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Wifi chaos

• Terrifying Wi-Fi hotspot name causes chaos on Qantas plane)
• Women pilots at Qantas no longer have to wear uniforms made for men)

Bourdain on plane food

• Anthony Bourdain Thinks You're Crazy for Eating Airplane Food - Bon Appétit)

A new kind of alliance

• Eight Asia-Pacific low-cost carriers form alliance | Airlines content from ATWOnline)
• Cebu Pacific Air – Why everyone flies)
• Cebu Pacific Air on Twitter: "V for Value! 8 LCCs, 160 destinations, 17 hubs. Find out more about the #ValueAlliance here: https://t.co/QsxvZHrLkJ https://t.co/YcKo4kS0OK")
• Cebu Pacific Running Man Challenge Compilation - YouTube)

Will Air France and Singapore enter an alliance too?

• Singapore Airlines, Air France in early partnership talks - ch-aviation.com)

China

• The dragon takes flight: China passes a milestone in business travel | The Economist)

JetLovers 3D

• JetLovers FlightClub on Twitter: "Exciting news! Now you can see all of your flights on interactive 3D globe (WebGL required). Check it out now! https://t.co/R2Cvzk3WGZ")

A new Ryanair era

• Secret connections: Ryanair experiments with hub-and-spoke transfers | The Economist)

TSA is getting worse

• Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security - NYTimes.com)
• New York Airports Threaten to Remove TSA in Favor of Alternate Screeners – Skift)

Crazy plane furniture

• Spartan2470 comments on Chair made out of a 737 jet engine.)
• Plane Industries | Luxury Goods made from Waste)

Plane-influenced hotels

• For Some Strange Reason, There's An Airplane Inside Of This Hotel)
• Aircraft's Perilous Journey On The High Seas)

Airbus VC

• Former head of Google's Project Ara on leaving to start Airbus' new Silicon Valley lab | VentureBeat | Entrepreneur | by Chris O'Brien)
• Home - A³ by Airbus Group)

Lufthansa car sharing

• More extras, more convenience: Lufthansa Express Carsharing | Lufthansa - YouTube)

Pilot assaulted

• Manchester flight delayed after woman 'punched pilot in face' | UK news | The Guardian)

SOF

• Sofia Airport)