* 2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5.

The city is home to Memphis International Airport, the world's second busiest cargo airport ( following Hong Kong ), which serves as the primary hub for FedEx Express shipping and was a secondary hub for Delta Air Lines after it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008.

( 1988 ), Heart of Dixie ( 1989 ), Mystery Train ( 1989 ), The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ), Trespass ( 1991 ), The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag ( 1992 ), The Firm ( 1993 ), The Delta ( 1996 ), The People Vs. Larry Flynt ( 1996 ), The Rainmaker ( 1997 ), Cast Away ( 2000 ), 21 Grams ( 2002 ), A Painted House ( 2002 ), Black Snake Moan ( 2005 ), Forty Shades of Blue ( 2005 ), Walk the Line ( 2005 ), Hustle & Flow ( 2006 ), Nothing But the Truth ( 2008 ), Soul Men ( 2008 ), and The Grace Card ( 2011 ).

In September 2008, the Delta commission presided by Dutch politician Cees Veerman advised in a report that the Netherlands would need a massive new building program to strengthen the country's water defenses against the anticipated effects of global warming for the next 190 years.

* 2008: Delta Prize for Global Understanding

* On April 5, 2008, Fountain was inducted at the seventh annual Delta Music Museum Festival in Ferriday in Concordia Parish.

In 2008, she recorded For Good with Delta Goodrem for the Wicked 5th Anniversary album.

Delta Connection to and from Atlanta ended on May 1, 2008 following a mid-April announcement that Delta and Northwest Airlines were planning to merge – a move that led to significant operational changes for the merged airline.

In 2008, Canadian and Japanese researchers extracted a constant stream of natural gas from a test project at the Mallik methane hydrate field in the Mackenzie Delta.

In early 2008, Delta announced it was going to reduce its domestic capacity by 4-5 %, in which Comair will reduce its 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet fleet by 8-14 aircraft.

In March 2008, when oil reached over per barrel ( see Oil price increases since 2003 ), Delta announced it would further reduce domestic capacity.

In 2008, both Delta Connection and ExpressJet Airlines discontinued operations at the airport, and Mexicana ended its international flights to Guadalajara.

Champion Air was based at the Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport until the airline ceased operations in May 2008, and Delta Connection partner Mesaba Airlines was also headquartered nearby until December 2011 as it completed its merger with Pinnacle Airlines.

All Delta Connection service ended September 30, 2008.

In June 2008, Delta Air Lines began daily nonstop service to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

In November 2008, Delta announced nonstop service to Narita International Airport near Tokyo, Japan, mostly as a result of Delta's merger with Northwest Airlines.

* Delta Connection ( ExpressJet Airlines ) flew Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets nonstop to Los Angeles until September 1, 2008 when Delta ended its contract with the ExpressJet.

On July 3, 2008, Delta and ExpressJet announced that they had terminated their agreement and that ExpressJet operations as Delta Connection would end by September 1, 2008.

On September 11, 2008, a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III successfully completed the first landing in Antarctica using night-vision goggles at Pegasus Field.

* 2008 – The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.

Until recent years the Air Force suffered somewhat from fuel shortages ; a problem which was overcome in 2008.

* Air Commodore Gordon Moulds ( 2008 )

* 2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit crashes on Guam.

Air Greenland and Continental Airlines formerly ran direct flights from the US East Coast from 2007 to 2008, but these were discontinued.

In November 2008 the Air Force of Zimbabwe was sent, after some police officers began refusing orders to shoot the illegal miners at Marange diamond fields.

* 3 October 2008: Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington

During their marriage, several of Grammer and Donatacci's homes were featured in magazines, including ones in: Malibu, California ( February 2001, InStyle ), Maui ( May 2004, InStyle ), Long Island, New York ( April 2008, InStyle ), Bachelor Gulch, Colorado ( Architectural Digest ), and Bel Air, Los Angeles ( Architectural Digest ).

In 2008 2 medium-range radars were acquired for the Air Forces Airspace Surveillance and Control Command.

Aeroplan began in 1984 as Air Canada ’ s frequent flier program, but since 2008 has been owned by Groupe Aeroplan Inc. and operates as a more widely based coalition program.

As of June 2008, service commanders were Colonel Boubacar Togola ( Armée de Terre ), Colonel Waly Sissoko ( Armée de l ’ Air ), Lieutenant-Colonel Daouda Sogoba ( Garde Nationale ) et du Colonel Adama Dembélé ( Gendarmerie Nationale ).

