American Airlines is to launch daily services from Dallas-Fort Worth to Manchester on 6 April and from Boston to London/ Gatwick on 22 May.

American Airlines expanded ticketless travel to all its north Atlantic flights on 17 January.

Delta Air Lines plans to start daily services from Atlanta to Guatemala City, Panama City, San Salvador and San José on 5 and 6 April.

Emirates is to start a twice-weekly service from Dubai to Malta via Athens on 30 March.

Air France has launched a weekly flight from Paris/ Charles de Gaulle to Pointe-Noire, Congo.

BA franchisee CityFlyer Express is to start three times daily London/Gatwick-Zürich services on 29 March while another franchisee, GB Airways, will start five services a week from London/ Heathrow to Faro.

United Airlines is due to start daily operations from Chicago/O'Hare to Guatemala City on 1 April.

British Midland is to start eight daily flights from London/Heathrow to Manchester on 29 March.

SAS will start two daily flights between London/Stansted and Stockholm/Arlanda on 29 March.

Cubana Airlines was due to launch a weekly service from Havana to Manchester on 19 December.

EVAAir was due to launch twice-weekly services between Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Jakarta on 1 January.

Debonair was due to launch flights to Turin, Bologna, Florence and Rome on 1 February out of its new hubs at Lamezia and Reggio in Calabria, Italy.

Azzurra Air was set to move its scheduled flights from Rome/ Ciampino to Rome/Fiumicino on 7 January.

Croatia Airlines became the 27th member of the Association of European Airlines on 1 January.

Vietnam Airlines is the 19th member of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.

Icao endorsed all 128 recommendations of the seventh Africa-Indian ocean regional air navigation meeting last December to update the region's air navigation plan and address shortcomings.

British Airways launched a global employee share save scheme on 12 January.

Source: Airline Business