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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 Qatar Airways Getting Into Hotel Business With Heathrow Purchase – Skift 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 Ex-Korean Air flight attendant sues airline and executive after 'nut rage' incident | Travel | The Guardian Virgin Atlantic announces profit Virgin Atlantic soars back into profit | Business | The Guardian 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 airlinetrends.com » HK Express lets passengers make contactless in-flight payments with their mass transit smart card 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 KLM B777-300 Fire on Luggage - Aviation Videos & Pictures Restricted articles - KLM.com Spitfire interactive Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX Cockpit Interactive Panorama 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 Flight Stream 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 Lufthansa Proposes Legacy Growth Plan In Return For Staff Concessions | Commercial Aviation content from Aviation Week Black-sky thinking: Lufthansa’s travails 2015-03-13 | Espresso Lufthansa's Eurowings agrees new pay deal with pilots | Reuters