Cebu Pacific Airlines is continuing its international expansion, adding services from Manila to Singapore and South Korea in January, using Boeing 757-200s. Launch of services between Hong Kong and Manila in November marked the airline's transformation from a domestic to an international carrier. USAirways has launched Saturday services between Philadelphia and St Lucia in the Caribbean using an Airbus A319, and will add Saturday services between Charlotte and Cozumel, Mexico, on 12 January. Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela is to start operating two services a day from Caracas to Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena and Medellín in Colombia. It is also introducing services to Bogotà  and Quito in Ecuador. Continental Airlines will resume Cleveland-London Gatwick services on 15April, a month ahead of the schedule which was set when the flights were suspended in September. Cathay Pacific is expanding its code shares with One world partner British Airways. They now cover Cathay flights from Hong Kong to Auckland and Kuala Lumpur, and BA services from London Heathrow to 11 UK and European points.

Source: Flight International

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