• Turkish Airlines is interested in buying LOT Polish Airlines. [Financial Times]
• Burt Rutan explains why he’s building the world’s largest plane from scratch rather than just bolting two 747s together. [Popular Mechanics]
• American Airlines is going to write down the value of its 757 fleet by $713 million. [Dallas Morning News Airline Biz Blog]
• US Airways thinks a merger with American would fill AA’s weak domestic network and boost revenue for both airlines. [Bloomberg]
• A Muslim, former British airline pilot claims he is the victim of racism after he was fired, even though two of his friends were arrested for plotting a 9/11-style attack. [Daily Mail]
• Disagreement over the cause of 1999’s EgyptAir Flight 990 crash continues to stymie relations between the US and Egypt. [The Atlantic]
• If you thought going through US customs was rough, read about the so-called Gaijin Gulag at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, where Japanese authorities have long been abusing the rights of visitors. [The Economist]
• Wichita residents are having a tough time coming to grips with the imminent departure of its long-time Boeing backbone. [New York Times]
• Singapore Airlines offers private jets to connecting A380 customers. [USA Today]