052 ISG - United entitlement, electronics ban, ANA Star Wars 787, Level, Finnair 350

Flight 052. The entitlement of United. The electronics ban. A new Star Wars ANA 787. A giant airport kebab. And more. — www.layovers.to/podcast/052-isg

Show Notes

00:00 - Introduction, latest travels

02:54 - Trillions in the sky

• There Is Almost 2 Trillion USD of Planes in Our Skies - Travel Stats Man

03:56 - Alex discovers the AY 350, new LHR CX lounge

• The new Finnair Airbus A350 XWB flights available now | Finnair
• Cathay Pacific reopens Heathrow lounge following a spectacular makeover

09:14 - Paul flies BA business, First Wing, Iberia

• Club World | Business class | British Airways
• The First Wing | British Airways
• Review: Iberia Business Class A340 New York To Madrid - One Mile at a Time

19:56 - Qatar consolidates its UI, BA timeline view

• Introducing the Oryx One Smartphone App - Qatar Airways In-Flight Entertainment - YouTube
• British Airways app | Information | British Airways

21:55 - United re-accommodation, US airline market

• United CEO says airline had to 're-accommodate' passenger, and the reaction was wild
• A Law That Changed The Airline Industry Beyond Recognition (1978) | From The Archives
• Another Too Big To Fail Firm
• Stanford Prison Experiment
• American Airlines Suspends Flight Attendant After Altercation Over Stroller - The New York Times

38:40 - Electronics ban controversy

• 2017 electronics ban - Wikipedia

48:30 - Level, IAG strategy, M&S food, toilet roll

• IAG to announce details of foray into low-cost, long-haul market | Air Traffic Management content from ATWOnline
• British Airways' parent company IAG launches new airline called Level - Business Insider
• Details Of LEVEL, IAG's New Transatlantic Low Cost Airline - One Mile at a Time
• New IAG Airline Level sells 52,000 tickets on Day One | No Mas Coach!
• ‘To fly, to starve’ – BA cabin crew deserve better | Letter | Business | The Guardian
• Passengers' fury as British Airways flights 'run out of food'' | London Evening Standard
• BA cut back on further frills causing dismay among staff | Daily Mail Online
• Selected quotes from the IAG 2016 Annual Report - FlyerTalk Forums
• British Airways and the sarnies saga - Cyprus Mail
• British Airways faces £300,000 bill for flight to Barbados without enough toilet paper

58:54 - Alitalia bankrupt, EY-EK rapprochement, LH Senator

• Alitalia's new survival plan: deep cuts, budget flights
• REPORT: Emirates and Etihad Considering Merger - View from the Wing

1:03:06 - HackHorizon, hackathon in a plane

• Hack Horizon - TravelTech hackathon on a plane from Hong Kong to London.

1:05:54 - ANA Star Wars

• C-3PO Joins the ANA Star Wars Fleet - AirlineReporter : AirlineReporter

1:36:36 - ISG

• Ishigaki Airport

1:17:04 - Next flights

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Alex Hunter

Co-host of Layovers, Creator of Attache Travel

Host

Paul Papadimitriou

Creator and host of Layovers

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