This James Morgan Delta Air Lines handout photo taken on July 3, 2009 shows Delta Flight 16, a Boeing 777-200LR, taking off from Sydney International Airport for the airline's first nonstop Sydney-to-Los-Angeles flight. The nonstop service will provide Australians with unparalleled connections from Los Angeles to more than 300 key destinations in the U.S. as well as Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Europe. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

This James Morgan Delta Air Lines handout photo taken on July 3, 2009 shows Delta Flight 16, a Boeing 777-200LR, taking off from Sydney International Airport for the airline's first nonstop Sydney-to-Los-Angeles flight. The nonstop service will provide Australians with unparalleled connections from Los Angeles to more than 300 key destinations in the U.S. as well as Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Europe.

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  2. Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian listens to a question during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo December 3, 2009. Delta Air Lines said on Thursday that teaming up with a third party to invest in struggling Japan Airlines Corp, which is seeking a state bailout, was one option.
  3. Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo December 3, 2009. Delta Air Lines said on Thursday that teaming up with a third party to invest in struggling Japan Airlines Corp, which is seeking a state bailout, was one option.
  4. Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo December 3, 2009. Delta Air Lines said on Thursday that teaming up with a third party to invest in struggling Japan Airlines Corp, which is seeking a state bailout, was one option.
  5. Jeffrey N. Shane, former official of Department of Transportation, left, speaks as he meets media about update on the fight over the future of Japan Airlines in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. At right is Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian. Delta Airlines President Ed Bastian says the billion dollar offer to get Japan Airlines to join its alliance is still on.
  6. Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian, right, speaks as he meets media about their update on the fight over the future of Japan Airlines in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Bastian says the billion dollar offer to get Japan Airlines to join its alliance is still on. At left is Jeffrey N. Shane, former official of Department of Transportation.
  7. Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines.
  8. Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines.
  9. JAT Tehnika mechanics work on maintening of Russian Transaero Boeing 737, in front of JAT Boeing 737-300, in technical maintenance hangar at Belgrade International airport, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. JAT Airways said Wednesday that all its flights have been grounded indefinitely because its maintenance company has stopped servicing its planes over unpaid bills. JAT said that none of its aircraft has taken off since Tuesday evening, when aviation maintenance company JAT Tehnika halted its work on JAT's fleet.
  10. A visitor takes a picture of Boeing passenger airliner models on display at the China Aviation Expo in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
  11. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Crew members exit a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier with Space Shuttle Discovery mounted atop after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  12. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  13. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  14. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  15. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
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  11. Kate Lawrence-Haynes speaks to media at the Glebb Coroners Court in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, after a hearing on a coroners inquest into the death of her sister Rebekah Lawrence. Rebekah Lawrence suffered a psychotic episode in 2005 and leaped to her death from an office window. The coroner found that her participation in an intense self-help seminar called The Turning Point led to her psychotic breakdown and death.
  12. David Booth arrives at the Glebb Coroners Court in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, to hear the results of a coroners inquest into the death of his wife Rebekah Lawrence. Lawrence suffered a psychotic episode in 2005 and leaped to her death from an office window. The coroner found that her participation in an intense self-help seminar called The Turning Point led to her psychotic breakdown and death.
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