016 VIE - KLM social media, Iberia ticket auctions, Delta bags, SouthWest good deed, ANA rebrand

Flight 016. The KLM social media initiatives, the silence at Helsinki airport, the ticket auctions from Iberia, the pre-loading of bags by Delta, the good deed of SouthWest, the sale of Aer Lingus, the ANA rebrand, the TSA repeated security failures and Airbus in the Silicon Valley.

Show Notes

SHOW NOTES

I. News of the week

• Facing summer crush, airlines try to speed boarding | The Seattle Times

• TSA Failed 95% of Fake Weapons Tests, Investigation Finds | TIME

• Southwest takes a passenger under its wing - Elliott

• You Can Get a Pilot License in India After Just 35 Minutes in Air - Bloomberg Business

• Air India Takes Yoga to the Skies With Classes for Pilots and Cabin Crew | TIME

• UPDATE 4-Portugal gets three bids in TAP airline privatisation | Reuters

• Ireland to sell Aer Lingus stake to IAG - BBC News

• British Airways' owner makes £1bn offer for Ireland's Aer Lingus - Telegraph

• London Will Again Be the Most Popular City for International Visitors in 2015 – Skift

• Engineer pictured fixing plane's engine with 'duct tape' by concerned EasyJet passenger - UK - News - The Independent

• Satellite images show clearly that Russia faked its MH17 report

• John Kerry picked up by US C-17 plane from airport in Geneva after breaking leg | Daily Mail Online

II. Innovation of the week

• KLM’s Social Media Managers Generate $25m In Annual Revenue
• KLM & Heineken - The Orange Experience 2015 (2015) 3:00 (The Netherlands) | adland.tv
• Best (And Worst) Airlines Offering Reward Travel Miles - NBC News
• Getting bumped: Airlines are filling more seats than ever — so why are they still overbooking? | Financial Post
• Improving service on airlines: Net rescue | The Economist
• United’s Improvements Could Make LAX One of the World’s Priciest Airports – Skift
• Watch GE's 3D Printed Jet Engine Fire at 33,000 RPM - Singularity HUB
• ANA Considers Airline Rebrand — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
• Helsinki Airport will be a Silent Airport – number of announcements to be reduced / News archive / Finavia
• Spanish Millennials Are Loving Iberia's Last-Minute Ticket Auctions – Skift
• Airbus to Create Venture Capital Arm, Innovation Center in Silicon Valley - WSJ ($)

III. Airport of the week
VIE

• Vienna airport

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