Iberia Airlines, the flag-carrier airline of Spain, has canceled about 400 flights scheduled for October 26 and 27, 2009, in view of the strike planned by the flight attendants of the airline.

Iberia Airlines, the national airline of Spain, has announced that it will set up a new airline, by 2011, in order to operate on its short-haul and medium-haul routes.

Air China will plans to start a new flight between Bangalore, the IT capital of India, and Shanghai, the business hub of China. The Shanghai-Tokyo-Bangalore flight will begin its operations before December 25, 2009.

Jet Airways, based in Mumbai, India, is launching daily, direct flights between Mumbai and Riyadh, the administrative and commercial capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), from October 25, 2009.

Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, has announced expansion of its international routes, including using larger aircraft, for the summer of 2010.

Southwest Airlines is launching 9 daily flights from Lambert-St Louis International Airport in St Louis, the United States, from May 2010. This includes 6 new non-stop services.

Baboo, the regional airline based in Geneva, Switzerland, is launching a new service between London Oxford Airport in England and Geneva International Airport in Switzerland on December 19, 2009.

Air Canada, the flag-carrier airline of Canada, has launched an application for BlackBerry, about two months after the carrier having done so for iPhone. Through this new service, the customers can get real-time information on Air Canada flights.

AirAsia, the low-coast airline based in Malaysia, has announced that it is starting daily,  direct flights from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, to the Indian cities of Kolkata (West Bengal ) and Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi (Kerala) from November 2009.

Southwest Airlines, the budget airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, is adding over 100 one-way flights to its schedule across the United States and also dropping about 20 flights system-wide in the spring of 2010.

Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, is expanding its service to Hawaii by adding new flights between California and Hawaii from March 7, 2010.

flydubai, the low-cost airline based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is starting flights between Dubai and Doha, the capital of Qatar, twice daily from October 18, 2009.

AirTran Airways, based in Orlando, Florida, the United States, is increasing the number of its winter flights to Florida.

Emirates Airlines, the national airline of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has refuted a report that appeared in an Australian newspaper that the airline is “putting profits before safety” concerning the management of its pilots’ fatigue risk.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, which owns 80% of bmi, is to buy the rest 20% stake from the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS).

Southwest Airlines, the low-fare carrier based in Dallas, Texas, the United States has started asking its frequent-fliers to update their profiles with information such as name, gender and date of birth in accordance with the ‘Secure Flight’ programme of the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Frontier Airlines, the budget carrier based in Denver, Colorado, the United States, and its subsidiary Lynx Aviation have officially come out of bankruptcy protection and have been acquired by Republic Airways Holdings.

Ryanair, the budget airline based in Dublin, Ireland, has started letting smokers have their intake of nicotine on board by “inhaling” smokeless cigarettes.

Wizz Air, of Hungary, which operates several flights from Bulgaria, is to start 4 new routes from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, to 4 destinations in Western Europe – Paris (France), Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain) and Forlì, near Bologna (Italy) – from May 22, 2010.

Bangkok Airways, the regional airline based in Bangkok, Thailand, will stop its service between Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, and Siem Reap in Thailand when the aviation agreement between Cambodia and Thailand expires on October 25, 2009, and Cambodia will not renew the licence.

South East Asian Airlines (Seair)), based in Pampanga, the Philippines, has announced that it is reopening some routes as well increasing flights on others anticipating the enhanced tourist traffic in the holiday season.

Canadian North Airlines, based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, has announced that it is cancelling flights on some routes and reducing the number of flights on some others owing to what it calls “a saturated market in Yellowknife.”

Duluth, the port city in Minnesota, the United States is going to get non-stop flights from Chicago and Orlando – between Chicago and Duluth by United Airlines, and between Orlando and Duluth by Allegiant Air.

US Airways is offering its business-class passengers more comfort and luxury on trans-Atlantic flights with the Envoy Suite.

Southwest Airlines, the low-fare airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the United States, has announced that the members of its Rapid Rewards programme can earn double credits on flights between September 17, 2009, and October 31, 2009.

bmi (British Midland Airways), based in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, has announced that it is reducing the number of its  flights between London and Belfast in Northern Ireland and between London and Tel Aviv in Israel.

Deutsche Lufthansa, the national airline of Germany, is raising the number of its fights between Frankfurt in Germany and Manama, the capital of Bahrain, from 4 times a week to a daily service from September 22, 2009.

United Airlines has announced that it will charge fees for a second checked bag for many of its international flights.

Southwest Airlines, the low-cost carrier based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, has announced that it will launch daily, non-stop flights from Denver International Airport (in Denver, Colorado), to Boston (Massachusetts), Reno (Nevada), and Spokane (Washington) in January 2010.

Allegiant Air, the low-fare carrier based in Enterprise, Nevada, the United States, is launching non-stop flights between Duluth (Minnesota) and Orlando (Florida) from November 20, 2009.