Southwest Airlines on Wednesday announced that the carrier flew 6.5 billion revenue passenger miles in November 2010, a 10.7 percent increase from the 5.9 billion RPMs flown in November 2009.
Delta completed the final scheduled flight of its workhorse DC-9, ending almost 50 years of scheduled airline service by the type. NYCAviation was there to record the festivities.
A new forecast released on Wednesday by European aircraft manufacturer Airbus suggests air traffic in Spain will almost double by 2030, requiring Spanish airlines to buy as many as 400 new passenger planes over the next 20 years.