Brazilian airline TAM received official authorization from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to initiate regular daily flights to Italy. TAM obtained this flight based on the increase in the bilateral agreement, authorized this month by the Italian and Brazilian governments.

Brazilian airline Varig, which recently escaped bankruptcy, will buy 16 planes as soon as it is allowed to resume operations and will change its name to Nordeste, a senior executive said on Thursday.

JetBlue Airways begins new nonstop service between Cancun, located on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, and its home base at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

Aerolineas Argentinas has resumed nonstop flights between Buenos Aires and New York, with three weekly legs, as well as flights to other American cities.

Caribbean Airlines, which will replace British West Indies Airways as the national carrier of Trinidad and Tobago on January 1, has partnered with British Airways to offer daily flights from Barbados and Trinidad to London’s Gatwick Airport codeshare agreement, effective March 25.

Iberia can now issue paperless e-tickets for travel combining its flights with those of Royal Air Jordanian, Copa Air, Northwest Airlines, Taca International Airlines and Lacsa. These companies join the list of carriers allowing e-tickets for interline flights with Iberia.