Delta Air Lines on Thursday night began flights connecting its Detroit hub with South America for the first time, with new nonstop service to Sao Paulo, Brazil.
It was learned a passenger wrote a goodbye letter to his family aboard the medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan on Friday, killing 4 out of the 5 occupants.
World air cargo traffic will expand at a 5.9 percent annual rate over the next two decades, with worldwide air freight traffic expected to triple through 2029, Boeing projected on Tuesday.
As a new presidential administration prepares to take over, questions loom regarding the future of how the FAA will control the nation's aviation infrastructure.