A Delta Air Lines pilot and crew arrested a passenger on board a flight from Puerto Rico to New York after the man shouted "I am God" and claimed he would save the world, forcing the plane to return to the airport in San Juan, police and the airline said Wednesday. Delta also credited passengers with helping restrain the man who "became unruly on board." The suspect "was aggressive and shouted 'I am God, San Juan is going to disappear tomorrow, I came to save the world and I am going to end terrorism,' and he also tried to enter the main cabin," the airline said. Captain Kevin Mitchell, the pilot of Delta Flight 579, arrested the suspect, the police said. "Delta applauds the quick action and professionalism of the crew of Delta flight 579," the airline said. "The flight attendant crew swiftly restrained the individual with help from some customers." <br/>
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An Italian airline was accused of racism after a non-black actor portraying former US president Barack Obama was heavily made up to appear as a black person. Alitalia announced a non-stop flight from Rome to Washington, DC, last May. The company this week created a series of marketing videos for social media to highlight the route. Each one features actors playing American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Donald Trump and Barack Obama. The ad campaign was not creating any major response until it was Barack Obama's turn to find the flight to Washington. In the video, an actor was covered in heavy black-and-brown makeup to appear African American. Called out for blackface, Alitalia dismissed the issue on Facebook. "You are exaggerating," was the reply. <br/>
Seeing demand from the growing Chinese market, Korean Air has announced that it will launch Incheon-Nanjing, Hangzhou and Zhangjiajie in the remaining months of 2019. The carrier said it has been granted traffic rights to these routes following successful Korea-China aviation talks in March. Tensions between China and South Korea rose in 2014 because of the placement of US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile system and its radar in Korea, resulting in Beijing cutting air rights for Korean carriers and stopping group tours to the Republic. Korean Air will also increase weekly frequency to Beijing from 14X- to 18X- from October. Korean Air has yet to decide on either the launch date or aircraft type for the Chinese cities. Competitors Asiana Airlines already flies 7X-weekly flights to Clark, along with LCCs Jeju Air and Jin Air. <br/>