Air Canada will operate its first new Boeing 777 aircraft on key routes serving Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. As the airline begins introduction in April of the first of eight new 777 aircraft to be delivered in 2007, it will immediate place these aircrafts on select Air Canada services to London, Frankfurt and Tokyo.

JetBlue Airways is announcing a major expansion of spring services between Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport,

Air Europa will be in charge of the technical and commercial direction of Air Dominicana, a project promoted by the Presidency of the Dominican Republic with the participation of private capital, and which operations would start at the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

Low-cost airline easyJet is planning to expand its operations at Brussels Airport after starting a service to Geneva at the end of June.

British Airways wants to take part in global consolidation but expects regulatory hurdles to hinder cross-border deals, Chief Executive Willie Walsh said on Thursday.

Commercial air service has returned to the middle Florida Keys after a six-year hiatus, promising to bring a financial boost while giving tourists more direct access to the island chain. The return to service took place February 15 with the landing of a 40-seat Delta Airlines regional jet. The fully booked flight was greeted by about 200 people, including someone dressed as a 6-foot-high conch shell. Two fire trucks parked on the 5,000-foot runway sprayed arching streams of water over the plane.