In May, Delta Air Lines will be upgrading various JFK to Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV) flights from Boeing 767-300ER aircraft to Boeing 777-200 and Boeing 777-200LR aircraft until the end of June.
A Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in the Ukraine on Thursday after a presumed surface-to-air missile strike.
Israel will purchase 20 fifth-generation F-35 stealth jets from the U.S. for almost $2.75 billion, receiving the first jet some time between 2015 and 2017, at $96 million per plane.