Havana Air, a charter carrier to Cuba based in Miami, will launch an automated booking system on Jan. 1 for direct flight bookings to Cuba via the airline's website.

Virgin America announces it has agreed to acquire 10 new state-of-the-art Airbus A321neo aircraft, which are up to 20 percent more fuel and carbon efficient than the airline's current fleet and which will help further reduce operating unit costs and increase revenue opportunities.

LATAM Airlines Group, made up of LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines, has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB in Toulouse, France.

Iberia is to resume flights to Johannesburg, starting next August. With this route, the airline has resumed all flights it left to restructure its business in 2013.

Bahamasair was last week monitoring the ‘opening of the skies’ between the U.S. and Cuba, its managing director acknowledging: “We are concerned about it.”

JetBlue applauded a landmark civil aviation agreement that will allow scheduled air service to resume between the U.S. and Cuba.