008 SIN - ITA Matrix, airports sensors, Ryanair transatlantic, Lufthansa strikes
Flight 008. The power of data to fly faster. The power of Matrix to book better. The power of sensors for better airports. Ryanair goes transatlantic. Why all the strikes at Lufthansa. A look at the world of mistake fares.
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Show Notes
SHOW NOTES
I. News of the week
SHOW NOTES
Ryanair ressucitates a ghost airport
- Ryanair Makes Valencia's Notorious Ghost Airport Its New Spanish Home – Skift
- Ryanair to become first airline to fly to Spain's ghost airport | Business | The Guardian
Ryanair goes transatlantic
- Ryanair board approves plan to crack open the US market - Fortune
- BBC NEWS | Business | Ryanair set for £8 flights to US
- Ryanair plans to offer flights between Europe and the US | Travel | The Guardian
- Exclusive: This Is the Look of the New True Blue Ryanair | Flight Chic
Qatar Airways Buys Heathrow Hotel
Emirates addresses subsidies accusations
- Airlines and subsidy: our position — Emirates.com (PDF)
- Emirates reserves its rights to sue over subsidy lies | Plane Talking
- Americans for Fair Skies 30 second TV spot - YouTube (video)
- Watch: Nicole Kidman stars in new ad for Etihad Airways
Korean Air's attendant strikes back
Virgin Atlantic announces profit
II. Innovation news of the week
Better airport queue improvement via mobile tracking
- Tracking travelers' phones let Cincinnati airport cut security line waits by a third | The Verge
- To Speed Up Security Lines, Airports Start Tracking Your Smartphone - Businessweek
- Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell - NYTimes.com
- BlipTrack Airport Solution : Blip Systems
The fastest U.S. airlines
- Which Flight Will Get You There Fastest? | FiveThirtyEight
- A Better Way To Find The Best Flights And Avoid The Worst Airports | FiveThirtyEight
- Data Mining Reveals When a Yellow Taxi Is Cheaper Than Uber | MIT Technology Review
Google Flights adds amenities data
- Google Flight Search now provides amenity data through partnership with Routehappy | Android Central
- Routehappy – Differentiating air travel
In-flight smartcard payments
More Apple Watch flight apps
- EasyJet Is First Low-Cost Carrier With an Apple Watch App – Skift
- Is Apple Watch Poised to Become Next Big Travel Gadget? | Digital Trends
- Emirates ready for timely launch of its app for Apple Watch | News | Emirates
- Mobile devices will issue a third of all airline boarding passes by 2019 (study) | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Mark Sullivan
Battery causes fire on KLM flight
Spitfire interactive
Sky data drawings
- Intrepid Pilot Draws Some Sky-Penises Right In The Face Of God
- The Art of Running | Joseph Tame | ジョセフ・テイム
3D visualization of all flights in the world
III. App of the week
ITA Matrix
- Matrix - ITA Software by Google
- ITA Matrix Airfare Search Advanced Routing Codes - Behind the Curtain
IV. Debate of the week
Lufthansa's low cost strategy