Spirit Airlines said it recently filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation to introduce service between Fort Lauderdale and Barranquilla, Colombia.
Lufthansa said the number of flights and destinations in its summer timetable for 2010 will remain virtually unchanged -- though fleet renewal marginally increases seat capacities. In the coming summer flight schedules, Lufthansa is serving an almost unchanged number of destinations with virtually the same number of flights as in the previous year. Seating capacity will be slightly higher.
AirTran Airways has begun nonstop service from Des Moines International Airport to Orlando International Airport. Since announcing weekend service in November, response has been so strong that the airline will add a third flight to Orlando on May 4.
British Airways has announced it is adding to its Spanish routes portfolio from London City Airport. The airline is re-launching its year-round flights to Barcelona, with this previously summer-only service resuming at the end of March 2010 and continuing through the summer and winter.
Air Jamaica said a preliminary targeted transaction date of April 12, 2010 has been set when its operations will begin the transition to Caribbean Airlines. Air Jamaica said this transaction date is in line with the airline’s major schedule change that was previously announced.
Dutch Antilles Express (DAE) is expanding its services with new routes to Cartagena and Panama. The routes all connect in Aruba allowing DAE to fly to Bogota with a connection of only 30 minutes.