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Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner, VT-ANI, outside of Boeing's Texas painting facility. (Photo by Boeing)

Plane of Note: Boeing’s First South Carolina-Built 787 Leaves Paint Hangar Wearing Air India Colors

The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner ever produced in South Carolina emerged from a Texas paint hangar on Thursday wearing the full colors of its soon-to-be owner, Air India.
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Batik Air 787. (Image by Boeing)

Lion Air Commits to Buying Boeing 787 Dreamliners for New Full-Service Airline Batik Air [UPDATED]

Indonesia's Lion Air has committed to buying an undisclosed number of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, the airframer announced on Friday. The new planes will be used by Batik Air, a new full-service carrier to be launched by Lion in 2013.
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The first ever Hawaiian Flight 50, an Airbus A330-200 (N386HA), on short final for New York's Kennedy Airport. (Photo by Eric Dunetz)

Hawaiian Airlines Says Aloha to New York

Hawaiian Airlines lept to the east coast on Tuesday as it launched the first ever daily nonstop service between Honolulu and New York's JFK Airport.
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Portlandia plays on the RED entertainment system as we get airborne. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/NYCAviation)

Flying Along With Virgin America’s First Flight to Portland

On a plane named Mt. Hoodie, Virgin America on Tuesday launched service to Portlandia, err, Portland.
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Map of the shipwreck, arrrrr matey. (Map by Matt Molnar/Google)

Rogue Sailboat Shuts Down Runway at Boston Logan Airport

An unoccupied sailboat broke free of its mooring in Boston Monday morning, running aground next to Logan Airport's runway 9/27 and causing delays as the runway had to be closed, the airport said.
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