020 DUB - Airbus hypersonic, MH370 discovery, Delta, United hacking, LHR 3rd runway
Summary
Flight 020. Airbus hypes a hyper-unrealistic hypersonic plane. A potential clue to the MH370 mystery comes ashore. Hackers were in United systems for a year, but what about Sabre and American? British Airways toughens its luggage policy and to Heathrow’s third runway. Delta’s subsidy bipolar disorder. Emirates’ seat numbering disorder. The corporate jet upgrades versus the shrinking A380 seats.SHOW NOTES
News of the week
Mission Impossible — Rogue Nation
- Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Trailer - YouTube
- Mission: Impossible's Tom Cruise hangs horizontal outside moving plane | Daily Mail Online
First clues in the MH370 mystery?
- MH370 search: Reunion debris to be tested in France - BBC News
- Potential MH370 Plane window washes up on Reunion Island beach | Daily Mail Online
- Saima Mohsin on Twitter: "#Malaysia tells #CNN 1. A serial number matched #MH370 2. The paintwork matched 3. There was a MAS maintenance seal on the flaperon"
- Malaysia reckless on MH370 facts - CNN.com
- MH370 search: Differing messages on aircraft parts frustrate Flight 370 families - Chicago Tribune
- MH370 mystery clues might have been burned on La Reunion | Plane Talking
- Reddit: Alternate flaperon sources : MH370
- How MH370 fell into the Indian Ocean - Business Insider
- 'Low-speed plane crash ruled out': Hong Kong, foreign aviation experts weigh in on clues from wrecked MH370 flaperon | South China Morning Post
- What's next in the search for MH370? | The Verge
- Flight 370 ‘Social Media Hype’ Hurting Malaysian Airlines Demand - Bloomberg Business
- MH Is Mueller's House: KUL-ADL In Business Class — Trip Reports Forum | Airliners.net
- Malaysia Airlines Business Class Flash Sale »
US3 versus ME3
- Dropbox - Qatar Airways Open Skies Submission July 2015 (PDF downloads)
- Qatar Airways Submits 'White Paper' To The US Government In Support Of Open Skies
- QR Submits White Paper To U.S. DOT — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
- Interview: Etihad CEO on Disrupting Alliances and the Passenger Experience – Skift
- A group of US Airlines is teaming up against American, Delta, and United - Business Insider
- US Airlines are Competing Fiercely and Wall Street Doesn’t Like It | The Cranky Flier
- Debate over Persian Gulf airlines shifts to national security - LA Times
- Boeing may move overseas if Export-Import Bank isn’t revived - MarketWatch
- Delta to buy 3.55% China Eastern stake for $450M
Japan
- ZipanguFlyer: Creditors choose ANA/Skymark proposal over Delta/Intrepid.
- Star Flyer reins in nine month operating loss ($)
- スターフライヤー、6月の利用率59.7％ 山口宇部は51.5％ ($)
China
- China Southern Airlines Flight Bound For London Runs Out Of Fuel, Makes Emergency Landing in Amsterdam
- Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific to cancel some mainland China flights in wake of delays chaos | South China Morning Post
- Cabin crew awarded 2.5 million RMB for foiling arson attack on Shenzhen Airlines flight: Shanghaiist
- PAI Partners to Sell Swissport International for $2.8 Billion - The New York Times
TAP + Azul
U.S. airlines systems hacked
- Chinese Hackers Undetected Inside United For A Year. Is World's 2nd Biggest Airline Out of Control?
- American Airlines and Sabre Databases Are Latest to Be Hit by Hackers in China – Skift
- United Gives Millions of Frequent Flier Miles to Hackers Who Find IT Flaws – Skift
Airlines ban game trophies
First class jets
- Delta Air Lines To Offer Upgrades To Private Jet Service
- Air France Continues Bizjet Connections for First-class Pax | Business Aviation News: Aviation International News
- » Fly your own Business Jet for just 180 Euros! | Sam Chui Aviation Photography
- Is new Lufthansa Business Class experience on long-haul flights enough?
- LUFTHANSA 2 For 1 FIRST CLASS SALE! - Lufthansa Flyer
Airlines mis-target customer messages
The A380
- Emirates two-class Airbus A380 seatmap: drops first class suites - Australian Business Traveller
- No A380 neo, Yet, Airbus Confirms | Flight Chic
- A380 11-abreast Details Emerge — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
Airbus & Boeing sales numbers
- Airbus, Boeing YTD orders assessed (Update) - Leeham News and Comment
- Iran plans to buy 80-90 Boeing, Airbus planes a year, post sanctions | Reuters
AirHook
Airbus future planes
- Airbus just patented a jet that could fly from London to New York in 1 hour (air)
- Airbus starts design of hybrid-electric 100-seater - 7/29/2015 - Flight Global
Heathrow's third runway
- Heathrow third runway unjustifiable, says BA parent company boss | Environment | The Guardian
- Airport expansion in London: BA's big bluff on a third runway at Heathrow | The Economist
- London 24 on Vimeo (video)
- Ryanair says won't accept IAG offer for Aer Lingus until mid-August
British Airways' new luggage policy
- British Airways Begins Crackdown as Luggage Woes Go International – Skift
- Baggage delivery service launched at Gatwick Airport
- ShelfPack- a new kind of luggage with built-in shelves! by Ken McKaba — Kickstarter
HitList hits version 3
II. Airport of the week
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