New, daily nonstop flights have been announced to the popular Bahamas beach destination Nassau Paradise Island. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) 30th annual Caribbean Marketplace is currently underway at the Atlantis Resort, with hundreds of delegates meeting for business.

Cayman Airways is in the midst of establishing arrangements to add two destinations to its international repertoire, including fulfilling a long-standing desire to tap a potentially lucrative and expanding commercial passenger market in Panama.

According to the Associated Press and other sources, the two airlines have formed a partnership that will allow passengers to fly on both carriers' flights on a single ticket.

Airberlin has launched the first of its long-haul fleet of A330-200s to have been equipped with new seats in Business and Economy Class and a new in-flight entertainment system.

Vueling, Spain’s low fare airline, announced it is bolstering its destinations from Cardiff Airport this summer with the addition of two new destinations, Alicante and Palma, Majorca. The new scheduled services will commence from 22 June 2012 and will be operated by 150-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

TAM Airlines has increased its viability study on a value chain of agricultural cultivation, industrial handling, and large-scale distribution of a new renewable and effective fuel option for aviation. It relates to a sustainable biokerosene production project, manufactured from several raw materials, among them the Jatropha curcas seeds.