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Singapore Airlines Ltd. took delivery of the Airbus SE A350-900 ultra long range aircraft to start a non-stop service to New York, a journey of about 19 hours that will become the world’s longest. The first commercial flight between Singapore and Newark Liberty International Airport will be on Oct. 11, Singapore Air said in a statement yesterday. This is the first of the seven A350-900ULRs the carrier has on firm order with Airbus. Reviving the route that the Singapore flag carrier scrapped more than four years ago will help the airline fill a gap in its U.S. network that has...

Flight Lands In Newark After Dynamite Found In Luggage POSTED: 2:41 pm EDT August 25, 2006 UPDATED: 3:05 pm EDT August 25, 2006 HOUSTON -- A college student's checked luggage on a Continental Airlines flight to Houston from Argentina on Friday contained dynamite, and federal authorities are investigating why he had it and what he intended to do with it, an FBI spokeswoman said. "Certainly we are doing a thorough investigation and trying to find out what this individual's intention was in trying to bring dynamite here," FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said Friday. The dynamite was found during a luggage...

There's been a security shakeup at the top at Newark Liberty International Airport. The airport's federal security director, Marcus Arroyo, cleared out his office following a meeting with the Transportation Security Administration 's Eastern area director yesterday. T-S-A officials say Arroyo was told to either retire or be reassigned. The former Navy Seal took over the job shortly after the nine-eleven attacks. Newark was one of the airports where the hijackers flew out of. The airport has been troubled during his term with security breakdowns and high staff turnovers. Deputy airport security director Mark Hatfield Junior has been named acting...