Air Jamaica has announced that its redesigned website airjamaica.com is now on the world wide web. The site has a great new look and is user-friendly, easy to navigate and filled with useful travel information for passengers. It also allows visitors to book flights at the lowest fares available, purchase tickets, check the status of their flights, view their itinerary, track baggage and see the extensive information provided.

JetBlue is adding Columbus, Ohio, to its route map. The airline said it will begin service to Columbus from its home base at New York (Kennedy) October 3 with up to four daily nonstop flights. The low-cost carrier will also commence offering one daily nonstop from Boston beginning October 18.

TAM, Brazil´s largest airline company, will start to operate new domestic flights as of July 17, in addition to new international flights that kicked off July 10. In the domestic market, the flights will connect the Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo to the cities of Maceio, Manaus, Porto Velho, Brasilia and Goiania.

American Airlines (AA) will fly all Boeing 777 aircraft to Buenos Aires from both Miami and New York starting this fall, adding more passenger and cargo capacity to one of South America´s most dynamic cities. The all-Boeing 777 schedule from Miami to Buenos Aires will begin in early September, while 777 service from New York´s Kennedy International Airport to Buenos Aires will begin in late October. The JFK service will operate through early April 2007.

The European Union´s second-highest court threw out on Tuesday a challenge from easyJet to the merger of Air France and KLM, backing a decision by EU regulators to let the deal go through. British low-cost carrier easyJet was seeking to get the European Court of First Instance to annul the European Commission´s decision in February 2004 to approve the merger of Air France and KLM.

Sir Richard Branson donned a Jamaica shirt, his best dreadlocks and an imitation spiff as his airline made its inaugural flight to Jamaica. Mr. Branson, friends, customers and press were greeted by government officials and a traditional band on the tarmac as the first Virgin Atlantic flight to Montego Bay touched down.