Show Notes
SHOW NOTES
I. News of the week
US airlines vs the Gulf airlines, round two
U.S. Airlines vs Gulf Carriers: That Escalated Quickly — Paul Papadimitriou, Layovers
Qatar’s Al Baker firmly rebukes Delta chief in subsidies row — Max Kingsley-Jones, FlightGlobal
Delta CEO apologizes for terrorist remark — Karen Walker, ATW
Emirates Boss Pushes Back on Delta’s Open Skies and 9/11 Claims — Jason Clampet, Skift
U.S Airport Group Sides Against Airlines in Open Skies Battle — Marisa Garcia, Skift
The Battle Over Open Skies Forces U.S. Tourism Industry to Choose Sides — Marisa Garcia, Skift
Emirates Considers Reducing Tickets Prices — RJ321, Airliners.net
Are cabin toxic fumes a health risk?
Warning over toxic fumes in plane cabins — Andrew Gilligan, Telegraph
North Korea Air Force One
See Inside Kim Jong Un’s Remodeled Air Force One — Taylor Rogoway, Jalopnik
Turkish might get two A380s
Gulfstream breaks world record
Gulfstream Breaks Round The World Record With Only One Fuel Stop — Chris Clarke, Jalopnik
Lufthansa’s premium costs versus LCC
Lufthansa Proposes Legacy Growth Plan In Return For Staff Concessions — Jens Flottau, Aviation Week
Lufthansa’s Eurowings agrees new pay deal with pilots — Reuters
Lufthansa’s new budget airline cleared for take-off — Chris Bryant, FT ($)
EU releases report on LCC working conditions
Zero-hour pilot contracts threaten air safety, says study — Euractiv
Virgin America posts profits
Virgin America posts second consecutive full-year net profit — Aaron Karp, ATW
Delta lost dogs
Furious owners claim Delta lost their show dogs at airport — Matt Markovich, Komonews
Russia requests API
Russia to require API for all overflights — hugolover, Flyertalk
II. Innovation in AirTech, PaxEx and design
Air France mobile upgrade game
Air France Upgrade Challenge — AirFrance.com
The upgrade challenge: new cabins launch in Asia — Air France (video)
Air France Launches The Upgrade Challenge Social Game — Ryan Lum, Creative Guerilla Marketing
Breathometer
Breathometer ties in Uber and last-minute hotel stays for drunk — Nick Vivion, Tnooz
China Eastern introduces digital personal assistant
Microsoft XiaoIce (Chinese)
Siri in the cockpit
Honeywell tests voice-recognition technology on flight decks — Meryl Fishler, Cronkite News
Cool New Cockpit Technologies — Honeywell Aviation (video)
3D printed Rolls-Royce engine
Rolls-Royce to fly Trent XWB with largest-ever 3D-printed part — Murdo Morrison, FlightGlobal
ANA sells 747-400 parts as memorabilia
Forever 747 — ANA A-Style (Japanese)
A Concorde podcast episode
Flying the Concorde — Omega Tau, episode 166
III. App of the Week
IV. Debate of the Week
The origins of the Gulf Airlines
The Rise of the Gulf Carriers — Ashley Kindergan, TheFinancialist
Flying High, The Improbable Rise of the Gulf Airlines — Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs
Big three Gulf airlines brush aside obstacles in pursuit of dominance — Gwyn Topham, The Guardian
The sky is the limit: has the time come for air traffic control in the GCC? — Albawaba Business
V. Question of the week
What is the largest airline in the world by fleet size? by Paul (after Alex told him Emirates wasn’t in the Top 10)
World Airline Fleets: Top 10 Aviation Armadas with Most Airplanes — FinancesOnline
The 10 Airlines With the Biggest Fleets in the World — Rob Cowte, The Richest
VI. Airport of the week
MUC.
One of the most efficient airports when it comes to transit—a 30 minutes layovers is enough to catch a connecting flight, but also one of the most forward-looking when it comes to noise and pollution control.
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