• Americans for Fair Skies 30 second TV spot - YouTube (video)
• Watch: Nicole Kidman stars in new ad for Etihad Airways

Korean Air's attendant strikes back

• Ex-Korean Air flight attendant sues airline and executive after 'nut rage' incident | Travel | The Guardian

Virgin Atlantic announces profit

• Virgin Atlantic soars back into profit | Business | The Guardian

II. Innovation news of the week

Better airport queue improvement via mobile tracking

• Tracking travelers' phones let Cincinnati airport cut security line waits by a third | The Verge
• To Speed Up Security Lines, Airports Start Tracking Your Smartphone - Businessweek
• Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell - NYTimes.com
• BlipTrack Airport Solution : Blip Systems

The fastest U.S. airlines

• Which Flight Will Get You There Fastest? | FiveThirtyEight
• A Better Way To Find The Best Flights And Avoid The Worst Airports | FiveThirtyEight
• Data Mining Reveals When a Yellow Taxi Is Cheaper Than Uber | MIT Technology Review

Google Flights adds amenities data

• Google Flight Search now provides amenity data through partnership with Routehappy | Android Central
• Routehappy – Differentiating air travel

In-flight smartcard payments

• airlinetrends.com » HK Express lets passengers make contactless in-flight payments with their mass transit smart card

More Apple Watch flight apps

• EasyJet Is First Low-Cost Carrier With an Apple Watch App – Skift
• Is Apple Watch Poised to Become Next Big Travel Gadget? | Digital Trends
• Emirates ready for timely launch of its app for Apple Watch | News | Emirates
• Mobile devices will issue a third of all airline boarding passes by 2019 (study) | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Mark Sullivan

Battery causes fire on KLM flight

• KLM B777-300 Fire on Luggage - Aviation Videos & Pictures
• Restricted articles - KLM.com

Spitfire interactive

• Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX Cockpit Interactive Panorama

Sky data drawings

• Intrepid Pilot Draws Some Sky-Penises Right In The Face Of God
• The Art of Running | Joseph Tame | ジョセフ・テイム

3D visualization of all flights in the world

• Flight Stream

III. App of the week

ITA Matrix

• Matrix - ITA Software by Google
• ITA Matrix Airfare Search Advanced Routing Codes - Behind the Curtain

IV. Debate of the week

Lufthansa's low cost strategy

• Lufthansa Proposes Legacy Growth Plan In Return For Staff Concessions | Commercial Aviation content from Aviation Week
• Black-sky thinking: Lufthansa’s travails 2015-03-13 | Espresso
• Lufthansa's Eurowings agrees new pay deal with pilots | Reuters
• Lufthansa’s new budget airline cleared for take-off - FT.com ($)
• Arabian Aerospace - German LCC to take on the Gulf with super low cost challenge
• New Eurowings’ first base outside Germany will be Vienna | Airports & Routes content from ATWOnline

V. Question of the week

Will airline honor mistake fares?

• DOT: United does not have to honor absurdly low mistake fares
• South African Air will not honor mistake $72 biz-class fare
• Do Airlines Have to Honor Mistake Fares?
• How to Snag an Airline Pricing Glitch
• Etihad To Honor Cheap Mistake Fares to Abu Dhabi and BeyondThe Points Guy
• Regulators Say Etihad Must Honor Its Mistake Low Fares -- But the Rules May Change

VI. Airport of the week

SIN

SIN is considered one of the best airports in the world. The SkyTrax World Airport Awards gave it its 2015, 2014, 2013 nod and Business Traveler Magazine has named it the best for no less than 26 consecutive years. From the swimming pool to the rooftop gardens, from the city tours to the slide, learn why Alex and Paul agree.

• Changi Airport
• Fact Sheet - Terminal 5 Concept Plan Finalised | Ministry of Transport, Singapore
• The Incredible Luxuriant Singapore Airport Terminal Project — Layovers