SHOW NOTES Two shout outs this week. First to TheDesignAir for going live with their brand new podcast, The Aviator, it's really great and you should all subscribe! Second to our own Alex who just released the first episode of his video travel show, Attaché. Take a look at the London episode. Paul attended the filming of Barcelona this week—what fun we had! WOW goes transatlantic Iceland's WOW air prepares fo new transatlantic routes — Alan Dron, ATW Ryanair to add cheap transatlantic flights, WiFi and more in the next three years — Kayla Hertz, IrishCentral The economic impact of Emirates Airlines in Europe Emirates Airgues Why It's Good for Europe's Economy — Deena Kamel Yousef, Bloomberg Boeing and FedEx support OpenSkies Boeing, FedEx battle back vs US airlines on Gulf competition — Reuters Bombardier flies its CS300 Bombardier schedules CS300 first flight for 26 February — Mavis Toh, FlightGlobal SouthWest misses inspections Southwest Airlines grounds 128 Boeing 737 airplanes for missed inspections — Terry Maxon, The Dallas Morning News Southwest for Now Can Use Planes That Missed Inspection — David Koenig, ABC News United is brutally honest with its pilots United Airlines Officials Highlight 'Near-Misses' in Safety Message to Pilots — Dan Good, ABC News A new biggest plane ever made This Will Be the World's Largest Plane — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics Inside The Roc's Lair — Guy Norris, Aviation Week A 747 Gobs Solar Impulse From Switzerland To Abu Dhabi — Paul Papadimitriou, Layovers The restoration of the first 747 From rust bucket to showpiece: Volunteers are rescuing the first Boeing 747 — Ron Judd, The Seattle Times #MWC15: IBM showcases iOS app for airline industry Next IBM MobileFirst for iOS Apps Unveiled — IBM Apple - IBM Partnership Sprouts Latest Set Of Apps At Mobile World Congress — Ron Miller, Techcrunch #MWC15: Virgin goes smartwatch Virgin Atlantic is testing Sony SmartWear, including EyeGlass, for engineer collaboration — Dave Neal, The Inquirer JAL Tests Smartwatch Broadcasts at Tokyo Haneda — Paul Papadimitriou, Layovers #MWC15: American Airlines' Hackathon WearableWorld Success Story Ryanair goes mobile-first The new Ryanair - a mobile-first travel retailer — Martin Cowen, Tnooz Options Away' future ticket lock Options Away, an airfare lock startup, raises $3.5 million — Sean O'Neill, Tnooz A mobile passport to get into the US Second Airport Offers Travelers Access to Mobile Passport App — Benet J. Wilson, Airways News Faster Airport Entry Into the USA with this Selfie iPhone App — Paul Papadimitriou, Layovers Starwood and Uber join loyalty forces Starwood Is Giving Out SPG Loyalty Points to Uber Riders — Serena Saitto, Bloomberg Google Flights is out of beta Google Flights comes out of beta, but still isn't profitable — Sean O'Neill, Tnooz Here's what Google's super-fast flight search reveals about its product strategy — Jillian D'Onfro, Business Insider Use ITA codes on HipMunk Bet You Didn't Know: Using Hipmunk to book ITA Matrix flights — FrequentMiler Airbus goes AirWolf Airbus' New Composite Helicopter Is A Billion Dollar Bet — Chris Clarke, Jalopnik Turbulence Forecast One year into MH370's mysterious disappearance. The Vanishing — Sean Flynn, GQ 'Nobody cares any more': the relatives who went looking Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 — Jon Ronson, The Guardian MH370 hunt covers 40% of search area — Flightglobal MH370: Australian PM Abbott hints at scaled back search — BBC News How crazy am I to think I actually know where that Malaysia Airlines plane is? — Jeff Wise, NYMag To Keep Airplanes on the Map, Track Them from Space — Loren Grush, Popular Science Airlines Make Baby Steps on Flight Tracking a Year After Flight 370 Vanished — Scott Mayerowitz and David Koenig, AP SigFox What seat would you recommend? Window, middle or aisle? by Deanne De Rego Hunter in Kent, UK. It is often said that window seats are made for dreamers, aisle seats for workers and aisle for no one. Turns out both Alex and Paul are in for the experience and explain the reasons why.
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Barcelona-El Prat airport has ambition. Alex and Paul talk about their experience there.