KLM is to adjust its product and services between Amsterdam and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba over the coming year in response to changing market conditions. From summer 2007, all flights to the Antilles and Aruba will be carried out using MD-11 equipment.

According to recent media reports, low-cost carrier Flyglobespan will begin non-stop weekly flights from Glasgow to Barbados on Sundays starting January 21 until April 15, 2007 with Boeing 767-300 aircraft. “It opens up the Scottish market with a direct service eliminating the need for expensive connecting flights or overnight stays at Gatwick or Heathrow,” says Barbados hotelier Adrian Loveridge.

Virgin Atlantic said last week it plans to introduce the world´s first in-flight texting service, which will allow passengers to have questions answered on any topic at 35,000 feet. Passengers will be able to text questions from their seat-back television screens to an existing land-based text answer service which promises to answer any question within minutes.

Brazilian airline Varig will purchase fifty aircraft to increase its fleet, that according to the chief of VarigLog, the company´s new owner. The official announcement of the purchase of the aircraft will be made approximately a week from now.

Chile´s LAN is working out the final details of what will be the new structure of a no-frills airline. The launch of this new business model is in an implementation stage that should be done by the end of the year, airline officials explain.

Air Canada Vacations is returning to Grenada this winter with exclusive packages for Canadians featuring seasonal nonstop weekly Sunday flights from Toronto starting December 17, and a choice of seven resorts. Convenient through fares are available from 65 Canadian cities. A variety of optional excursions are also available to be booked in Grenada with an Air Canada Vacations destination representative.