V Australia, the long-haul subsidiary airline of Virgin Blue, is planning new flights from cities in Australia to Phuket, the famed beach resort in Thailand, Johannesburg in South Africa, Los Angeles in the United States, and Fiji.

The California based low-fare carrier Virgin America Inc., will start services from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles and San Francisco, from November 18, 2009.

American Eagle Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, plans to launch several new domestic flights in the United States from November 19, 2009.

For the first time in 5 years, direct flights between Los Angeles in the United States and Havana in Cuba have resumed.

Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, is increasing the number of services to London and Los Angeles by operating daily services with Airbus A380 aircraft from Sydney in Australia to London and Los Angles from November 2009.

Malaysia Airlines has announced that passengers who have booked to travel to Los Angeles or New York in the United States are free to make changes to their flights, free of charge, till the end of May 2009.

New flights will be from Manila and Caticlan in Philippines to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver

Emirates Airlines has begun its Los Angeles service, marking the first non-stop operation connecting Dubai to Los Angeles. The airline is flying its Boeing 777-200LR on the route, offering 266 seats in a three class configuration and providing up to 10 tonnes of cargo capacity.

Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia and the nation’s largest carrier, launched commercial service of its new Airbus A380 Superjumbo, the world’s largest passenger airliner, on October 20, 2008.

Air France, the biggest airline of Europe, will discontinue from November 6, 2008, its flights between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the United States, and London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR).