00:00 – Introduction
01:24 – ANA 380, Special livery, Drone Inspection, JAL pilots
• ANA unveils special livery for its new A380 fleet | Airbus Press release (http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/ana-unveils-special-livery-for-its-new-a380-fleet/)
• ANA tests drone’s-eye view for plane inspections- Nikkei Asian Review (http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Tech/ANA-tests-drone-s-eye-view-for-plane-inspections)
• JAL’s novice pilots grounded by 2010 bankruptcy finally take wing | The Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/27/business/corporate-business/jals-novice-pilots-grounded-2010-bankruptcy-finally-take-wing/#.WM7WRBLyi8K)
05:30 – Cathay Pacific Beer, bubbly in the air
• Cathay Pacific creates craft beer for UK flights – Business Traveller – The leading magazine for frequent flyers (https://www.businesstraveller.com/airlines/2017/02/22/cathay-pacific-creates-craft-beer-uk-flights/)
• Cathay Pacific Creates A Beer for 35,000 Feet – Travel Codex (https://www.travelcodex.com/2017/02/cathay-pacific-creates-a-beer-for-35000-feet/)
• Spirits in the sky: What to drink at 30,000 feet | The Economist (http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2017/02/spirits-sky?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/)
08:32 – Air China Cathay Pacific merger rumor
• Breaking News – Air China to acquire Cathay Pacific Airways | Dr Marco Pearman-Parish | Pulse | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-news-air-china-acquire-cathay-pacific-pearman-parish)
10:54 – Aboslute low cost Spring Airlines, China strategy
• 【春航】春秋航空官方网站‖飞机票查询预订_航班查询_特价机票_打折机票_国际机票预订_电子机票_机票预订_上海机票 (https://www.ch.com/)
• China’s HNA Group to buy 82.5% stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport | Airlines content from ATWOnline (http://atwonline.com/airlines/china-s-hna-group-buy-825-stake-frankfurt-hahn-airport)
14:55 – Qantas ultra long haul, ANA Mexico route
• Qantas announces the world’s longest direct flight | World Economic Forum (https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/02/qantas-announces-worlds-longest-direct-flight)
• All Nippon Airways launches its longest non-stop route (http://www.anna.aero/2017/02/16/all-nippon-airways-longest-route/)
17:49 – Episode 049 feedback, reviews, chapters
• Chapters available on those apps: OverCast, DownCast, InstaCast, PodCat, iCatcher, RSS Radio on iOS, and AntennaPod on Android.
• Listen to layovers ✈︎ – air travel and commercial aviation online on TuneIn (http://tunein.com/radio/layovers—air-travel-and-commercial-aviation-p961876/)
• acast – Layovers (https://www.acast.com/layovers)
21:41 – Aer Lingus, Norwegian, new US routes, Easyjet
• Aer Lingus gave Norwegian Air a masterclass in sass on Twitter this evening (http://www.dailyedge.ie/aer-lingus-norwegian-air-twitter-3255859-Feb2017/)
• Norwegian outlines 737MAX8 US routes from June 2017 :: Routesonline (http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271554/norwegian-outlines-737max8-us-routes-from-june-2017/)
25:28 – United, Munoz, 5th freedom routes, Open Skies debate
• United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz interview – Business Insider (http://uk.businessinsider.com/united-airlines-ceo-oscar-munoz-interview-2017-2?r=US&IR=T)
• JetBlue, Alaska, Atlas push back against US majors on Gulf issue | Open Skies content from ATWOnline (http://m.atwonline.com/open-skies/jetblue-alaska-atlas-push-back-against-us-majors-gulf-issue)
30:33 – New US travel ban, new TSA rules, EU travel ban
• President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq Trump to unveil new travel ban Monday, without Iraq – CNNPolitics.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/06/politics/trump-travel-ban-iraq/)
• Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas – The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-executive-order-bans-travelers-from-six-muslim-majority-countries-applying-for-visas/2017/03/06/3012a42a-0277-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?utm_term=.67794d350f77)
• Muslim-American Travelers Are Quietly Having Global Entry Privileges Revoked – Skift (https://skift.com/2017/02/18/muslim-american-travelers-are-quietly-having-global-entry-privileges-revoked/)
• TSA’s new “pat-downs” are so invasive, airports are pre-emptively warning cops to expect sexual assault claims / Boing Boing (http://boingboing.net/2017/03/06/a-date-with-doctor-jellyfinger.html)
• Americans, Calm Down: You Don’t Need a Visa to Go to Europe | Foreign Policy (http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/03/americans-calm-down-you-dont-need-a-visa-to-go-to-europe/)
34:57 – Mouse ban, plane over-crowding
• Mouse on a plane grounds British Airways Heathrow flight – BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39130580)
• Pakistan airline admits taking extra passengers in aisle – BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39081476)
37:55 – Airmule, TripIt, Kayak, FlySMS, apps
• Airmule | The Smar…
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