American Airlines Launches First Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
After a water cannon salute at 7:30 AM, the new jet with its quiet engines spooled up and we rocketed out of Dallas-Ft. Worth on our way to Chicago.
Delta to Begin A330 Service on JFK-Athens (ATH) and JFK-Venice (VCE)
Delta Air Lines introduces their newly acquired (via their merger with Northwest) Airbus A330 aircraft on June 1st, serving Athens, Greece (ATH) and Venice, Italy (VCE) from JFK.
Danish Airline Cimber Sterling Grounds All Flights, Files For Bankruptcy
Cimber Sterling grounded all flights effective immediately after filing for bankruptcy Thursday morning.
South African to Fly Johannesburg (JNB)-JFK Nonstop
South African Airways will be eliminating their Dakar, Senegal (DKR) stop on the Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) to JFK route making it nonstop. Flights are operated with Airbus A340-300 aircraft.
Boeing Completes Certification Testing for New 787 Battery System
Boeing overcame a major hurdle in getting the 787 Dreamliner back into commercial service on Friday, as they successfully preformed a certification demonstration flight in order to get the redesigned battery system approved. &#...