Virgin Atlantic is to increase its frequency between London Heathrow and Hong Kong from daily to twice a day, creating 100 new cabin crew roles. From October 28, VS238 will operate three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and then operate daily beginning December 4.

Delta Air Lines filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for permission to start new nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

JetBlue Airways this week celebrates four years of low-fare, high-quality service to the Dominican Republic with plans to expand its flight schedule this fall. During September and October, JetBlue will redeploy aircraft in order to add extra service from both Santo Domingo and Santiago to New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

LAN Chile and Sky Airlines resumed flights on Thursday to the south of Chile which earlier this week had to be suspended because of the high ash concentration in the atmosphere originated in the eruption of the Chaiten volcano.

Due to client demand, Lufthansa says it will, on October 26, launch all-business class service six times per week between Boston and Munich. The route will be served with an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet operated by PrivateAir in a 48-seat, all-business class configuration.

A survey of international airlines carried out by Times Online Travel found that while five have taken the plunge, most carriers are taking the wait-and-see approach, with only one declaring an outright ban.