28 February Eurofly and Meridiana merge to form Meridiana Fly. March 22 March Aviastar Flight 1906, a Tupolev Tu-204, crashes on approach to Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow. The aircraft is written off, the first hull loss for Aviastar and the first of a Tu-204. 25 March Scottish airline Highland Airways ceases operations. 31 March Canadian airline Skyservice ceases operations. Aloha Airlines ceases operations and declares bankruptcy. It halts all passenger operations and transfers all of its cargo operations to Aloha Air Cargo. April 8 April British Airways and Iberia confirm that they have agreed to merge. 10 April A Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M carrying the Polish President Lech Kaczyński and many other Polish officials crashes in poor visibility on approach to Smolensk North Airport in Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board. 12 April Air Jamaica ceases operations and its routes are taken over by Caribbean Airlines. 13 April Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 836, a Boeing 737-300, overruns the runway at Rendani Airport, Manokwari, Indonesia. All 103 passengers and crew escape alive. Aerounion – Aerotransporte de Carga Union Flight 302, an Airbus A300B4F, crashes on approach to General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, Monterrey, Mexico, killing all five crew and one person in a car struck by the aircraft. 15 April Following the second eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, large areas of controlled airspace were closed, causing widespread suspension of services across Europe. 21 April Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines Flight 7815, an Antonov An-12, crashes on approach to Clark International Airport, Philippines after an in-flight fire. Three of the six crew die. 22 April On Earth Day, the United States Navy conducts a flight test at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, of an F/A-18 Super Hornet powered by a biofuel blend. The aircraft, nicknamed the "Green Hornet," flies for about 45 minutes on a 50/50 blend of conventional jet fuel and a biofuel made from Camelina sativa. The flight is the first of a planned 15 test flights totaling about 23 flight-hours, scheduled for completion by mid-June 2010. May 12 May Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771, an Airbus A330-202, crashes on approach to Tripoli International Airport, Libya, killing 103 people. 15 May A Blue Wing Airlines Antonov An-28 crashes shortly after take-off from Godo Holo Airstrip killing all eight on board. 17 May Pamir Airways Flight 112, an Antonov An-24, crashes in the Salang Pass killing all 43