SHOW NOTESI. News of the week

SHOW NOTES

Ryanair ressucitates a ghost airport

Ryanair Makes Valencia's Notorious Ghost Airport Its New Spanish Home – SkiftRyanair 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 - FortuneBBC NEWS | Business | Ryanair set for £8 flights to USRyanair plans to offer flights between Europe and the US | Travel | The GuardianExclusive: 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 TalkingAmericans 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 VergeTo Speed Up Security Lines, Airports Start Tracking Your Smartphone - BusinessweekAttention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell - NYTimes.comBlipTrack Airport Solution : Blip Systems

The fastest U.S. airlines

Which Flight Will Get You There Fastest? | FiveThirtyEightA Better Way To Find The Best Flights And Avoid The Worst Airports | FiveThirtyEightData 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 CentralRoutehappy – 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 – SkiftIs Apple Watch Poised to Become Next Big Travel Gadget? | Digital TrendsEmirates ready for timely launch of its app for Apple Watch | News | EmiratesMobile 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 & PicturesRestricted 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 GodThe 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 GoogleITA 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 WeekBlack-sky thinking: Lufthansa’s travails 2015-03-13 | EspressoLufthansa's Eurowings agrees new pay deal with pilots | ReutersLufthansa’s new budget airline cleared for take-off - FT.com ($)Arabian Aerospace - German LCC to take on the Gulf with super low cost challengeNew 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 faresSouth African Air will not honor mistake $72 biz-class fareDo Airlines Have to Honor Mistake Fares?How to Snag an Airline Pricing GlitchEtihad To Honor Cheap Mistake Fares to Abu Dhabi and BeyondThe Points GuyRegulators 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 AirportFact Sheet - Terminal 5 Concept Plan Finalised | Ministry of Transport, SingaporeThe Incredible Luxuriant Singapore Airport Terminal Project — Layovers