Brazil’s TAM received last week two new A321 Airbuses, delivered directly from the Airbus factory in Hamburg.

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, launched its own “Manifesto for Malpensa” in response to Alitalia’s plan to cut half of its 340 daily flights from the airport.

Delta Air Lines will be commencing a new nonstop flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to St. Kitts, marking the first time the airline will offer service to this Caribbean island. The flight will operate once a week on Saturdays, beginning on February 16, 2008.

Tourism Corporation Bonaire has announced that beginning February 9, 2008 Delta Air Lines will launch a weekly nonstop flight from its Atlanta hub to and from Bonaire.

A three-week test on flights departing from San Francisco in which it will only accept major credit cards or debit cards for onboard purchases, including headsets, snacks, fresh light meals and alcoholic beverages has been announced by American Airlines.

Cayman Airways will unveil an expanded passenger check-in system in Grand Cayman in the next few weeks in a move designed to eliminate long check-in lines at the airport, according to John Wrightington, vice president, commercial.