Show Notes
SHOW NOTES
Alex and Paul are on a secret mission to uncover the latest in aviation innovation. Well, it’s episode 007, expect Plenty O’Puns.
I. News of the week
The U.S. airlines release their white paper about the Gulf airlines
Full Report of U.S. Airlines to the White House Blaming Gulf Carriers — Paul Papadimitriou, Layovers
US-UAE Business Council Tells U.S. Airlines to Compete More and Complain Less — Marisa Garcia, Skift
Feeling the heat — The Economist
U.S Airlines Promise to Get More Aggressive Towards Gulf Carrier Rivals — Dennis Schaal, Skift
American Airlines’ request for pension bailout draws criticism — Steven Mufson, Washington Post
Second A350 to up ante in Qatar’s battle with Lufthansa — Michael Gubisch, FlightGlobal
Lufthansa Prepared to Battle Emirates by Slashing Fares — Richard Weiss, Bloomberg
Emirates really wants its A380-NEOs
Emirates Would Order Up to 200 A380neos — Jens Flottau, AviationWeek
Airbus assures on A380 break-even this year — David Kaminski-Morrow, FlightGlobal
MH370 interim report
MH370 Official Report (PDF)
Angry families reject report — BBC News
Incidents in series
Turkish A330 suffers nose gear collapse in Kathmandu — Firdaus Hashim, FligthGlobal
‘Minor’ injuries result from MD-88 LaGuardia crash: Delta — Jon Hemmerdinger, FlightGlobal
Incidents reveal crucial need for passengers to leave bags behind — John Walton, RunWayGirlNetwork
Solar Impulse 2 starts its round-the-world trip
Qantas 747 lands for posterity
Historic Qantas 747-400 makes precision touchdown on its final journey — CourrierMail
Pilot’s-eye view of 747-400’s delivery flight to Illawarra — wave965fm (video)
Korean Air will fly its 747-8 to London
Korean Air Adds Boeing 747-8i London Operation from August 2015 — Airline Route
II. Innovation in AirTech, PaxEx and Design
SITA’s report on the future of air travel
The Future is Personal in Air Travel — SITA
Closing in on a 360-degree view for airports and airlines — Linda Fox, Tnooz
Uber suffers drawback in Japan
Uber Says Goodbye to Japan after Government Ruling — Ma Jie, Bloomberg
Uber pilots ride-sharing in Japan — The Star
LINE Taxi leapfrogs Uber, now in over 90 cities across Japan — David Corbin, TechinAsia
SkyTeam goes all in for messaging apps
Air France on WeChat in China — AirFrance.com
SkyTeam Gets Vocal on WeChat — SkyTeam.com
KLM Launches Android Smartwatch App — KLM.com
Thought-controlled piloting
Quadriplegic woman flies F-35 with nothing but her thoughts — Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo
A new airliner tracking system
Rockwell Collins offers global airliner tracking system — Karen Walker, ATW
III. Gadget of the week
IV. Debate of the week
The planes, airlines and airports of 007
Live and Let Fly — David Lande, Air & Space Magazine
List of vehicles in James Bond movies
Virgin Atlantic’s Vesper cocktail
V. Question of the week
What are the private 747s in operation today? by Paul Papadimitriou, in honor of Auric Goldfinger who flew a Lockheed JetStar.
The lines of private and state-owned can sometimes be blurry, but we found three candidates, two 747-400 and one 747-8i. We enumerate a few other examples too.
VI. Airport of the week
MIA.
Casino Royale is the only 007 movie which features an entire action sequence in an airport: Miami International. Nothing was filmed there, though. It all happened in PRA (airfield), NAS (airport), the Dunsfold Aerodrome (hangar) and Pinewood Studios (miniatures).
We still look at what’s to say about MIA. The iBeacon initiative is of note.
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