American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, will become, on June 11, 2009, the first United States-based airline to test what has been hailed as the “next-generation technology and procedures” to prove that long-haul trans-Atlantic flights could be environment-friendly as well as fuel-efficient.

Jet Airways has introduced special return Economy, Première and First Class fares to London from several Indian cities, starting May 6, 2009.

Southwest Airlines is doing away with one flight each to 9 cities it serves at present from Nashville International Airport in Tennessee, the United States, from August 16, 2009, through October 30, 2009.

Bhutan’s flagship carrier Druk Air launched new flight services from Paro in Bhutan to Bagdogra in West Bengal and Thailand’s capital Bangkok, on April 18, 2009.

Southwest Airlines plans to start nonstop daily flights from Boston to Chicago and Baltimore.

India too now has an Air Force One fleet.

Cathay Pacific Airways, the largest airline and flag carrier of Hong Kong, has announced a series of measures aimed at cutting costs, including the deferring aircraft deliveries and offering staff unpaid leave as the airline faces a sharp slowdown in both passenger and cargo traffic.

Paramount Airways has launched daily flights from Trivandrum to Pune via Chennai. Pune is Paramount Airways' third center in the Western sector. Earlier, Paramount Airways launched daily flights from Trivandrum to Ahmedabad and Goa via Chennai.

Delta Air Lines is expanding its services to Africa by launching a new route connecting Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, with Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, Liberia.

Jet2, the low-cost airline based in Leeds, England, has announced that it will operate flights from Belfast International Airport in Belfast in Northern Ireland to Newquay, the seaside resort and fishing port on the north Atlantic coast of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, and Dubrovnik in Croatia.

Southwest Airlines, the low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, plans to start service to Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, the United States, in March 2009.

American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, and Sojern Incorporated, based in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States, have entered into a partnership to provide destination-specific information as well as offers via boarding passes.