021 LAS - Drone disruption, UK airports sales tax scam, Facebook aircraft, Tinder for the skies
Summary
Flight 021. Commercial drones raise concerns and a terrorist alert. A new app category: Tinder for the skies, but aren’t there too many air travel apps? An entire airline crew arrives totally drunk on board. Malaysia Airlines rumored new name is too stupid to be true. A sales tax scam at UK airports provokes a passenger revolt. Delta adds an unconvincing argument in the competition with Dubai. Facebook will beam wifi from the sky.SHOW NOTES
News of the week
Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary
- Exclusive! Singapore Airlines Pilot on His First National Day Flypast This SG50 | SilverKris - The Travel Magazine of Singapore Airlines
- Singapore Airlines - Proud to Fly the Nation's Flag - YouTube (video)
- SIA A380 NDP 2015 flypass. - YouTube (video)
- Singapore's Golden Jubilee SG50 - YouTube (video)
- NDP 2015 Preview Flypast - 1 August 2015 - YouTube (video)
- Qantas passengers spend 23 hours stranded in Singapore airport
- Changi Airport may close one runway temporarily - CNN.com
Singapore Airlines' future
- Singapore Airlines reports higher profits but future outlook hinges on Scoot & Tigerair improvements | CAPA - Centre for Aviation
- Is Singapore Airlines really going to shift its focus to regional flights? | Road Warrior Voices
- Singapore Airlines is Offering Trips for $850 | Travel + Leisure
Emirates competes with Singapore, comments on Delta
- Emirates keeps eating the competition in A380 sized bites | Plane Talking
- Emirates calls Delta's latest claims in Open Skies dispute a 'political play' - Business Insider
Passenger chat apps
- Tip Sheet: In-flight entertainment is soaring - StarTribune.com
- App in the Air 5.0 keeps you up to date with your most important travel details | iMore
- MileHi - Socialise and network with your fellow flyers via the iOS and Android apps
- CrewMe is a Tinder-style dating app for airline employees | Road Warrior Voices
- Fligthchat Inflight messaging
- Planely
Too many air travel apps?
- Star Alliance CEO Says There Too Many Airline and Airport Apps – Skift
- Not many travel apps worth downloading, study finds - Chicago Tribune
- Mobile Users Aren't Accepting All the Hype About Airline and Hotel Apps – Skift
Be the Skyscanner CEO
More apps
- Signage translation function added to Frankfurt Airport app
- iOS 9 flight tracking preview
- Turkish Airlines Debuts World’s First Live Broadcasted Flight | Flight Chic
Wifi in the skies
- Virgin America Partners With ViaSat To Offer Faster, Higher Quality WiFi In The Sky: Travelers At 35,000 Feet Can Now Stream Video Content From The Internet - MarketWatch
- In-Flight Wi-Fi's Growth in 3 Simple Stats – Skift
Dangerous drones
- Passenger jet in near miss with drone as plane comes into land at Heathrow | Transport | News | London Evening Standard
- Kennedy tower: EMIRATES A380 reports near-miss with a DRONE! - YouTube
- Multiple drones force wildfire crews to halt air operations near Kelowna, B.C. | CTV News
- Airliners come within 100 feet of drone over New York - CNN.com
- Drone spotted 100 feet away from American Airlines flight into Phoenix - ABC15 Arizona
- Delta Flight Misses Drone by 100 Feet While Landing in New York City / Sputnik International
- Watch: Virgin Atlantic Plane Overtaken By ‘UFO’ Over Skies Of New York - Yahoo News
- We Knew It Was Coming: Drone Has A Near Miss With An Airbus A320 Airplane - DIY Photography
- Drones over JFK airport prompts federal terror alert - Washington Times
- An 'air traffic control' system for drones is in testing
- The FAA Says You Can't Post Drone Videos on YouTube | Motherboard
- Check Out This Drone's-Eye View Of An Airport | Co.Design | business + design
Guns at U.S. airports
- Hartsfield-Jackson No. 1 for gun seizures | www.ajc.com
- Welcome To Ladun Liadi's Blog: Unbelievable! Loaded Handgun, Anti-Tank Projectile Among Weapons Airline Passengers Tried To Smuggle In Their HAND LUGGAGE
The Facebook drone
SpaceShip Two
Harrison Ford's accident report
Storms
- Delta flight from Boston makes emergency landing in Denver - The Denver Post
- DL1889 BOS-SLC 8/7 Diverts To DEN-Hail Damage — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
- American Airlines expects to put dinged-up Boeing 787 back in the air in next week or so | | Dallas Morning News
- Damage to American Airline's Boeing Co. 787 revealed in blogger's photos - Wichita Business Journal
- Typhoon Soudelor whips up enough power to lift A PLANE from the tarmac in Taiwan | Daily Mail Online
Drunken behaviors
- Swedish pilot uses axe to open locked toilet door - BBC News
- Passenger arrested after punching man on United Airlines flight at O'Hare Airport | abc7chicago.com
- Flight crew fired and held in custody
- airBaltic on the flight BT7843
MH rumored new name
- Rumor: MH Changes Name To Malaysia Int. Airlines — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
- Malaysia Airlines head of marketing Dean Dacko to depart - Mumbrella Asia
A duty free scandal in the UK
- The airport VAT scam: Retailers told to come clean after being accused of pocketing millions from discounts on duty-free sales - Home News - UK - The Independent
- The real reason airport shops want to see your boarding pass - Telegraph
- Airport shopping: What are the rules? - BBC News
- 'These shops have been very naughty': passengers react to airport VAT row | Money | The Guardian
- Airport VAT revolt: Thousands refuse to show boarding passes to shops - Telegraph
Airport of the week
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