007 MIA - 747s are Forever, From The U.S. Airlines With Love, The Man With The Golden Apple Watch

SHOW NOTES Alex and Paul are on a secret mission to uncover the latest in aviation innovation. Well, it's episode 007, expect Plenty O'Puns. I. News of the week The U.S. airlines release their white paper about the Gulf airlines Full Report of U.S. Airlines to the White House Blaming Gulf Carriers — Paul Papadimitriou, Layovers US-UAE Business Council Tells U.S. Airlines to Compete More and Complain Less — Marisa Garcia, Skift Feeling the heat — The Economist U.S Airlines Promise to Get More Aggressive Towards Gulf Carrier Rivals — Dennis Schaal, Skift American Airlines asks to extend deferral on pensions — Michael A. Lindenberger, The Dallas Morning News American Airlines' request for pension bailout draws criticism — Steven Mufson, Washington Post Emirates Airline assembles top team to rebut US carriers' allegations over subsidies — Frank Kane, The National Etihads Adds Residence Suite to New York Route in Open Skies Amenities Escalation — Marisa Garcia, Skift Second A350 to up ante in Qatar's battle with Lufthansa — Michael Gubisch, FlightGlobal Lufthansa Prepared to Battle Emirates by Slashing Fares — Richard Weiss, Bloomberg Emirates really wants its A380-NEOs Emirates Would Order Up to 200 A380neos — Jens Flottau, AviationWeek Airbus assures on A380 break-even this year — David Kaminski-Morrow, FlightGlobal MH370 interim report MH370 Official Report (PDF) Angry families reject report — BBC News Incidents in series Turkish A330 suffers nose gear collapse in Kathmandu — Firdaus Hashim, FligthGlobal 'Minor' injuries result from MD-88 LaGuardia crash: Delta — Jon Hemmerdinger, FlightGlobal Spicejet DH8D at Hubli on Mar 8th 2015, runway excursion on landing — Simon Hradecky, Aviation Herald Incidents reveal crucial need for passengers to leave bags behind — John Walton, RunWayGirlNetwork Solar Impulse 2 starts its round-the-world trip Solar Impulse Qantas 747 lands for posterity Historic Qantas 747-400 makes precision touchdown on its final journey — CourrierMail Pilot's-eye view of 747-400's delivery flight to Illawarra — wave965fm (video) Korean Air will fly its 747-8 to London Korean Air Adds Boeing 747-8i London Operation from August 2015 — Airline Route New Korean Air Prestige Suite Indicates A New Seating Trend In Business Class — Jonny Clark, TheDesignAir II. Innovation in AirTech, PaxEx and Design SITA's report on the future of air travel The Future is Personal in Air Travel — SITA Closing in on a 360-degree view for airports and airlines — Linda Fox, Tnooz Airlines and Airports Turn to Apps to Improve Passenger Experience — Juliet Van Wagenen, Avionics Today Automated technology to boost airport passenger spending: SITA — Jamie Freed, The Sydney Morning Herald Uber suffers drawback in Japan Uber Says Goodbye to Japan after Government Ruling — Ma Jie, Bloomberg Uber pilots ride-sharing in Japan — The Star Japan to Suspend Uber's Pilot Ride-Sharing Service — Juro Osawa and Takashi Mochizuku, Wall Street Journal LINE Taxi leapfrogs Uber, now in over 90 cities across Japan — David Corbin, TechinAsia SkyTeam goes all in for messaging apps Dutch LCC Transavia first airline to use WhatsApp messaging for customer care — Raymond Kollau, AirlineTrends Air France on WeChat in China — AirFrance.com SkyTeam Gets Vocal on WeChat — SkyTeam.com KLM Launches Android Smartwatch App — KLM.com Thought-controlled piloting Quadriplegic woman flies F-35 with nothing but her thoughts...