TRAVEL30 aviation pics: American, United, JetBlue, Richard Branson + moreAn American Airlines Airbus A321 departs San Francisco International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA Virgin American Airbus A319 jets takes off over the San Francisco skyline from San Francisco International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYThe first Boeing 737 MAX 9 rests outside a company hangar during a press photo opportunity in Renton, Wash., on March 7, 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYThe first Boeing 737 MAX 9 rests outside a company hangar during a press photo opportunity in Renton, Wash., on March 7, 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA British Airways Airbus A380 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYThe first Boeing 737 MAX 9 rests outside a company hangar during a press photo opportunity in Renton, Wash., on March 7, 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYVirgin America and Alaska Airlines tails mingle togther at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 24, 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYAn Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 takes off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYAn Everts Air Cargo DC-9 lands at a rainy Boeing Field in Seattle in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYSan Francisco International Airport as seen from an arriving flight, on March 11, 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA China Eastern Airbus A330 takes off from San Francisco International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYAn Air Canada Airbus A321 in the carrier's new livery awaits a gate at San Francisco International Airport on March 11, 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA United Airlines Boeing 747-400 takes off from a busy San Francisco International Airport in March, 2017. United will retire the venerable jet from its fleet by the end of 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-300 passes in front of a rising moon at San Francisco International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYCruising low above Washington state's San Juan Islands, a Kenmore Air pilot guides the DHC Turbine Otter on final approach to a watery landing.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYDowntown Seattle, as seen from a Kenmore Air DHC Turbine Otter in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYNorth Seattle fills the windshield of a Kenmore Air DHC Turbine Otter as the pilot guides the airplane to safe landing on Lake Union in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA Nippon Cargo Boeing 747-8F freighter takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA jetBlue Airbus A321 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA Philippines Air Airbus A340-300 engine deploys its reverser after landing at Los Angeles International Airport in March of 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYAn American Airlines A321 taxies to the gate at Los Angeles International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA Qatar Airways Boeing 777 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in March 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYVirgin Atlantic founder and U.K. entreprenuer Sir Richard Branson takes questions from the press during the launch of the airline's new London-Seattle route, in Seattle, on March 27, 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYMembers of the media explore the cabin of Cathay Pacific's new Airbus A350-900 during its first visit to Vancouver, Canada, on March 28, 2017. The event marked the first regularly scheduled A350 service for Canada.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYMembers of the media explore the cabin of Cathay Pacific's new Airbus A350-900 during its first visit to Vancouver, Canada, on March 28, 2017. The event marked the first regularly scheduled A350 service for Canada.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special For USA TODAYA Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 takes off from Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia for Hong Kong on March 28, 2017 - the first scheduled A350 service to Canada.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren / SpecialA Pacific Coastal Beech taxies to the gate on a very wet morning at Vancouver International Airport in Vancouver, B.C. in March, 2017.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren / Special