Frontier Airlines, the low-cost airline based in Denver, Colorado, the United States, has announced that it will add a fourth daily non-stop flight between Denver and Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin.

SkyLounge, the business travel network headquartered in Delaware, United States, has launched a new platform.

Delta Air Lines plans to launch weekly services between Monrovia’s Roberts International Airport and New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, via Dakar, Senegal.

Firefly, the low-cost carrier and a full subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, is planning a shuttle flight service “every other hour” to destinations such as Penang in Malaysia and Singapore, from April 2010.

British Airways, the national flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has effected changes in its flight schedule from Hyderabad, in India, to London.

  Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, will charge international passengers $50 to check in a second bag only on its flights between the United States and Europe.

  Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines, both based in India, have agreed to begin code-share on certain flights on domestic routes.

Jetstar Airways, the low-fare carrier based in Melbourne, Australia, has said that it would cancel 31 of its flights to Japan – which is nearly one-third of its total flights – in June 2009.

The founder and many former employees of the defunct low-cost carrier Skybus Airlines have announced that they are launching a new airline named JetAmerica on July 13, 2009.

  Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, has decided to abolish temporarily first-class seating on 42 of its weekly long-distance international flights between July 6, 2009, and October 31, 2009.

Qatar Airways, the flag-carrier airline of Qatar, has said it is exploring the possibility of enhancing the frequency of daily flights between Sri Lanka and Doha from two to three.

Scientists of the United States and Australia have successfully tested hypersonic aircraft technology, which they said could “revolutionise international flight.”

A pilot of the American Airlines failed a breathanalyzer test at Heathrow Airport in London and was arrested 20 minutes before the plane was due to take off. 

Jet Airways plans to start a daily Mangalore - Mumbai - Riyadh flight from Jun 14, 2009.

  Virgin America, the low-cost airline based in California, the United States, announced that, as of May 21, 2009, it became the first and the only airline to offer in-flight internet service on every flight.

  Paramount Airways, the airline based in Chennai in southern India, has expanded its operations to northern India by launching a daily, direct flight from Chennai to Delhi.

  The United States-based Continental Airlines will launch daily, non-stop flights from its hub at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, the United States, to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, starting August 1, 2009.

Passengers of the US Airways Flight 1549 which “splash-landed” in the icy Hudson River, near New York, the United states, have started getting their bags and other belongings back about four months after their miraculous escape.

Air India will start a daily direct flight from Ahmedabad to Frankfurt, from June 1, 2009.

Arik Air, based in Lagos, Nigeria, has announced that it will begin non-stop, daily service between Lagos and Johannesburg, in South Africa, on June 1, 2009. 

Jet Airways Konnect, the new all-economy-class arm of Jet Airways, based in Mumbai, India, is starting five new services from May 20, 2009.

British Airways is all set to start daily direct flights to Las Vegas, USA from London, from October 25, 2009.

United Airlines, based in Chicago, the United States, has decided to hike the fees for baggage checked-in at the airport by $5 from June 10, 2009.

British Airways will launch direct, daily flights between McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, the United States, and Heathrow International Airport in London, from October 25, 2009.

VivaAerobus, the low-cost airline based in Monterrey, Mexico, is ending its service out of Austin, Texas, the United States, to Mexico on May 31, 2009.

Kingfisher Airlines, based in Bangalore, India, has launched daily, direct flights between Kolkata in eastern India and Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has started implementing its Secure Flight passenger vetting programme from May 15, 2009.

Madurai-based Paramount Airlines has announced that it will start another daily service between Chennai and Kolkata to cater to business executives from eastern and southern India.

Boeing and AgustaWestland have signed a $1.23 billion deal to supply 16  ICH-47H Chinook helicopters to the Italian army, the two companies said.

  In line with its heightened focus on the Middle East region, Emirates has announced an additional 12 flights per week to major travel hubs in the region.