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Delta Adds Its First JFK to London Heathrow Daytime Flight

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Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-400 tail number N838MH takes off from Frankfurt Airport (FRA). Delta Air Lines is the world's largest airline with 733 planes and some 160 million passengers in 2012. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. (©iStock.com/Boarding1Now)

Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-400 tail number N838MH takes off. (©iStock.com/Boarding1Now)

Rejoice, red-eye haters! Delta will launch a daytime flight between JFK and London Heathrow (LHR) next year. Continue reading →

by Chris Carley

[UPDATED] BREAKING: Delta Flight from Rome to Detroit Diverted to London, Cancelled

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Flashing emergency lights

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Delta Air Lines flight 237 — scheduled to fly from Rome to Detroit — was canceled following its emergency diversion today to London Heathrow.

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by Chris Carley

BREAKING NEWS: Security Issue Prompts British Airways and Lufthansa to Suspend Flight Operations to Cairo, Egypt

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London, United Kingdom - May 13, 2016: A British Airways Airbus A380 with the registration G-XLEB approaching London Heathrow Airport (LHR) in the United Kingdom. The Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger airliner. British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom based at London Heathrow airport.

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Europe’s two largest air carriers — British Airways and Lufthansa — today suspended flights to Cairo, Egypt due to “security concerns.”

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