The aircraft were old two-seater biplanes, PO-2s, originally training planes, made of canvas and plywood with open cockpits.
Since then, JetBlue has slowed its growth, taking delivery of fewer planes than originally planned, and has increased its fares.
Within weeks, it was a fait accompli that the band was going -- and not just by bus as originally planned, but by plane.
The main roads are lined with plane trees, originally planted by Henry IV.
On Wednesday, Delta disclosed a second round of capacity cuts, one day after Northwest Airlines, its merger partner, announced it would park a larger number of planes than it originally planned.
Gen. Paul Aussaresses wrote in his memoir, "The Battle for the Casbah" (2002), that the Army had originally ordered fighter planes to shoot the plane down but called them off at the last minute when it was discovered that the DC-3's pilot and crew were French.
Boeing delivered 75 commercial planes, down from the 125 originally planned, in the first three months of the year.
Delta said last month it would park 140 planes over the next year and a half, 20 more than it originally planned.
The German plane originally belonged to an East German airline, Interflug.
The plane, originally bound for Moscow, was hijacked just after takeoff from Istanbul.
