044 PVG - Pokemon Go, Cathay Dragon, BA ex-BMI A321, new SWISS 777-300ER, motorized carry-on
Summary
Flight 044. Want to look like a fool in airports? Play Pokemon Go or ride a motorized carry-on. Asia on top, the US way behind: the Skytrax world's best airlines and world's best airports awards tell no surprise. It’s finally game over for the US4 against the ME3. Alex eats like a king and sleeps like a baby in his premium journey to Shanghai with Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon. Paul tests the sole European short haul lie-flat seat in the ex-BMI A321 and flies a brand new 777-300ER for 22 minutes. Drones will offer faster turnarounds for Airbus aircrafts, and last mile deliveries for Amazon UK.Pokemon Go makes you do stupid things
Carry-on might make you look like an idiot
A beautiful AV Geek engagement
Lufthansa sells seats on AirBnB
- Lufthansa - AirBnB (link will expire at the end of the campaign)
- Lufthansa is renting seats on its airplanes on Airbnb — Quartz
Mitsubishi also wants to enter Iran
Air Astana wants the Embraer E2
Farnborough 2016
- Air-to-air combat: Airbus and Boeing | Espresso
- The orders are in at FAI16 - Wandering Aramean
- OPINION: Why lessors didn't place huge orders at Farnborough
- Airbus Wins a Hollow Victory at Farnborough - The Motley Fool
- Forget Boeing and Airbus: Embraer Was the Real Winner at Farnborough - The Motley Fool
- Etihad chief: A350 & 777X are the future for widebodies | Airframes content from ATWOnline
- Jaw-dropping 'zero gravity' vertical take-off captured at Farnborough International Airshow
- The Beauty of Boeing’s 787-9 Dreamliner on Display - YouTube
- The Farnborough notebook - CNN.com
The end of the 747?
- Is Boeing about to pull the plug on the 747?
- Will Horton on Twitter: "Cathay Pacific 747 passenger flights: 3 August 1979-30 September 2016 (Special farewell flight 8 Oct 2016)
- Boeing Sees $2.1 Billion Cost on 787 Dreamliners, Air Tanker - Bloomberg
Alex flies Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon
- Cathay Pacific set to rebrand Dragonair as ‘Cathay Dragon’ in bid to strengthen corporate identity | South China Morning Post
- Dragonair Rebrands As Cathay Dragon - What Are The Implications? - One Mile at a Time
- Creating Cathay’s New Brand. An Exclusive Inside Look At Cathay Dragon | TheDesignAir
Singapore Airlines in rough air
- Southeast Asia's Biggest Airlines Face Increased Competition – Skift
- Singapore Airlines Hires Its First Female Pilots
Air France sees more strikes
Unlimited flights Paris/London - NY
Game over for the US4 griefs (finally!)
- Victory for Gulf airlines as US government ends Open Skies row with no further action | The National
The SkyTrax awards
- WORLD AIRLINE AWARDS | the Passengers Choice Awards
- The World's Best Low-Cost Airlines | 2016
- WORLD AIRPORT AWARDS | the Passengers Choice Awards
Lots of words, almost no action for London airports
- London airports decision to be made in the autumn - FT.com
- 34 councils urge government to back third runway at heathrow | Daily Mail Online
- Heathrow expansion vital after Brexit, says hub — FT
- Heathrow runway expansion: Green spaces design revealed - BBC News
- London City Airport Granted £344m Expansion
Drones
- Amazon partners with UK. government to test its drones | TechCrunch
- Airbus uses drones to speed up aircraft inspections
The photo app for BA pilots
Paul experiences lie-flat seats in short haul flights
- British Airways A321 (ex-Bmi) Club World - Business Traveller – The leading magazine for frequent flyers
- Boeing 777-300ER | In operation from 2016 | SWISS
Review your flights on Tripadvisor
The search for MH370 os almost over
- Flight MH370 was flown into water, says crash expert | World news | The Guardian
- Exclusive: MH370 Pilot Flew a Suicide Route on His Home Simulator Closely Matching Final Flight
- MH370 pilot practised suicide route into the Indian Ocean
- MH370 search team says they may have been looking in wrong place | World news | The Guardian
The FlyDubai leaks
- Airline pilots complain of dangerous fatigue in leaked documents | Business | The Guardian
- Flydubai flight records – the leaked documents | Business | The Guardian
Solar Impulse ends its round the world jounrey
- Solar Impulse Blog — Completing a dream: the first Round-the-World...
- Solar Impulse can be an inspiration for the next phase in aviation industry | Tony Tyler | LinkedIn
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