Delta Air Lines will install new flat-bed BusinessElite seats and slimline Economy seats with touchscreen video monitors on each of its 16 Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets.
Boeing on Thursday forecast that air carriers in the U.S. and Canada will take delivery of about 7,200 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $700 billion.
BWI has received one of the largest Recovery Act grants awarded by the FAA for reconstruction of an aircraft parking apron, a new deicing fluid collection system, and new communications systems.