Boeing said last week that Colombian air carrier Avianca Airlines has ordered 10 of its 787 Dreamliners. Seattle-based Boeing said the order worth about $1.5 billion at list prices, was earlier credited to an unidentified customer on its orders and deliveries web site.

Avianca is now delivering four frequencies of nonstop weekly flights for the Bogota-Santiago de Chile-Bogota route. By doing so, the airline provides a unique product which unites Colombia’s capital city and Spain’s capital city.

JetBlue plans to begin a test in the second quarter where business travelers would be able to book refundable fares that would guarantee an aisle or window seat.

This spring, Iberia Airlines begins service between Spain and Boston and Washington, D.C. The carrier says the services, which both operate five days a week, are the only nonstop flights to Spain from those two cities.

Virgin America, the low-cost start-up airline with ties to entrepreneur Richard Branson, will have to ditch its chief executive and take other steps to win final government approval to operate, U.S. officials said last week.

A brand new long-haul programmed to Jamaica being introduced by Airtours from East Midlands Airport (EMA). The weekly flights, which depart each Wednesday from July 18, nonstop to Montego Bay (MBJ), are on sale now and EMA is the only airport in the region to offer this service.