045 FCO - Airbus flying taxis, augmented reality Emirates, Cebu Pacific million miles baby

Paul is on Aviation Xtended

• Ep.63 – Layovers, Skyfaring and Flightchic | Xtended

The US National Aviation Day

• Teen 'whirlwind' leads invasion of 10 US, UK airports - CNN.com

Cranky Flyer celebrates in style

• Blogger flies to 8 airports in one day - Burbank Leader

How to be dumb in an airport

• Airline passenger runs across tarmac at Madrid airport to catch flight | World news | The Guardian

The Emirates crash landing

• Was Emirates' 777 Crash Landing "An Accident Waiting To Happen?" - One Mile at a Time
• Learning About Quicker Evacuation From Emirates Flight 521 | Commercial Aviation content from Aviation Week
• Royal Aeronautical Society | Insight Blog | Lives before luggage
• Crashing, Burning Planes Don’t Stop Passengers From Grabbing Their Luggage - Bloomberg
• Should overhead lockers be centrally locked? - BBC News
• Dubai airport lottery: Emirates plane crash-landing survivor wins $1 million jackpot - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The AR amenity kit

• Emirates New Economy Class Amenity Kits Offer Augmented Reality Experience | TheDesignAir

Quantas soars

• Qantas profit rises to record $1bn on back of overhaul and dip in fuel prices | Business | The Guardian

Cebu Pacific's loyalty

• She'll go far: baby girl born on plane is given 1m air miles | World news | The Guardian

The state of US air travel

• Five steps to success: How to improve America’s dismal airlines | The Economist
• Why the Big Three Airlines Are So Much the Same - WSJ
• American Airlines Retiring 20 MD-80s to Roswell – Flightradar24 Blog
• Rory Cellan-Jones on Twitter: "New statement from Delta - power outage caused IT failure https://t.co/trkQbpym05"
• This is Why Airline IT Systems Break Down So Often – Skift
• Diving in to the Delta One Suite - Wandering Aramean
• On Delta, All-Suite Business Class Flights - The New York Times
• Delta Air Lines employees mistake New Mexico for Mexico | New Mexico News - KOAT Home
• Turbulence on a JetBlue Flight Was So Bad a Toilet Blew Off the Wall
• United on Twitter: "@HirokoTabuchi We're exceptionally proud of all of our Olympians and we're glad Miss Biles enjoyed her flight back. #TeamUSA ^CB"
• United Appoints New Senior Leaders - Aug 18, 2016
• United Flight Attendants (Finally) Have First Post-Merger Contract – Skift
• Exclusive - Aboard AA990: A curtain comes down on U.S. swimmers' gold medal glory | Reuters

The JFK panic

• The Terrifying JFK Airport Shooting That Wasn’t
• JFK given all-clear after unfounded reports of shooting cause chaos | US news | The Guardian

Singapore Airlines celebrates Gold

• Singapore Airlines Facebook

The BA Olympics plane, and the food uproar

• Flash - Triumphant Brits return home from Olympics in gold-nosed plane - France 24
• Rio Olympics 2016: Team GB's record breakers to fly home for Tuesday - BBC Sport
• British Airways replace in-flight meals on long-haul journeys with fun-size chocolate bars
• I love plane food. Please British Airways, don’t take away my foil-wrapped fun | Daisy Buchanan | Opinion | The Guardian
• To fly, to scrooge: Little by little, British Airways is chipping away at its good name | The Economist
• British Airways cabin crew vote for industrial action but no strike | Business | The Guardian
• British Airways Releases London City Approach Cockpit Video - Airplane News
• Time Lapse Shows Incredible Aerial View of London | Digital Trends
• Revealed British Airways Airbus A350 Club World business class seat - Australian Business Traveller<...