American Airlines will increase nonstop service from Miami to St. Croix and St. Thomas, effective June 10. The carrier will up its service to St. Croix to two daily nonstops and increase its St. Thomas service to three daily nonstops from Miami, up from two. Tourism officials said the the move signifies the highest airlift growth on American to any Caribbean destination except San Juan and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Delta has launched codeshare service with Brazilian airline Gol. Delta is now selling seats on 56 Gol flights between Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia and 15 Brazilian destinations. The number of codeshare markets is expected to increase to more than 30 by summer, Delta said.

WestJet will fly between Toronto and Palm Springs on Wednesdays and Saturdays until April 30, 2011. The outbound flight leaves Toronto at 10:15 a.m. EST and arrives at Palm Springs International Airport at 12:30 p.m. PST. The return flight leaves Palm Springs at 1:15 p.m. and arrives in Toronto at 8:38 p.m.

Private Jet Charter, one of the world’s largest independent private jet charter companies, has flown hundreds of people out of Cairo to various destinations around the world in the past one week, following the public uprising in Egypt.

Now Caribbean Airlines seems to have flown out of the recent severe ground turbulence caused by a political “turf war” between the line minister Jack Warner and CAL chairman George M Nicholas III, the chief pilot (chairman) and his management team can now focus on the carrier’s growth and development strategies.

Airberlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, is offering nonstop flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Berlin for the first time with the start of the winter timetable 2011-12. From Nov. 2, 2011, those travelling with airberlin will be able to get to the largest international airport in New York City directly from Berlin Tegel Airport three times a week.