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Delta’s New iPad App Shows Off The World Below Your Plane

Posted January 14, 2013 by Matt Molnar

Glass Bottom Jet allows users aboard Delta’s wifi equipped planes to watch the ground pass below as they speed through the sky.

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JetBlue to Launch Fifth Dominican Destination: La Romana

Posted May 18, 2011 by Matt Molnar

JetBlue announced Wednesday that it would begin service from New York to La Romana International Airport (LRM) in the Dominican Republic starting this November.

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Bolivian Pastor Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for 2009 Aeromexico Hijacking

Posted May 20, 2011 by BNO News

Mexican authorities on Thursday announced that a Bolivian pastor was sentenced to over seven years in prison for the hijacking of Aeromexico Flight 576 in 2009.

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Photos: First United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner Emerges From Factory

Posted October 13, 2011 by Matt Molnar

United Airlines’ first Boeing 787 Dreamliner rolled out of the factory fully assembled early Thursday morning, enroute to becoming the first Dreamliner delivered to a U.S. carrier in early 2012.

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Photos: Lufthansa Launches A380 Service to San Francisco

Posted May 11, 2011 by Brandon Farris

San Francisco crowds welcomed Lufthansa’s first A380 service from Frankfurt on Tuesday.

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El Al 777 Makes Safe Emergency Landing in Tel Aviv After Gear Problem

Posted May 22, 2011 by Matt Molnar

El Al Flight 27 from Tel Aviv to Newark landed safely after a landing gear malfunction forced an emergency landing in Tel Aviv.

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VIDEO: LOT 767 Damage Closeups After Belly Landing in Warsaw

Posted November 9, 2011 by Phil Derner Jr.

New video reveals the damage suffered by the landing gear-less LOT Polish Airlines 767-300ER that landed in Warsaw last week.

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PHOTOS: United Airlines Reveals Retro “Friend Ship” Livery

Posted April 6, 2011 by David Parker Brown

In celebration of their 85th birthday, United Airlines unveiled an Airbus A320 painted in their classic “Friend Ship” livery at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

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HNL-RFD = 4181 miles. RFD-STN = 4001 miles. 20 hours on a 767 = Priceless.
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Mokulele’s Honolulu-Rockford-London Service is Really Happening

Posted January 27, 2012 by Matt Molnar

Using a chartered Boeing 767, Hawaiian island hopper Mokulele Airlines has secured government approval to operate one of the more unique long-haul routes in recent memory.

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American Airlines Merger With US Airways a Done Deal, If Domain Name Purchases to Be Believed

Posted March 12, 2012 by Matt Molnar

A merger between American Airlines and US Airways could be all but a done deal, based on some recent web domain name purchases.

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American Airlines to Update Fleet with 250 New Planes: Report

Posted June 30, 2011 by Matt Molnar

American Airlines is in negotiations with Boeing and Airbus to purchase at least 250 new narrowbody jets, according to a Wall Street Journal Report.

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Drunk Passenger Uses 11-Year-Old Girl as Urinal While Another Man Pukes on Grossest JetBlue Flight Ever

Posted August 11, 2011 by Matt Molnar

About 150 JetBlue passengers experienced perhaps the most disgusting flight ever when a drunk 18-year-old urinated on a young girl and then another man vomited on himself.

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Air Europa Pilots Declare Indefinite Strike

Posted September 1, 2011 by BNO News

Pilots of Spanish airline Air Europa will begin an indefinite strike on September 22, the pilots’ trade union Sepla announced in a statement released on Thursday.

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Southwest's first Boeing 737-800 (Warrior One, N8301J) about to depart Fort Lauderdale for Chicago Midway on its second revenue flight.
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Why Southwest’s First Boeing 737-800 Is Kind of a Big Deal [with Photos]

Posted April 13, 2012 by Matt Molnar

When compared to its newer, larger, longer-range siblings, Boeing’s 737-800 might not be the sexiest airliner in the skies. But when the world’s largest 737 operator added them to its fleet this week, the aviation world was paying attention.

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RwandAir Takes Delivery of its First Boeing 737-800

Posted August 25, 2011 by Matt Molnar

RwandAir, the national airline of the country of Rwanda, on Thursday took delivery of its first Boeing 737-800.The delivery sets two milestones both for the central African carrier and the continent as a whole. It is the first 737 delivered to any African nation fitted with the new Boeing Sky Interior.

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Air Canada Rouge: Everything You Need To Know About Canada’s New Hybrid Airline

Posted December 19, 2012 by Matt Molnar

Set to launch July 1st, Air Canada rouge will combine aspects of an ultra-low-cost carrier with some bits of legacy airline thrown in.

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Alaska Airlines Celebrates Arrival of Copper River Salmon With SeaTac Cookoff

Posted May 17, 2011 by David Parker Brown

Alaska Airlines invited several Seattle chefs to SeaTac on Tuesday to cook up the first batch of Copper River Salmon.

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Alaska Airlines Unveils New Portland Timbers Soccer Jet

Posted May 7, 2011 by Matt Molnar

Alaska Airlines on Friday introduced their newest theme-jet, a Boeing 737-700 (N607AS) painted in the colors of the Portland Timbers MLS soccer team.

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United's first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (N20904) takes off from Boeing Field enroute to Houston. (Photo by Dan King/NYCAviation)
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Photos: United Flies Home On Its First Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Posted September 30, 2012 by Matt Molnar

A few days after being handed the keys to its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, United has flown its new state-of-the-art toy home to Houston.

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Southwest Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Fuselage Hole Causes Decompression

Posted April 1, 2011 by Matt Molnar

A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Sacramento made an emergency landing in Yuma, Ariz., when a hole reportedly appeared in the fuselage and the cabin lost pressure.

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