A Virgin Atlantic 747 carrying hospital supplies landed at Basra last Friday, the first non-military aircraft to land in Iraq since the war…
John Tague, 40, former CEO of American Trans Air, has been hired by United Air Lines in the newly created post of executive vice president for the customer…
Eighty-seven pax on a chartered 727 from Miami to a nudist holiday in Cancun last Saturday were free to remove their clothes and move about the cabin once the flight reached cruise altitude…
Cape Cod Airport, the last grass-strip airport on Massachusetts’ Cape, is closed, but negotiations are underway and the well-loved 80-year-old field may yet reopen with new ownership…
Fifteen skydivers last weekend jumped at Longmont, Colo., in memory of Jeffrey Sands, founder of a local skydiving company, who died in a plane crash last month.
On The Fly…
Key Takeaways:
- A Virgin Atlantic 747 made the first non-military landing in post-war Basra, Iraq, delivering hospital supplies.
- United Air Lines hired John Tague as its new executive vice president for customer service, while Cape Cod Airport, the last grass-strip on the Cape, closed with potential for reopening.
- Other notable aviation news included a unique chartered flight allowing nudist passengers to remove clothes en route to Cancun, and a skydiving memorial for Jeffrey Sands, a recently deceased local company founder.
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