010 AMS - PaxEx, Virgin Galactic, aircraft Street View, US unions vs Nicole Kidman, SouthWest IFE
Flight 010. What is truly PaxEx, the passenger experience. How Virgin Galactic envisions space flights. KLM transforms a plane into an AirBnB. Google Street View enters aircrafts. U.S. Unions versus Nicole Kidman. The South East Asia airline industry grow
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Show Notes
SHOW NOTES
I. News of the week
Virgin into space
- Flying Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic: Everything You Need to Know | Vanity Fair
- Space Adventures, Ltd. | Home
Human errors in the cockpit
- Fear in the Cockpit: The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Taipei and the Miracle on the Hudson
The growing pains of the South East Asia airline industry
- Fast-growing Asian aviation confronts safety challenges - US News
- Japan caps Thai air services amid safety concerns | Bangkok Post: news
The elusive MH370
The Germanwings disaster
- EU Rebukes Germany for Airline Oversight Before Germanwings Crash - WSJ ($)
- Germanwings co-pilot was treated for suicidal tendencies | World news | The Guardian
- Lufthansa Finds Germanwings Co-Pilot’s 2009 Email on Depression - WSJ ($)
- Medical Privacy Rules Let Germanwings Co-Pilot Conceal Illness - Bloomberg Business
- Germanwings: Could hackers have crashed the doomed passenger plane rather than co-pilot Andreas Lubitz? - Mirror Online
- Germanwings plane crash video that reveals chaos in moments before disaster is a fake, insist investigators into French Alps tragedy - Europe - World - The Independent
- Andreas Lubitz told Lufthansa flight school of 'serious depressive episode' | World news | The Guardian
Allegiants pilots union disastrous letter
The unions don't like Nicole Kidman
A foamy salute to Virgin Atlantic
A shout out to Pieter Johnson and his Aviation Xtended
II. Innovation news of the week
KLM transforms a plane into an AirBnB
- Airbnb & KLM join forces. Unique spaces now via klm.com
- Spacious Airplane Apartment in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Airbnb & KLM - The Airplane Apartment - YouTube
The sharing economy and travel
- The Sharing Economy Is On The Brink Of Disrupting Business Travel | TechCrunch
- The Queen of England Signs Airbnb-Friendly Law for London Rentals – Skift
Austrian becomes myAustrian in new livery
British Airways' frequent flyer system hacked
- British Airways frequent-flyer accounts hacked | Business | The Guardian
- Frequent flyer miles stolen from American and United Airlines passengers
Priceline buys Rocketmiles
Selling airline miles for bitcoins
- Bitcoin For Miles
- Turning Airline Miles Into Bitcoin? It's Possible as Alternative Currencies Edge Ahead – Skift
Alex tests SouthWest IFE
Cathay looks into coffee
- Cathay Research Best Coffee To Serve Inflight | DesignAir
- Delta Air Lines Will Now Serve Starbucks Coffee On All Flights – Consumerist
- High-Flying Coffee: Airline Coffee on Major U.S. Air Carriers
Google Street View goes into aircrafts
How to take a good picture through an airplane window