News notes from around the interweb:

• How to select the Swiss ‘throne seat’ in business class for free

• Shanghai Disneyland Will Re-open May 11

• United is going to re-start its Hong Kong – Singapore route the first time I ever flew United’s ‘new first class’ (since retired) was on the 900 mile Hong Kong – Ho Chi Minh City run. Why do fifth freedom routes seem so exciting?

• Iberia is offering coronavirus testing and antibody testing to their entire staff.

  Those employees who take part will actually be offered three tests in total – one when they first return to work, a second 15-days later and a final test a month after that. In addition, employees who return after being ill with COVID-19 will be offered a traditional PCR test – one that can tell if someone has the virus right now.

• Qatar Airways will serve 80 cities by the end of June including Dallas and Chicago (hubs of renewed best friend American).

  

• How arriving from a coronavirus hot spot city or state works in Texas

  You complete a card at the airport. There will be Texas DPS officers waiting to greet you at your gate. They can check-in on you daily; he said they’ve come about every 2-3 days. Different times of the day, generally from 7am to 9pm, and you don’t know which day/which time.
  

• American Airlines mask-wearing rules for all employees.

  

• United Airlines early Airbus A320 familiarization video. (HT: Reid F.)