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In today's daily digest, Mike Tyson gets arrested for boxing, Midwest adds SFO and RDU, Trump's 727 is for sale, British Airways merger with Iberia, a JetLink Air CRJ hits a terminal in Rwanada, Hawaiian's 80th anniversary and ...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

On This Day in Aviation History: May 5th

Cinco de Mayo is a busy day in aviation: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, Eastern Flight 855 narrowly averts near Miami, two unrelated hijackings on the same day in 1972, the merger of Air France with KLM and m...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

Ryanair and Boeing to Launch New 737 MAX 200

Ryanair today announced that they will be the launch customer for the Boeing 737 MAX 200. The European low-cost carrier placed an order for 100 of the new variant.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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NYCAviation To Compete on AirplaneGeeks.com’s “Jetpardy”

AirplaneGeeks.com is hosting an online game, "Jetpardy", where NYCAviation's Founder will be going up against Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research and Brett Snyder from CrankyFlier.com. Tune in Sunday, January 31st at 8pm!
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

On This Day in Aviation History: February 8th

Freddie Laker founds Laker Airways, the FAA retires Amelia Earhart's aircraft registration, the first Boeing 247 takes flight, the crashes of Independent Air 1851 in 1989 and Eastern Air Lines 663 in 1965 and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.