After announcing direct flights to New York, Boston and Toronto from Birmingham and London Stansted, Primera Air is adding three more leisure destinations – Mallorca, Alicante and Malaga.

Starting Dec. 19, 2017 Sunwing will introduce new direct service between Vancouver and Montego Bay, operating weekly flights through the winter season until April 17, 2018.

Alaska Airlines says it will discontinue daily flights between Los Angeles and Havana, Cuba, after demand dropped amid new Trump administration restrictions on Cuba travel.

In addition, Southwest initiated new service between its South Florida gateway at FLL and both San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO), and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ).

Emirates has signed on a US$15.1 billion commitment to purchase 40 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners at the Dubai Airshow 2017, taking place this week.

Air China has announced a new three times weekly non-stop service between Los Angeles and Shenzhen.