News and notes from around the interweb:

• The 20 largest airlines by fleet size

• Virgin Australia rescued an owl from an engine.

  This owl didn’t give a hoot where it napped! The cute little guy was found during our pre-flight checks. Our team of engineers rescued it & was assessed before being safely released back into the wild. Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? #HootHoot pic.twitter.com/1NEx9usRfu

  — Virgin Australia (@VirginAustralia) April 18, 2019

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• Credit denial in the age of AI Regulations require banks to tell you why they’re declining you for credit, so without a change to the regulatory framework Ai bots will have to be programmed to articulate a reason for their decision. But when they’re able to scoop up more data and make more detailed analysis than humans can, what’s next?

  [O]ne of the largest drivers of personal bankruptcy and default is divorce. An AI algorithm may be able to go through a person’s bank records and web search history, and determine with some reasonable accuracy if they are being unfaithful. Given that is a leading cause of divorce, it would probably be a relevant factor in a risk-based pricing regime, and a good reason to deny credit.

  Is it acceptable for a bank to deny an application for credit because a machine suspects infidelity? If so, the next step would be whether it is right for the bank to inform the consumer directly that is the reason why. Imagine if the bank sent a letter to the consumer’s home with that finding.

• Cathay Pacific is increasing the frequency of their Washington Dulles service from 4 to 5 times weekly, while swapping an Airbus A350-1000 for a -900 on the route.

  

• The Benetton family could invest in Alitalia to gain favor with the Italian government.

  Atlantia, controlled by the Benetton family, faces the loss of its entire national motorway concession in a bitter dispute with the government, which erupted after last year’s disaster on its toll network killed 43 people.

  …[S]ources familiar with the matter said Atlantia could mend relations with the government by joining a rescue of Alitalia, which Rome is desperate to save, and possibly be rewarded with a reprieve on its motorway concession.

• The ongoing power struggle at Hong Kong Airlines — with more than one person claiming to be CEO — has involved office break-ins and stolen documents.