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Todd English and Gate Gourmet's Ernst Walder Co-create Delta's Sky Meals

Delta Air Lines serves in-flight food designed by celebrity chef Todd English at its new midtown Manhattan lounge, SKY360. The new space is aimed at frequent fliers, corporate clients and other invitation-only guest. Delta expects 300 to 1000 other people to walk in off the street for a meal.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Program Delays Flight Testing

Boeing Co.'s president and CEO Scott Carson and 787 Program general manager Mike Bair confirmed that the new 787 jetliner will not begin flight testing until mid-November or mid-December, months later than originally planned.

When's Amazon Delivering To Planes?

AmazonFresh is Amazon.com's latest stab at yet another branch of retail: groceries.

Today's Headlines

• Alaska Airlines launches daily nonstops from Portland to Orlando & Boston
• Etihad celebrates new Milan flights
• Mesa Air Group Inc. Reports August Traffic Including go!
• Changi Airport welcomes Air Bagan
• Blue1 domestic traffic increases 18%

Gate Gourmet Makes Strategic Investment in Pourshins

Pourshins Limited and Gate Gourmet jointly announced today that a strategic investment has been made in Pourshins, a U.K.-based company specializing in logistics solutions for airlines, caterers, suppliers and manufacturers. Pourshins operates in Europe, Asia and North America.

Kraft And Starbucks To Launch Starbucks Branded Beverages For Tassimo

Kraft Foods Inc. today launched several new initiatives to further fuel the growth trajectory of its proprietary Tassimo hot beverage system. The first is a new alliance with Starbucks Coffee Company to add select varieties of its popular Starbucks® coffee to the Tassimo beverage lineup in the U.S. and Canada. Kraft also announced a new global brewer alliance with Bosch Household Appliances and more rapid geographic expansion of popular beverages.

Virgin America Adds Multi-Lingual Program Line-Up for Red Inflight Entertainment System

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Virgin America announced that it has inked deals with TV Japan, Venevision International, KBS-America, TVB and Emphasis (Hong Kong) to supply a wide array of inflight programming in Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese. Virgin America's guests will now have access to the most foreign language films and television entertainment on any U.S. domestic airline.

Even Tobacco Companies Can Make The World A Healthier Place

Even tobacco companies can make the world a healthier place — or at least former units of them. Targacept, which was spun out of the research division of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in 2000, announced that it has struck a drug development deal with GlaxoSmithKline worth up to $1.5 billion.

American Airlines To Test Passenger Broadband Service

American Airlines and AirCell Inc. announced they teaming up to test broadband services with passengers across the U.S. beginning in 2008.

HMSHost Completes $4 Million in Upgrades at Salt Lake City International Airport

HMSHost Corporation completed the more than $4 million renovation at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC.)  The renovation was part of HMSHost’s recently extended food, beverage and retail contract that runs through 2011. Improvements include upgraded seating in the airport’s common areas, a new restaurant with local Salt Lake City history, and the addition of well-known national brands, all of which will enhance the overall airport experience for SLC travelers.