Low-cost carriers Southwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines are adding flights and starting new destinations from Denver International Airport, in Denver, Colorado, the United States, in 2010.

Heathrow Airport in London has been voted the “worst airport in the world” for the second year in succession in a poll of 14,500 frequent-fliers.

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.

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.

American Eagle Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, has announced several new services.

Singapore Airlines, the government-owned national airline of Singapore, has started daily fights between Changi Airport in Singapore and Melbourne Airport in Australia using the Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft.

AirTran Airways, the budget airline based in Orlando, Florida, the United States, is launching non-stop flights between Orlando International Airport in Florida and Branson Airport in Missouri from December 19, 2009.

Midwest Airlines, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the United States, has announced that it will add direct, seasonal service between Kansas City International Airport and Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida; and between Milwaukee in Wisconsin and Fort Lauderdale in Florida from December 17, 2009, through April 19, 2010.

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.

American Airlines is making a major restructuring of its route system, with some airports based in the United States gaining flights and many others losing services.

AirTran Airways, the budget airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida, the United States, is launching new services to the Caribbean island of Aruba and to Key West in Florida.

Frontier Airlines, the low-fare carrier based in Denver, Colorado, the United States,  has announced that it will start non-stop flights to Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers, Florida, from Denver International Airport and also raise the number of flights to Tampa International Airport (TPA) from Denver International Airport.

The low-cost carrier easyJet is cutting about one-fifth of its flights from Luton Airport in London and is shifting its focus to Gatwick Airport – the second biggest airport in London and also the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow Airport – and also to airports in Europe.

Air service to and from the remote Easter Island, located west of Chile, has resumed after local residents lifted a blockade of the local airport, protesting against the “excessive numbers of tourists and residence-seekers” in the island.  

Delta Air Lines will cut a flight temporarily to and from Minot, North Dakota, the United States, in September 2009.

Delta Air Lines is looking for a federal subsidy for its service to Tupelo Regional Airport in Tupelo in Mississippi, the United States, because of a decline in customer demand as well as an increase in the price of fuel. In a statement, Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, said its services to Tupelo Regional Airport will not be interrupted.

Delta Air Lines has announced that it is moving its non-stop flight from Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, to Mumbai in India back to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York with effect from October 24, 2009.

American Eagle Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, has ended its services at Love Field Airport in Dallas.

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

Delhi International Airport has given special passes to health workers, to enter the airport, in order to enhance surveillance against any entry of swine flu in the Capital.

Dubai-based Emirates has launched a new Companion Offer scheme that would provide its passengers in the Chennai-Dubai route with a complimentary economy class return ticket for a companion.

A strike by baggage handlers of Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, resulted in long delays at major airports across Australia on March 30, 2009.

American Eagle Airlines, the regional partner of American Airlines, will start new non-stop flights to six cities from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, the United States.

The Competition Commission (CC), the anti-trust regulator of Britain, has asked the British Airports Authority Limited (BAA) to sell 3 of its 7 airports in the United Kingdom.

The Indhira Gandhi International airport’s new terminal 1D is all set to offer the passengers the experience of shopping at the Delhi Bazaar. This coming April, the new terminal will be in its implementation stage.

The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has started security and safety assessment of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport located in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, as a part of the measures to enable airlines based in Nigeria to fly to the United States.

The number of travellers passing through airports in the United Kingdom dropped by 1.9% in 2008 compared to the year before. This was the first annual decline since 1991.

American Eagle Airlines, the regional carrier based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, has decied to stop flying out of Love Field Airport in Dallas for four years while the terminal there undergoes reconstruction.

Airline major Emirates has unveiled its dedicated and unique technology and entertainment corner called e-zone.