New York-based JetBlue Airways will add its first international service from Florida next month with the launch of daily nonstop service from Orlando to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, starting March 6.

Ryanair announced its 26th European and fifth Spanish base in Reus Barcelona. From October, Ryanair will invest $140 million in a couple of new aircraft and a dozen routes that will deliver 1,000 jobs and over one million passengers for Tarragona.

The founder of JetBlue Airways wants to start a new Brazilian airline and is in negotiations with Brazil’s Embraer plane maker to buy 36 mid-range jets, a leading Brazilian newspaper reported Tuesday.

A union representing British Airways Plc pilots has described the carrier’s plan to start a subsidiary named OpenSkies as a “Trojan horse” aimed at reducing pay and conditions for staff.

Air Jamaica, as part of its restructuring under private ownership, said it is expanding its meetings and incentives department.

Air France KLM on Thursday reported January traffic up 2 percent with a load factor down 1.8 points to 77.1 percent.