029 EWR - Jetblue and Amazon, 170 million air miles, crazy Airbus patent, wine carry-on

Women in the aviation industry

• All-Female Flight Crew a First for Ethiopia Airlines
• Indonesia's Lion Air grounds pilot for 'offering flight attendant as compensation' for delay, SE Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
• China’s Secret to a Booming Aviation Industry: Sexism - Fortune
• A hazing ritual forced Chinese female flight attendants into overhead bins - The Washington Post

Air travel after the terror attacks

• Reports: Russia demands Lebanon shut down airspace for Russian military drills - Vox
• Ukraine closes airspace to all Russian planes - BBC News
• Worldwide Travel Alert
• Sécurité: les personnels Air France inquiets (in French)
• Blonde bomber: Police believe Hasna Aitboulahcen was part of a terror cell planning an attack on Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport | DailyTelegraph
• Perquisitions à Roissy : des signaux de radicalisation découverts - Le Point (in French)
• Toulouse Airbus site bomb alert: 200 people evacuated after '3 drinks cans connected with wire' found in engine - Mirror Online
• Turkish plane diverted to Canada over bomb threat - BBC News
• SIA confirms bomb threat on flight from San Francisco - Channel NewsAsia
• Bomb scare: Changi Airport chairman was on Singapore Airlines plane, Singapore News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
• Four Middle Eastern passengers kicked off plane after woman said she saw dynamite text | World | News | Daily Express
• US Muslim forced off plane cites Islamophobia

Proof that SIN is good for layovers?

• S'pore couple camp at Changi Airport for 7 months: There's free Internet, electricity, water, AsiaOne Singapore News

Cathay returns at LGW

Cathay Pacific 'to return to London Gatwick with A350' - Business Traveller

Europe and the US versus the Middle-Eastern carriers

• France and Germany's Transport Ministers Add to the Open Skies Battle With Gulf Carriers – Skift
• Lufthansa cancels Munich-Dubai service - Business Traveller
• DL Severs Ticketing With EK — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net

What is Qatar announcing for the US market?

• Qatar Airways Set For "Historic" Announcement

JetBlue goes Amazon

• JetBlue Launches Amazon Streaming on All Planes Equipped With Fly-Fi – Skift

Emirates adds bigger IFE screens in all classes

• Emirates Introduces New Generation IFE That Is Best In Class | TheDesignAir

Pay for Wifi with United miles

• United to Let Travelers Trade Miles for Wi-Fi in the Sky

170m USD worth or air miles!

• Billionaire Charges $170 Million Painting to Get Airline Miles

Jetlovers

• Layovers on JetLovers - Your Flight Club

Google creeps into travel

• Google Claims Mobile Search Result Impacting Yelp, TripAdvisor Is Bug | Re/code
• Airlines warned giving Google any data will ensure you're hostage to it for life
• Google Tries to Remove Mobile Friction With Instant Booking Push – Skift
• Online Traffic to Airline Websites Predicts Passenger Numbers, Report Says - APEX | Airline Passenger Experience

Startup lookout

• TravelRavel - Taking a stress out of booking
• TIMEJET | Time flies with us

Luggage weight sharing?

• Edwin asks us if it would be possible for poeple to share the weight they're checking into the hold.

For wine lovers

• The Easiest (and Cheapest) Way to Travel with Wine - Condé Nast Traveler

KLM goes Messenger

• KLM confirms Facebook Messenger play

We don't know what Airbus is thinking

• Airbus Crazy Patent Watch: Detachable Cabins Edition

The renaissance of supersonic planes