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Airline News
Virgin America President & CEO David Cush, center, is greeted by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, left, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Manny Gonzalez/NYCAviation)

Virgin America CEO David Cush Chats Candidly About Airline’s Website Meltdown, Future of In-Flight WiFi

We sat down with Virgin America President and CEO David Cush to chat about the airline's recent IT meltdown, their reputation for raucous route launches and how many people really use in-flight WiFi.
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Aviation News

AirTran Airways Introduces Flights Between Baltimore and Jacksonville

AirTran Airways has announced new routes between Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, MD and Jacksonville International Airport in Jacksonville, FL. Service begins on May 4, 2010.
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The Lav
Everyone lived. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren)

The Lav: Pay-per-Pee on Ryanair, Weekend at Bernie’s 3 At the Airport and More No-Good Aviation News

This week's roundup of weird aviation news includes Ryanair and Spirit fighting for the most unfair fare, a pair of women who attempted to smuggle a corpse onto a flight, and more.
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Military News
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

Air Force Pilots Balk at Flying the World’s Most Expensive Fighter Jet

The pricey F-22 Raptor jet has just gotten back up in the air, but the safety problem that grounded it doesn't seem to be resolved.
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Aviation News

Behind the Scenes Tour of a 747-8 and the Boeing Factory

NYCAviation's Jeremy Lindgren got a unique behind-the-scenes tour at Paine Field, boarding a 747-8F in production and getting inside the hangar to see the "greenies" that will one day take to the sky. He shares his story with t...
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