Earlier this month, a Air France plane clipped a Delta Connection flight on a runway at New York's John F.

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Obama's words underscored the shock and grief from friends, family and acquaintances over the news that Eckert was aboard the Continental Connection Flight 3407.

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Delta Airlines recently announced it was partnering with Amazon to provide passengers with free access to shop the online retail giant's website onboard all of Delta and Delta Connection flights with in-flight Wi-Fi service.

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The result: lower departure fees (the majors typically pay a fee to the regional for agreeing to a flight schedule that maximizes connection traffic pushed to their flights) that have tightened up profit margins for the little guys.

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Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is the only person to have been convicted in connection with the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland in 1988.

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Carriers warn that such a tactic could cause massive delays if airlines are forced to remove bags every time a passenger misses a connection or is bumped from an overbooked flight.

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Although this feels more like a curatorial flight of fancy than a real connection, it bodes well for future installations that Mr. Carpenter is willing to make such leaps.

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Imagine, for instance, that you are sitting at the airport and trying to download a movie before your flight arrives, but you are having connection issues.

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More than 800 Delta aircraft, including all Delta Connection two-class regional jets, are equipped with in-flight Wi-Fi service offering more than 400, 000 customers per day access to the internet above 10, 000 feet.

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