Delta Air Lines will relaunch the daily flights between JFK and Tokyo, Japan (NRT) previously operated by Northwest. Service will be operated by Boeing 777-200 aircraft.
Three military milestones: 101 years ago today, the US Army established its first air field. In 1942, Consolidated's C-32 Dominator made its maiden flight. In 1997, the F-22 Raptor took off for the first time.
In a webcast in Japan early Friday (late Thursday for the United States), Boeing briefed the world on the causes and solutions to the battery incidents that had ground the 787 fleet since mid-January.