News and notes from around the interweb:
- Swedish hotel gives free stays to people with lots of Instagram followers and Facebook friends. (HT: Alan H.)
- Entrepreneurial flight attendant sells extra business class meal to economy passenger.
- The TSA’s instagram feed (HT: Lots of folks in my Facebook feed)
- Man enroute to a movie shoot in Dubai was arrested at JFK airport taking a stun gun, pellet gun, and machete through security. The amazing thing? The TSA caught it. (HT: Alan H.)
- Here’s what seems a rather ingenious proposal to extend Heathrow’s runways to allow for simultaneous takeoffs and landings and expand the airport’s capacity. There will be many objections, likely coming from the local community and incumbent airlines owning existing takeoff and landing slots who don’t want more competition.
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Re: selling extra business class meals in economy, Air Canada actually does this officially, $11 for breakfast and $13.50 for lunch/dinner.