Air France-KLM is mulling the possibility of constituting a new company with other airlines in SkyTeam to present a joint offer for ailing Italian airline Alitalia SpA, Finanza & Mercati newspaper reported, not citing sources.

Oneworld is reinforcing its position with a new member in South America from the end of January. Now, with Brazil’s Varig leaving Star from the end of January, it will be the only airline grouping with any representatives in the Americas south of Mexico, with LAN Airlines, LAN Express and LAN Peru already part of Oneworld and LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador joining early in 2007.

It’s not free, but it’s the next best thing: Spirit Airlines is offering a short-lived sale with five-cent one-way fares, excluding government taxes and fees.

Delta Air Lines unit Comair and its pilots agreed to a deal that would give the two sides until February 2 to negotiate a new contract, the bankrupt carrier and its pilots’ union said on Friday.

British Airways (BA) has said that re-introduction of services to Trinidad and Tobago in March this year will trigger a loss of services to Antigua and Barbuda and St Lucia from April 2007.

Virgin plans to team up with AirAsia and easyJet to form a Malaysia-based alliance that will fly long-distance routes for low fares.