South Florida Welcomes First Boeing 787 Service to the Region

On Friday, November 29th, Norwegian Air Shuttle began its 787 service between Fort Lauderdale FL and 3 Scandinavian cities. This new service marks the first year-round scheduled service to Europe from Fort Lauderdale, and comes...
by Mark Lawrence
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Judge Approves AMR Exit from Bankruptcy

In a New York City courtroom Wednesday morning, a Federal Bankruptcy judge cleared American Airlines parent AMR to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The judge's actions cleared all remaining legal obstacles to the merger of US...
by NYCAviation Staff
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Photos: JFK Airport Rescue Truck Takes a Licking and Needs Rescuing of its Own

In what may be a $750,000 mistake for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, one of their airport rescue trucks at JFK became several damaged while driving around the airport's taxiways.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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Commentary: Why Did a B747 DreamLifter Land at Jabara?

Many people wonder how this could happen, given the advanced avionics coupled with the impressive training all 747 pilots receive. This is a difficult question to answer, but consider these facts: it wasn't the first time this ...
by Justin Schlechter
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American Takes Delivery of First A321

American Airlines took the next step in its fleet renewal process by taking delivery of their first Airbus A321. Revenue service is expected to begin in January 2014.
by Mark Lawrence
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