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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