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Guest Shashank Nigam from the award winning Simpliflying site talks about airline and airport branding, customer engagement, location-based marketing, and other topics. Shashank, who provides consulting and speaking services, posts as @SimpliFlying on Twitter.

We also talk about the week’s aviation news, Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have their Australia Desk Report, and Pieter Johnson brings us the European perspective with his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• FAA signs off on $5.2B expansion of Philly airport
• American Airlines fight could redefine air travel again
• Forrester’s Hardeveldt on American Airlines, Orbitz
• Florida Professor Arrested for Having a “Suspicious” Bagel on a Plane
• Video: 757 Overrun Video Ignites Pilot Speculation
• Private Plane, Public Menace

Mentions:

• Step Into Delta Air Lines’ Social Media Lab
• The Aviation Hobby Shop where you can find Biz-Jets 2010, book or CD.
• YYCE3 covers the Boeing 737 Technical Site.
• YYCE3 images
• YYCE3 images – 737 Versions

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Opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. You can find his great music at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.