037 LCA - Airbus Airspace, Boom, 777 saves the UK, a kinder Ryanair, Iron Maiden 747

The EgyptAir hikacking

Ben Innes in selfie with EgyptAir hijacker revealed to be Brit held hostage on plane | Daily Mail Online

Hijack Pics or It Didn't Happen

EgyptAir hijack: Hijacker used fake suicide belt, motives unclear, say officials, Middle East News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

Skyjackings Like the Egypt Air Takeover Tuesday Were Once Common - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Terror at BRU

Smart security

Pre or not Pre

Craig McCormick on Twitter: "@lay_overs As a UA 1K Card holder, I regularly (everytime) get TSA-Pre tickets even though I have a UK Passport. It's actually not uncommon."

Craig McCormick on Twitter: "@lay_overs From my research, we got automatically enrolled due to frequent travel to US. It can be hit or miss occasionally for some reason."

Markus Voelter on Twitter: "@lay_overs I had a similar pre-check experience. I asked the guys. Told me that some boarding passes get the “pre” randomly. Strange indeed."

Apply for TSA Pre✓® | Transportation Security Administration

John Edgar Park on Twitter: "My modified multitool made it through two airports today! It may help that I laser etched "TSA Compliant" on it. https://t.co/eOXwCfzOsw"

Anton Nekhaenko on Twitter: "@papadimitriou did you mention that some credit cards in the US would reimburse you for your TSA fast track/global entry fees?"

The greatest review ever of Layovers

Virgin America is for sale

Virgin America Gets Takeover Bids From JetBlue and Alaska Air - Bloomberg

Why Delta Is Virgin America's Most Likely Suitor – Skift

VA Stock | Barbarian At The Gate: Virgin America (VA) - TheStreet

Virgin Australia loses Air New Zealand

Virgin Atlantic going low cosst?

The new Airbus experience

A split level A350?

The mile-high clubs

Anton Nekhaenko on Twitter: "@lay_overs the biggest shame of LH scrapping A340s is how good theirs were for joining the mile-high club, with those below the deck toilets"

Airline cabin crew reveal their guilty secrets: from sex in the sky to short-changing passengers - Telegraph

Tinder for airports?!

Ryanair switches strategy

Ryanair’s New Strategy: Being Nice - WSJ

Ryanair launches corporate jet service - Business Traveller

Ryanair’s CMO on the Airline's Ambitious Low-Brow Content Marketing Strategy – Skift

WOW the low cost disruptor

A french long haul low cost

Qatar eyes low cost in India

Royal Brunei

The great UK panic

A new age in supersonic travel?

Boom - Supersonic Passenger Airplanes

Boom, the startup that wants to build supersonic planes, just signed a massive deal with Virgin | TechCrunch

Supersonic jet startup vows 'affordable' travel – if you have $5,000 to spare | Business | The Guardian

Pilots rank the worst airports

The Fly Dubai crash

The Germanwings crash sparks mental health debate

The Iron Maiden 747

Iron Maiden Kicks Off Tour With A New, Upgraded Ed Force One

Bruce Dickinson Says Boeing 757 Wasn't 'Big Enough' To Accommodate Iron Maiden's New Stage Show - Blabbermouth.net

Iron Maiden's Ed Force One landed in Cardiff and this is what it's like on board a heavy metal band's plane - Wales Online

Photos from Commercial plane lovers's post

Iron Maiden's Plane 'Badly Damaged' In Collision At Santiago Airport - Blabbermouth.net

#EdForceOne hashtag on Twitter

Happy anniversaries, ANA!

Over 100,000 Boeing 787 flights in the air - All Nippon Airways | Facebook

Celebrating ANA’s 30th International Service Anniversary! ｜What's up? ANA｜ANA

The ULL race

Emirates A380 from Dubai to NZ makes longest non-stop flight - BBC News

Is Emirates' new non-stop route from Dubai to Auckland the fastest? | News & Advice | Travel | The Independent

The New Entrants in the Competitive Long-Haul Airline Race – Skift

Mapping what's below you

A new 5th freedom route in Europe?

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