037 LCA - Airbus Airspace, Boom, 777 saves the UK, a kinder Ryanair, Iron Maiden 747

Flight 037. Who will buy Virgin America and will the brand survive? Airspace, or when Airbus brands its widebody cabins for the travelers. Ryanair decides to become nice. Is Virgin Atlantic finally mulling a long haul low cost product? As crews misbehave in flight, they might love the new A350. Boom, the startup that wants to solve supersonic travel. When the UK has a shortage of biscuits, it sends 777s to the rescue. The infamous hijacker selfie. Aces High for the Iron Maiden 747.

Show Notes

The EgyptAir hikacking

• Ben Innes in selfie with EgyptAir hijacker revealed to be Brit held hostage on plane | Daily Mail Online

• Hijack Pics or It Didn't Happen

• EgyptAir hijack: Hijacker used fake suicide belt, motives unclear, say officials, Middle East News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

• Skyjackings Like the Egypt Air Takeover Tuesday Were Once Common - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Terror at BRU

• Brussels: Islamic State launches attacks on airport and station – as it happened | World news | The Guardian

Smart security

• Terrorism: Can you really stop a bomber by asking, 'Are you terrorist?' | Daily Mail Online

Pre or not Pre

• Craig McCormick on Twitter: "@lay_overs As a UA 1K Card holder, I regularly (everytime) get TSA-Pre tickets even though I have a UK Passport. It's actually not uncommon."

• Craig McCormick on Twitter: "@lay_overs From my research, we got automatically enrolled due to frequent travel to US. It can be hit or miss occasionally for some reason."

• Markus Voelter on Twitter: "@lay_overs I had a similar pre-check experience. I asked the guys. Told me that some boarding passes get the “pre” randomly. Strange indeed."

• Apply for TSA Pre✓® | Transportation Security Administration

• John Edgar Park on Twitter: "My modified multitool made it through two airports today! It may help that I laser etched "TSA Compliant" on it. https://t.co/eOXwCfzOsw"

• Anton Nekhaenko on Twitter: "@papadimitriou did you mention that some credit cards in the US would reimburse you for your TSA fast track/global entry fees?"

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Virgin America is for sale

• Virgin America Gets Takeover Bids From JetBlue and Alaska Air - Bloomberg

• Why Delta Is Virgin America's Most Likely Suitor – Skift

• VA Stock | Barbarian At The Gate: Virgin America (VA) - TheStreet

Virgin Australia loses Air New Zealand

• Air New Zealand considering Virgin Australia stake disposal

Virgin Atlantic going low cosst?

• TTG Media | Travel industry, travel agent and tourism news, events and jobs - News - Virgin Atlantic mulls low-cost offshoot to counter growth in budget long-haul

The new Airbus experience

• Airbus Airspace

A split level A350?

• Airbus considers split-level layout for A350-1000 - Australian Business Traveller

The mile-high clubs

• Anton Nekhaenko on Twitter: "@lay_overs the biggest shame of LH scrapping A340s is how good theirs were for joining the mile-high club, with those below the deck toilets"

• Airline cabin crew reveal their guilty secrets: from sex in the sky to short-changing passengers - Telegraph

Tinder for airports?!

• Meet Me At Airport: Tinder for the airport

Ryanair switches strategy

• Ryanair’s New Strategy: Being Nice - WSJ

• Ryanair launches corporate jet service - Business Traveller

• Ryanair’s CMO on the Airline's Ambitious Low-Brow Content Marketing Strategy – Skift

WOW the low cost disruptor

• Interview: Wow Air CEO on Being Different in the Low-Cost Carrier Space – Skift

A french long haul low cost

• La première low-cost long-courrier française s'appellera French Blue (compagnie soeur d'Air Caraïbes)

Qatar eyes low cost in India

• Qatar Airways still keen on buying stake in Indigo - Livemint

Royal Brunei

• Royal Brunei Airlines' first all-female pilot crew lands plane in Saudi Arabia - where women are not allowed to drive | Asia | News | The Independent

The great UK panic

• The UK Is Flying Biscuits Over From Dubai Because There Is A Shortage - BuzzFeed News

A new age in supersonic travel?

• Boom - Supersonic Passenger Airplanes

• Boom, the startup that wants to build supersonic planes, just signed a massive deal with Virgin | TechCrunch

• Supersonic jet startup vows 'affordable' travel – if you have $5,000 to spare | Business | The Guardian

Pilots rank the worst airports

• The worst airports in the world, according to pilots | Travel | Extras | The Independent

The Fly Dubai crash

• Flydubai Flight 981 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Germanwings crash sparks mental health debate

• Investigation Into Germanwings Crash Urges Lifting Of Medical Confidentiality For Pilots With Mental Health Issues - BuzzFeed News

The Iron Maiden 747

• Iron Maiden Kicks Off Tour With A New, Upgraded Ed Force One

• Bruce Dickinson Says Boeing 757 Wasn't 'Big Enough' To Accommodate Iron Maiden's New Stage Show - Blabbermouth.net

• Iron Maiden's Ed Force One landed in Cardiff and this is what it's like on board a heavy metal band's plane - Wales Online

• Photos from Commercial plane lovers's post

• Iron Maiden's Plane 'Badly Damaged' In Collision At Santiago Airport - Blabbermouth.net

• #EdForceOne hashtag on Twitter

Happy anniversaries, ANA!

• Over 100,000 Boeing 787 flights in the air - All Nippon Airways | Facebook

• Celebrating ANA’s 30th International Service Anniversary! ｜What's up? ANA｜ANA

The ULL race

• Emirates A380 from Dubai to NZ makes longest non-stop flight - BBC News

• Is Emirates' new non-stop route from Dubai to Auckland the fastest? | News & Advice | Travel | The Independent

• The New Entrants in the Competitive Long-Haul Airline Race – Skift

Mapping what's below you

• What Are You Flying Over? This App Will Tell You | Innovation | Smithsonian

A new 5th freedom route in Europe?

• Emirates Wants To Start Flying From Mexico City To Zurich - One Mile at a Time

LCA

• Hermes Airports | Larnaka International Airport

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Alex Hunter

Co-host of Layovers, Creator of Attache Travel

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Paul Papadimitriou

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