The federal government of the United States has introduced new safeguards for the airspace over the Hudson River in New York in response to the fatal mid-air collision between a small aircraft and a helicopter in August 2009.

Emirates Airlines, the national airline of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is introducing additional flights between Dubai and Kolkata in India from December 3, 2009.

United Airlines, based in Chicago, the United States, has announced that it will start new services from the carrier’s hub at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to 4 cities in the US Midwest – Eau Claire (Wisconsin), Hancock/Houghton (Michigan), Muskegon (Michigan), and Paducah (Kentucky) from early 2010.

Alaska Airlines, based in SeaTac, near Seattle, Washington in the United States, has announced new flights to Hawaii.

Jet Airways Konnect, the all-economy, low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways, the privately owned airline based in Mumbai, India, has started 3 new flights from Delhi to Chennai, Patna and Raipur.

Emirates Airline, the national airline of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced that it is increasing capacity by 13% to 4 cities in South-East Asia and Australia between December 2009 and January 2010.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has started flights between Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

JetBlue Airways, the low-cost airline based in Forest Hills, New York, the United States, is expanding its services within the United States and to the Caribbean.

British Airways, the flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has launched daily, non-stop flights between Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States, and London.

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.

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.

Emirates Airlines, the national flag-carrier airline of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is expanding its services in India, focusing on adding flights to and from the southern state of Kerala.

Air India's new direct Delhi-New York, Mumbai-Washington flights soon; Kolkata-Washington service from December 1, 2009.

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.

Arkefly, the airline based in Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands, has announced that it will operate non-stop flights from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, from October 7, 2009.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

American Airlines has begun asking its customers to provide additional information in accordance with the new Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) requirements of the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

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.

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.

The low-cost airline bmibaby, which is a subsidiary of bmi, is expanding its services from East Midlands Airport in England by raising capacity at the airport by 40%, by basing more planes there, by increasing frequencies as well as by adding routes.