Defence attachés from Pakistan and Russia visit the communications tent at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Abuja, Nigeria, on July 21, 2008, during Africa Endeavor 2008.

A clause to the archival procedures was revised in mid 2008, where if a veteran themselves or ( if deceased ) an immediate member of the family requested the Purple Heart on an Army or Air Force record, the medal would still be granted by the National Archives.

* Tom Cooper, Sudan, Civil War since 1955 Air Combat Information Group, Feb 10, 2008

The armed forces of Yemen include the Yemen Army ( includes Republican Guard ), Navy ( includes Marines ), Yemeni Air Force ( Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yamaniya ; includes Air Defense Force ) ( 2008 ).

On 27 November 2008 an Air New Zealand Airbus A320 leased to XL Airways Germany with seven people on board crashed into the sea east of Perpignan during a test flight.

In May 2008 the two governments agreed a new deal to replace those 36 MiG-29SMT by a new batch of 16 Su-30MKA which meet all requirements of Algerian Air Force, but the issue does not appear to be completely resolved in 2009.

In December 2008, the Czech Air Force wanted to train in desert conditions for the upcoming mission in Afghanistan.

In 2007 and 2008, the top eight teams advanced to the playoffs ; in what was intended to be the final season of the Air New Zealand Cup format in 2009, the Shaughnessy format was used, with the top four advancing to the finals.

In November 2008, the Servicio Aéreo Nacional ( National Air Service ) merged with its maritime counterpart, the Servicio Maritimo Nacional ( National Maritime Service ) to become the Servicio Nacional Aeronaval ( National Aeronaval Service ), also the creation of the new Servicio Nacional de Fronteras ( National Borders Service ) as an independent force from the National Police.

Passenger trains haven't served Carson City since 1948, Greyhound Lines stopped their bus services to the town in 2006 and Amtrak discontinued their connecting thruway bus to Sacramento in 2008.

In 2005, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and she received the Prix Femina in 2006 for the novel Lignes de faille and which, as Fault Lines, has been published by Atlantic Books and is shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize.

Author Oliver Franklin published a science fiction work in 2008 entitled World Lines in which he related a simplified explanation of the hypothesis for laymen.

The following year he made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in the 2008 production Fault Lines.

In October 2008, Schwimmer made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in Fault Lines at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York.

This service expansion allowed Indianapolis to become a focus city for that air carrier, which itself became a wholly owned but separately operated subsidiary of Delta Air Lines in late 2008.

During the 2008 season, when the Bulls were on the verge of bowl eligibility, the 1958 team was profiled on ESPN's Outside the Lines.

Dr Mann is author of more than 140 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, published in early 2012.

ESPN's Outside the Lines spotlighted Knight and his donation-backed influence on the university's athletics in an April 6, 2008, episode.

Southern Airways was a regional airline operating in the United States from its founding by Frank Hulse in 1949 until 1979 when it merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines, which on October 1, 1986, became part of Northwest Airlines, which in 2008 became a part of Delta Air Lines.

On January 1, 2008, Delta began repainting the last aircraft bearing the Song livery into mainline Delta Air Lines colors.

In 2008, he published a book, Lines From a Mined Mind: The Words of John Trudell, a collection of 25 years of poetry, lyrics and essays.

* Behind the Lines: The Year's Best Cartoons 2008: featured a selection of the best Australian political cartoons published in 2008 ( December 2008-February 2009 )

* Behind the Lines: The Year's Best Cartoons 2007: exhibited the best of the Museum's latest set of cartoon acquisitions from artists around Australia including Alan Moir, Bill Leak, Cathy Wilcox, Geoff Pryor, John Spooner and Mark Knight ( December 2007-February 2008 )

In 2008 the Georgia Dome started showing safety videos before games, presented by Deltalina, flight attendant " mascot " of Delta Air Lines.

Toronto: Between the Lines, 2008.

The album was preceded by two singles ; the first, " Between The Lines ", was released as a free download from the band's website on 10 November 2008.

*** Ocean Dream ( completed June 1982 by Aalborg Vaerft, Denmark for Carnival Cruise Lines as Tropicale, and purchased by Pullmantur Cruises in 2008 ) to be charted to Peace Boat in April 2012-35, 190 tons / 1, 350 passenger barths + 550 crew

Banks was on a panel on an ESPN " Outside the Lines " episode regarding athlete involvement in social issues, dated May 18, 2008.

One of the services it provides, is operating exclusively business class flights which include transatlantic operations for Gulf Air, Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines, KLM and, until March 2008, corporate shuttles for Airbus.