Orlando Melbourne International Airport Washington, DC (Dulles) with Boeing 737s and BAE-146 Jets. American Airlines served Melbourne with flights to Raleigh/Durham on MD-80 jets and Continental flew to Newark-Liberty with 727 and 737 aircraft. Direct Air flew to Niagara Falls, NY and Punta Gorda, Fl with 737 and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Jets. Elite Airways began operating at the airport in 2014 with flights to Washington Dulles International Airport. In 2015, there were an estimated 15,000 paid attendees to the annual air show over a two-day weekend. The airport's first scheduled international service was announced by Porter Airlines in September, 2015 to Toronto's island airport.
John Foster Dulles auspices. Dulles wrote: Dulles never lost his anxiety about the destructive power of nuclear weapons, but his views on international control and on employing the threat of atomic attack changed in the face of the Berlin blockade, the Soviet detonation of an A-bomb, and the advent of the Korean war. These convinced him that the communist bloc was pursuing expansionist policies. Governor Dewey appointed Dulles to the United States Senate to replace Democratic incumbent Robert F. Wagner, who had resigned due to ill health. Dulles served from July 7 to November 8, 1949. He lost the 1949 special election to