039 DME - Throne seat, Wow Air Snapchat, Solar Impulse, Malaysian loses CEO, US consolidation

Congrats Solar Impulse! Solar Impulse completes long-delayed flight across the Pacific | Ars Technica Virgin America Alaska Air reaches for sky with Virgin America deal - FT.com ($) Seth Miller on Twitter: ".@AlaskaAir hopes for DoJ approval of VX merger by EoY." Virgin America Staff Have Fun With Personalised Messages On Gate Screens Virgin America on Twitter: "We've touched down on Snapchat. Follow us: VirginAmerica https://t.co/inaK5aZrjh" WOW Air wants you to Snapchat snaptraveler.wowair.com US consolidation Start-Up Airline Idles on a California Runway, Stymied by Bureaucracy - The New York Times FlyerRights responds to our 038 leg room story FlyersRights.ORG - Largest Non-Profit Airline Consumer Organization Flyers Rights (@KendallFlyers) | Twitter FAA Bill: Bill Shuster, airline lobbyists meet - POLITICO Shuster admits relationship with airline lobbyist - POLITICO Alex flies Emirates Business Class and more Business Class Cabin Features | Flying with Emirates TripIt half-repaints its website TripIt - Travel Itinerary - Trip Planner Seats, seats and more seats Formation Design nominated for elevated lie-flat seating concept | Daily Mail Online A New Airplane Cabin Design Features King-Size Beds | Travel + Leisure Airbus patent bench seat revolutionize airline ticket sales - Business Insider Another smart carry-on FLOATTI - The World's First SUPER SUITCASE by Floatti Inc — Kickstarter David Verch tells us all about LugLoc David Verch - You guys talked about the luggage tracking... | Facebook Amber and Eric mention us one more time! Episode 17: Luxury #AvGeek Experiences | We're on iTunes, give us a review, pretty please :-) layovers ✈︎ by Paul Papadimitriou and Alex Hunter discuss aviation innovation and technology on iTunes A new Matrix ITA guide Matrix ITA Advanced Guide: Tips for Finding Cheap Airfare Drones are made out of plastic too, you know Drone believed to have hit British Airways flight 'may have been a plastic bag' | Hacker News That drone that hit a British Airways plane might have been a plastic bag — Quartz Drone hits plane at Heathrow airport, says pilot | UK news | The Guardian Mueller leaves Malaysian Christoph Mueller bids farewell to MAB in September | Astro Awani DME Moscow Domodedovo Airport — For video, subscribe on Spotify or YouTube (or YouTube Music) Review, and rate us, on Apple Podcasts Follow us, and comment on: Instagram - Bluesky - Threads - Mastodon - Twitter/X Comment, like, review, and rate us, on Facebook Search for 'Layovers' on any podcast service (some direct links are on our website ) If we're missing somewhere, or for any feedback, let Paul know on Instagram - Threads - Mastodon - Bluesky - Twitter/X