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I. News of the week

SHOW NOTES

Ryanair ressucitates a ghost airport

• Ryanair Makes Valencia's Notorious Ghost Airport Its New Spanish Home – Skift
• Ryanair 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 - Fortune
• BBC NEWS | Business | Ryanair set for £8 flights to US
• Ryanair plans to offer flights between Europe and the US | Travel | The Guardian
• Exclusive: 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 Talking
• Americans 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 Verge
• To Speed Up Security Lines, Airports Start Tracking Your Smartphone - Businessweek
• Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell - NYTimes.com
• BlipTrack Airport Solution : Blip Systems

The fastest U.S. airlines

• Which Flight Will Get You There Fastest? | FiveThirtyEight
• A Better Way To Find The Best Flights And Avoid The Worst Airports | FiveThirtyEight
• Data 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 Central
• Routehappy – 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 – Skift
• Is Apple Watch Poised to Become Next Big Travel Gadget? | Digital Trends
• Emirates ready for timely launch of its app for Apple Watch | News | Emirates
• Mobile 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 & Pictures
• Restricted 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 God
• The 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 Google
• ITA 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 Week
• Black-sky thinking: Lufthansa’s travails 2015-03-13 | Espresso
• Lufthansa's Eurowings agrees new pay deal with pilots | Reuters