Spirit Airlines has inaugurated its new nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale and St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. Service will be offered three times weekly on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Brazil’s TAM said it is about to become the first airline to promote itself in the Second Life online virtual world by offering cyberspace flights that correspond to its real-world international service.
American Airlines has requested from the Dominican Civil Aviation Board the respective permits to operate new routes in the Caribbean area, from the international airports Las Americas and El Catey, in Samana.
JetBlue Airways expands destination choices for its Boston customers with the launch of new low-fare service to the Caribbean island of Aruba and San Diego. This brings number of nonstop destinations served nonstop by Logan airport’s fastest-growing airline to 27.
Executives at Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier Ryanair are working on launching a transatlantic airline with a fleet of 30 to 50 long-haul aircraft in the next three to four years.
Zoom Airlines Ltd., the U.K. unit of Canada’s Zoom Airlines Inc., says it plans to start low-cost flights between London’s Gatwick airport and New York beginning June 21.