050 NRT - The crazy story of Narita, Cathay Pacific Beer, 10 Cent Fares, Open Skies rift
00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - ANA 380, Special livery, Drone Inspection, JAL pilots
- ANA unveils special livery for its new A380 fleet | Airbus Press release
- ANA tests drone's-eye view for plane inspections- Nikkei Asian Review
- JAL's novice pilots grounded by 2010 bankruptcy finally take wing | The Japan Times
05:30 - Cathay Pacific Beer, bubbly in the air
- Cathay Pacific creates craft beer for UK flights - Business Traveller – The leading magazine for frequent flyers
- Cathay Pacific Creates A Beer for 35,000 Feet - Travel Codex
- Spirits in the sky: What to drink at 30,000 feet | The Economist
08:32 - Air China Cathay Pacific merger rumor
10:54 - Aboslute low cost Spring Airlines, China strategy
- 【春航】春秋航空官方网站‖飞机票查询预订_航班查询_特价机票_打折机票_国际机票预订_电子机票_机票预订_上海机票
- China’s HNA Group to buy 82.5% stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport | Airlines content from ATWOnline
14:55 - Qantas ultra long haul, ANA Mexico route
- Qantas announces the world’s longest direct flight | World Economic Forum
- All Nippon Airways launches its longest non-stop route
17:49 - Episode 049 feedback, reviews, chapters
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21:41 - Aer Lingus, Norwegian, new US routes, Easyjet
- Aer Lingus gave Norwegian Air a masterclass in sass on Twitter this evening
- Norwegian outlines 737MAX8 US routes from June 2017 :: Routesonline
25:28 - United, Munoz, 5th freedom routes, Open Skies debate
- United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz interview - Business Insider
- JetBlue, Alaska, Atlas push back against US majors on Gulf issue | Open Skies content from ATWOnline
30:33 - New US travel ban, new TSA rules, EU travel ban
- President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq Trump to unveil new travel ban Monday, without Iraq - CNNPolitics.com
- Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas - The Washington Post
- Muslim-American Travelers Are Quietly Having Global Entry Privileges Revoked – Skift
- TSA's new "pat-downs" are so invasive, airports are pre-emptively warning cops to expect sexual assault claims / Boing Boing
- Americans, Calm Down: You Don’t Need a Visa to Go to Europe | Foreign Policy
34:57 - Mouse ban, plane over-crowding
- Mouse on a plane grounds British Airways Heathrow flight - BBC News
- Pakistan airline admits taking extra passengers in aisle - BBC News
37:55 - Airmule, TripIt, Kayak, FlySMS, apps
- Airmule | The Smarter Way to Fly
- Announcing Go Now & More New TripIt Features - TripIt Blog
- Flying App has landed
- Josh Parnham - TodayFlights
- FlySMS
42:50 - Paul flights, TripCase ADD, BA priority, Bluesmart ad, CS100 video
49:24 - AMS biometric boarding, Air France new low cost
- Japan readies facial recognition at airports to stop terrorists- Nikkei Asian Review
- KLM tests boarding via facial recognition system
- Air France-KLM to cut costs further after profits rise 35%
- Air France plans “Boost” subsidiary launch this year - Business Traveller – The leading magazine for frequent flyers
- Air France-KLM's New Strategic Plan, Explained – Skift
52:55 - NRT, the extraordinary story of Narita
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