Virgin Blue, Australia’s second-biggest airline, reported a first-half loss, as expected, as ticket prices fell to 17-year lows and fuel price hedges turned sour.

Regional carrier LIAT has teamed up with the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA), to encourage travel into Barbados for cricket, offering $1 dollar one-way fares.

European low-cost air carrier Wizz Air plans to double its fleet over the next two years as it seeks to raise its share of a declining European airline market, the firm’s chief executive said on Thursday.

Europe’s largest low-fare airline Ryanair launched an in-flight mobile phone service on Thursday on 20 Dublin-based aircraft and said it would roll it out across its fleet.

American Airlines Inc. is telling flight attendants that it intends to furlough up to 410 of them on April 1 if it does not have enough volunteers for early leaves, retirements and other programs. The Dallas Morning News reported in its online edition that The Association of Professional Flight Attendants says the airline told the 410 most junior of its members that they were subject to furlough. Susan Gordon, a spokeswoman for American, says the airline is not trying to cut jobs. Both the union and airline express hope that with Wednesday's announcement, more flight attendants will step forward to take leaves, share jobs or take advantage of incentives to leave so that the airline won't have to furlough more employees.

Aeromexico launched last week a daily service between San Francisco and Mexico City. The service is the fourth U.S. route Aeromexico has inaugurated in the last 15 days. The airline recently launched Las Vegas-Mexico City, Denver-Mexico City and Albuquerque-Chihuahua City service.